Biathlon: sprints again to continue the week in Arber
After a day of rest, the IBU Biathlon Cup in Arber (Germany) resumes this Saturday with the second sprints of the week. At 11.00 am, Czech Heda Mikolasova will start the women’s race, followed by Voldiya Galmace-Paulin (4), Gilonne Guigonnat (25), Sophie Chauveau (39), Camille Bened (41), Amandine Mengin (49) and Louise Roguet (78) for France.
Then, at 2.30pm, Germany’s Roman Rees will be the first to set off in the men’s race. Rémi Broutier (15), Gaëtan Paturel(26), Axel Garnier (43), Edgar Geny (44), Jacques Jefferies (80) and Théo Guiraud-Poillot (95) will be competing for France.
The complete start lists
Women’s sprint – 11h00
Men’s sprint – 2.30pm
- 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.
