Biathlon: Les Bleus take bronze in the relay at the European Championships
The 2025 European Biathlon Championships drew to a close early on Sunday afternoon in Martell-Val Martello (Italy) with the men’s relay. A few hours after the Germans’ success in the women’s competition, the Norwegians Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen, Sverre Dahlen Aspenes, Sivert Guttorm Bakken and Isak Frey put on a real demonstration.
It’s quite simple: out of forty cartridges released during the eight runs on the shooting range, they only missed one target. As a result, Harald V’s team quickly broke away at the front of the race and were crowned European champions with a lead of more than 2 minutes over the competition.
For the other medals, there was a fine match between Germany (Lucas Fratzscher, Simon Kaiser, Roman Rees, David Zobel) and France (Théo Guiraud-Poillot, Gaëtan Paturel, Oscar Lombardot, Rémi Broutier). More precise despite a penalty round and twelve picks, it was the Germans who went in search of silver, while Les Bleus, with two rounds and seventeen picks, were left with a tan.
Italy, Sweden, Bulgaria, Austria, Ukraine, Finland and Switzerland, with Arnaud Du Pasquier as the finisher, completed the top 10 in this race.
Full results
- The full programme for the Martell-Val Martello European Championships, the sixth leg of the 2024/2025 IBU Cup
- IBU Cup: the French selection for the European Championships at Martell-Val Martello
- IBU Cup: the Italian selection for the European Championships at Martell-Val Martello
- IBU Cup: thirteen Austrians at the European Championships in Martell-Val Martello
- IBU Cup: Germany with a strong showing at the European Championships in Martell-Val Martello
- IBU Cup: the impressive Norwegian squad for the European Championships at Martell-Val Martello
- Martell-Val Martello: Germany’s Johanna Puff individual European champion, Amandine Mengin fourth
- Martell-Val Martello: Isak Frey takes the individual continental title, Oscar Lombardot best Frenchman
- “I decided to stay cool before every shot”: Fredrik Muehlbacher, the surprise guest on the podium of the European Championships individual event
- Martell-Val Martello: Bresse’s Amandine Mengin finishes runner-up in the European sprint behind Sweden’s Anna-Karin Heijdenberg
- Amandine Mengin tells Nordic Magazine after her European silver medal in the sprint: “I still have the same problem, I don’t realise it!
- “It’s absolutely incredible”: the joy of Anna-Karin Heijdenberg, crowned European sprint champion at Martell-Val Martello
- “This track suits me perfectly”: bronze in the sprint at the European Championships, a bright spot in the season for Latvia’s Baiba Bendika
- Martell-Val Martello: Sivert Guttorm Bakken becomes European sprint champion ahead of Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen, Théo Guiraud-Poillot in the top 10
- “This victory means a lot”: European sprint champion at Martell-Val Martello, Sivert Guttorm Bakken savours his return to the summit
- Martell-Val Martello: Latvia’s Baiba Bendika crowned European pursuit champion, no medal for the French
- Martell-Val Martello European Championships: Patrick Braunhofer takes surprise gold in the pursuit, Oscar Lombardot sixth
- “I’ve finally achieved the shot I’m capable of”: how Patrick Braunhofer became the first Italian European champion by winning the pursuit at Martell-Val Martello
- “It represents the strength of a team”: the relay at the European Championships in Martell-Val Martello, a major objective for the French women’s team
- Martell-Val Martello: Camille Bened, Sophie Chauveau, Amandine Mengin and Gilonne Guigonnat runners-up in the European relay behind Germany
