Biathlon: French coaching staff in disarray
Next weekend, the French biathlon team will be on several fronts. On the one hand, Emilien Jacquelin, Eric Perrot, Quentin Fillon-Maillet, Fabien Claude, Océane Michelon, Julia Simon, Jeanne Richard and Lou Jeanmonnot will be in Munich (Germany) to compete in the Loop One Festival.
On the other hand, Oscar Lombardot, Antonin Guigonnat and Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, to name but a few of the athletes in Group A, will be taking part in the Summer Tour at La Féclaz (Savoie).
A combination of competitions almost 700 km apart means that the French staff have had to make choices in order to be present everywhere. As Nordic Magazine has learned, Simon Fourcade, Jean-Paul Giachino and Cyril Burdet will be in Germany for the Loop One Festival, while Patrick Favre and Jean-Pierre Amat will be behind the binoculars in Savoie.
Louis Deschamps, Bastien Moretti, Julien Robert, Baptiste Desthieux, Rachel Demangeat and Claire Breton, the coaches of Group B and Excellence 2030, will of course be in La Féclaz (Savoie) to coach their biathletes.
The full programme for the Summer Tour at La Féclaz (Savoie)
Friday 17th October
- 9.00-10.30am: Official training session 1
- 10.45am-12.15pm: official training session 2
- 12.45pm-2.15pm: Official training session 3
- 14:30-16:00: Official training session 4
- 5.30pm: Race committee at the Nordic Centre
Saturday 18th October
- 8.15-9.00: U17 men’s and women’s rifle inspection
- 8.45am-9.50am: U17 men’s and women’s shooting trials
- 10.00am: U17 men’s 6km sprint and U17 women’s 4.5km sprint
- 11.15am-11.45am: U19, U21 and senior women’s rifle tests
- 11.45am: U17 men’s and women’s prize-giving ceremony
- 11.45am-12.35pm: U19, U21 and senior women’s shooting trials
- 12.45pm: U19 women’s 6km sprint and U21/Seniors women’s 7.5km sprint
- 1.30pm-2.15pm: U19, U21 and senior men rifle tests
- 14:00-14:50: U19, U21 and senior men shooting trials
- 2.15pm: U19, U21 and senior women’s prize-giving ceremony
- 15:00: U19 men’s 7.5 km sprint and U21/Seniors men’s 10 km sprint
- 4.30pm: U19, U21 and senior men prize-giving ceremony
Sunday 19 October
- 7.45-8.30am: U17 men’s and women’s rifle inspection
- 8.15am-9.20am: U17 men’s and women’s shooting trials
- 9.30am: U17 men’s 8km individual and U17 women’s 6km individual
- 10:30-11:00: U19 men’s and women’s rifle inspection
- 11.00: U17 men’s and women’s prize-giving ceremony
- 11.00-11.50am: U19 men’s and women’s shooting trials
- 12.00: U19 women’s 10 km pursuit
- 12.50pm: Men’s U19 10km pursuit
- 1.15pm-2pm: U21 and senior men’s and women’s rifle tests
- 1.45pm: U19 men’s and women’s prize-giving ceremony
- 1.45pm-2.35pm: U21 and senior men’s and women’s shooting trials
- 2.45pm: U21/Women’s 10km pursuit
- 3.35pm: U21/Seniors men 12.5km pursuit
- 4.30pm: U21 and senior men’s and women’s prize-giving ceremony
The programme for the Loop One Festival in Munich (Germany)
Saturday 18th October
- 11:00: 4 all biathlon
- 12.15pm: seated para-biathlon relay
- 12.55pm: Para biathlon single mixed relay for the visually impaired
- 13:35: men’s para biathlon standing mass-start
- 16:00: young men’s mass-start
- 16:30: young women’s mass-start
- 17:00: para-biathlon and youth prize-giving ceremonies
Sunday 19 October
- 10:20-10:50: Men’s shooting trials
- 11.00: Men’s super sprint qualifying heat 1
- 11.20am: Men’s super sprint qualifying heat 2
- 11.40am: Men’s super sprint qualifying heat no. 3
- 12.00: Men’s super sprint qualifying heat no. 4
- 12.20pm-12.50pm: Women’s shooting trials
- 13:00: Ladies’ super sprint qualifying heat 1
- 1.20pm: Women’s super sprint qualifying heat 2
- 1.40pm: Women’s super sprint qualifying heat no. 3
- 2.00 pm: women’s super sprint qualifying heat no. 4
- 3.42pm: men’s super sprint final
- 4.23pm: Women’s super sprint final
- 5pm: prize-giving ceremony
- The full programme for the Summer Tour de La Féclaz, taking place this weekend at the Alexis Bœuf stadium.
- The full programme for the Loop One Festival in Munich, the show organised by the IBU to open the 2025/2026 season
- TV rights: Munich’s Loop One Festival broadcast on France Télévisions’ digital channels
- The crème de la crème: the names of the nine French riders selected for the Loop One Festival, the season-opening show organised by the IBU in Munich.
- The Summer Tour of La Féclaz rather than the Loop One Festival in Munich for Justine Braisaz-Bouchet
