Biathlon: bronze for Les Bleues on patrol
On Thursday morning, the second day of the 72nd Customs 2025 Tournament kicked off with the women’s patrol. Organised on the Lavazè pass (Italy) in pairs of a biathlete and a cross-country skier, the Italian athletes won the day.
Caterina Ganz and Dorothea Wierer (10/10) crushed the field in 25 min 50 sec 9 to win gold. Their time was 53 sec 2 faster than that of their compatriots Francesca Franchi and Linda Zingerle (9/10), who won silver. Taking bronze were France’s Mélissa Gal and Justine Braisaz-Bouchet (7/10), who had already won gold on Wednesday in the individual cross-country skiing skate.
It took the French 1 min 20 sec 4 to win the medal. Germany 1(Laura Gimmler, Selina Grotian), Germany 2(Coletta Rydzek, Lotta De Buhr), Italy 3(Veronica Silvestri, Nayeli Mariotti Cavagnet), Switzerland(Irene Cadurisch, Aita Gasparin) and Austria(Simone Kupfner, Tamara Steiner) complete the ranking. Juliette Ducordeau, paired with Germany’s Verena Veit, was ninth.
Full results
- The full programme for the Val di Fiemme 2025 Customs Tournament
- Extra time for Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, Julia Simon, Quentin Fillon-Maillet and Emilien Jacquelin: they will be at the start of the Customs Tournament on 9 and 10 April in Italy.
- Customs Tournament 2025: Victor Lovera, Julien Arnaud, Juliette Ducordeau and Mélissa Gal called up as reinforcements for the French team
- Julia Simon misses out on the 2025 Customs Tournament
- Tournoi des Douanes 2025: Justine Braisaz-Bouchet takes gold ahead of the cross-country skaters in the 5km individual skate event
- Tournoi des Douanes 2025: the individual skating 10 km for Tommaso Giacomel, Quentin Fillon-Maillet fourth
- Customs 2025 Tournament: bronze for Clément Parisse, Victor Lovera and Quentin Fillon-Maillet on the patrol, Tommaso Giacomel’s Italy crowned
