Biathlon: chases round off the week in Arber
This Sunday, theIBU Biathlon Cup in Arber (Germany) comes to an end with the pursuit races. The women’s race starts at 10.45am. Following the demonstration sprint, the French team will start in front: Gilonne Guigonnat in the lead, Amandine Mengin second at 7 seconds, Voldiya Galmace-Paulin third at 12 seconds, Sophie Chauveau fourth at 23 seconds and Camille Bened seventh at 27 seconds.
The men’s pursuit will start at 13:30. Jacques Jefferies will start 1 min 31 off the lead, Théo Guiraud-Poillot 1 min 51, Gaëtan Paturel 2 min 8, Axel Garnier 2 min 44, Edgar Geny 3 min 2 and Rémi Broutier 3 min 17.
The complete start lists
Women’s pursuit – 10.45am
Men’s Pursuit – 1.30pm
- 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.
