Biathlon: sixth IBU Cup victory of the winter for Paula Botet
Paula Botet from Bresse is clearly insatiable this season at the IBU Biathlon Cup. Rested on Wednesday in the mixed events of the Brezno-Osrblie stage (Slovakia), she won the sprint at the Nardone Biatlonove Centrum on Friday morning.
To secure her sixth first place of the winter, the Vosges native clocked a 10/10 on the mats, in addition to a solid time on the cross-country track. Montblanc’s Gilonne Guigonnat (9/10), who was impressive, missed out by 1 sec 8, but still secured her first individual international podium of the season.
Italy’s Samuela Comola (10/10) rounded off the top three, ahead of Poland’s Anna Maka (10/10), Bornand’s Sophie Chauveau (8/10), fifth, and Norway’s Guro Yttherhus (10/10).
The other French girls were Voldiya Galmace-Paulin (9/10) tenth, Amandine Mengin (9/10) fifteenth and Célia Henaff (8/10) sixteenth.
Full results
C73B_v1-28IBU Cup general ranking
C78B_v1-51The overall sprint ranking
C78A_v1-51- The full programme for the IBU Cup in Brezno-Osrblie, the fifth round of the 2025/2026 B circuit season
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- IBU Cup Brezno-Osrblie: Antonin Guigonnat and Gilonne Guigonnat sixth in the mixed singles relay won by Sweden ahead of Finland and Italy
