Biathlon: Les Bleues on fire in Goms
While the French women in the IBU Cup scored a hat-trick of victories in the sprint at Ridnaun-Val Ridanna (Italy) on Saturday afternoon, the French girls in the Junior Cup did the same in Goms (Switzerland).
In the second sprint of the week, it was Montblanc’s Louise Roguet (8/10) who took victory in a format in which she is currently runner-up in the youth world championships. She won by a margin of just 0.9 seconds over Lou-Anne Dupont Ballet-Baz (8/10), who came very close to completing the double two days after having already raised her arms.
Third place went to Maëla Correia (9/10) from the Vosges. She scored another top 3 finish in the Goms valley by getting the better of Czech Lucie Jandurova (10/10), who was too short on cross-country skis.
Juliette Oliva (8/10) was fifth and at the flower ceremony, as was Switzerland’s Molly Kafka (9/10), sixth. For Les Bleues, Namou Candau-Armand (8/10) was seventh, Maëlle Achoui (9/10) ninth and Thémice Fontaine (7/10) twenty-second.
Full results
C73B_v1-12The overall Junior Cup standings
C78B_v1-22The overall sprint ranking
C78A_v1-22- The full programme for the Goms Junior Cup, the first stage of the 2025/2026 season
- The French team selection for the Junior Cup in Goms
- “I’m proud of myself for not giving up”: Maëla Correia, qualifies for the Junior Cup for the first time after a rollercoaster selection process
- Savoyard Thémice Fontaine talks about her first Junior Cup selection: “The hard work and dedication of the last two years have paid off”.
- “I want to enjoy myself and gain experience”: this week, Jurassien Enzo Bouillet will discover the Junior Cup in Goms.
- “A great opportunity to learn and progress”: still at U19 level, Montblanc’s Maëlle Achoui will be taking part in her first Junior Cup in Goms.
- After a difficult first experience last winter, Judicaël Perrillat-Bottonet is returning to the Junior Cup in Goms full of ambition: “I definitely want to be up front”.
- “I want to learn, do great races and be proud of myself”: how Juliette Oliva, still an U19, is approaching her discovery of the Junior Cup in Goms.
- Junior Cup in Goms: Léo Carlier and Antonin Delsol on the podium in the first sprint won by Croatia’s Matija Legovic
- Junior Cup in Goms: Cluse’s Lou-Anne Dupont Ballet-Baz triumphs in the first sprint of the week, Maëla Correia joint second
- Lou-Anne Dupont Ballet-Baz tells Nordic Magazine after winning the sprint at the Junior Cup in Goms: “A nice revenge that feels good”.
- “I wasn’t expecting it”: on the podium in her first Junior Cup race, Maëla Correia tells Nordic Magazine about her sprint from Goms.
- Junior Cup in Goms: second sprint for Austrian Thomas Marchl, Judicaël Perrillat-Bottonet second
