Biathlon: the jury analysed the images before making its decision
Jeanne Richard‘s mistake on Friday during the World Cup sprint in Hochfilzen (Austria) did not escape the attention of our NRK colleagues. The Frenchwoman fired six bullets instead of five when she stood up.
“On her third shot, she thought it was a bad cartridge that hadn’t gone off”, explained the coach of the French women’s team, Cyril Burdet.
The IBU was informed of the incident in the evening. The jury examined it early on Saturday morning to determine whether or not the Frenchwoman should receive a penalty. It based its decision on the race footage. In his view, there was indeed a problem. He noted that “the sound was weaker” and therefore ruled that the French biathlete’s mistake was acceptable.
Above all, it realised that the rules were not very specific about this very rare situation. Jeanne Richard was therefore not penalised, and the international federation will be reviewing its texts. “I’ve never seen anything like this before, to be honest. Fortunately, we have a lot of cameras capable of detecting such things, but they’re not everywhere, so it’s important to have clear rules,” said Daniel Boehm, the former German biathlete who is now sports director at the IBU.
Cyril Burdet, for his part, announced that France would look into the matter to ensure that it did not happen again. Jeanne Richard finished thirty-fifth in the sprint.
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