Biathlon: Amandine Mengin shines in Arber
Over the last few days, Amandine Mengin has reigned supreme on the IBU Cup biathlon circuit, even though she was making her first appearance on the fourth stage of her 2024/2025 season in Arber (Germany). Winner of the first sprint of the week, then second in the second sprint, she triumphed in the pursuit on Sunday thanks to a 20/20 score.
“It’s obviously a very emotional moment, she tells Nordic Magazine. Frankly, I’m in shock at being able to do this! I’m proud of myself and happy with the biathlon I’m able to put together and offer. I’m having the time of my life and it’s so much fun!”
“I know very well that you have to be fully committed at every race”.
Explaining that she had’t expected to put in such a performance “for a first time in the IBU Cup”, Amandine Mengin said she was “delighted and very proud” of herself. “When I think about it, I can’t find the words to describe how I feel and try to realise what’s just happened, she continues. I guess you could say it makes me dizzy!”
“I feel on cloud nine, but not untouchable, says the 20-year-old from the Vosges. The girls who are with me on the track are all capable of doing exactly the same thing. I know very well that you have to put your heart and soul into every race. I’m immune to anything!”
Over the next few days, in Brezno-Osrblie (Slovakia), Amandine Mengin will have to keep up this brilliant state of mind. “I’m having so much fun, I feel no pressure and it’s working so well,” she concludes.
- IBU Cup d’Arber: demonstrating at 20/20, Amandine Mengin wins the pursuit, Voldiya Galmace-Paulin third, Camille Bened and Sophie Chauveau with the flowers
- IBU Cup d’Arber: Gilonne Guigonnat wins the second sprint ahead of Amandine Mengin, Voldiya Galmace-Paulin, who takes her first podium, and Sophie Chauveau.
- “I’m obviously very happy,” Voldiya Galmace-Paulin tells Nordic Magazine after her first IBU Cup podium in Arber.
- Arber: Jacques Jefferies excellent sixth in the second IBU Cup sprint won by an untouchable Johannes Dale-Skjevdal
- Arber: Amandine Mengin triumphs in the sprint on her IBU Cup debut, Sophie Chauveau on the podium, five Frenchwomen in the top 6
- “I’m completely shocked”: Amandine Mengin, unexpected winner of the IBU Cup sprint in Arber, tells Nordic Magazine
- IBU Cup d’Arber: a stratospheric Johannes Dale-Skjevdal takes the sprint ahead of four other Norwegians, Gaëtan Paturel in the top 10
- The full programme for the IBU Cup in Arber, the fourth stage of the 2024/2025 winter season
- Oscar Lombardot absent, Sophie Chauveau and Gilonne Guigonnat present: eight Frenchmen already selected for the IBU Cup in Arber
- “I hope to return as soon as possible”: affected by compartment syndrome, Oscar Lombardot receives botulic acid injections
- Amandine Mengin, Louise Roguet, Rémi Broutier, Edgar Geny and Jacques Jefferies complete the French squad for the IBU Cup in Arber
- The reaction of 18-year-old Louise Roguet from Haut-Savoie after her first selection for the IBU Cup: “I’m going there without any pressure, with the aim of trying to do the same biathlon as in the French Cup.
- “I’ve made a lot of progress and I’m proud of myself”: this week, Amandine Mengin from Bresse will be taking part in her first IBU Cup in Arber.
