Biathlon: victory for Gilonne Guigonnat and Théo Guiraud-Poillot
The 2024/2025 season of the IBU Cup biathlon circuit came to a close early on Saturday afternoon in Otepää (Estonia). It was a single mixed relay that brought the exercise to a close and, as if by symbol, victory went to the French team.
Represented by Théo Guiraud-Poillot and Gilonne Guigonnat in this electric format, it held the lead from start to finish. After an idyllic 0-0 first half of the race, the Blues were even heading for a magnificent demonstration. But then, with a lead of almost a minute, Théo Guiraud-Poillot cracked on the recumbent, spinning twice on the penalty ring.
This penalty did not prevent him from coming out on top. After three more passes on the mats with only 2 picks used, the French won solo.
Germany with Lucas Fratzscher and Anna Weidel (1+12) were second at 42 sec 0 while Norway with Sverre Dahlen Aspenes and Gro Randby (3+14) were third at 58 sec 9 one breath ahead of Sweden with Anton Ivarsson and Emma Nilsson (1+11).
Full results
- The full programme for the second IBU Cup in Otepää, the ninth and final stage of the 2024/2025 B circuit season
- “We’ll have a full quota”: Cyril Burdet confirms that France will be sending nine girls to the World Cup finals in Oslo-Holmenkollen
- Camille Bened, overall leader of the IBU Cup with two small globes already in her pocket, ahead of the final stretch of the season: “We’re going to have to race hard”.
- “I just want to enjoy myself”: how Voldiya Galmace-Paulin, second in the overall rankings, is approaching the final stretch of the IBU Cup season.
- Otepää: Sivert Guttorm Bakken wins the IBU Cup individual short, Gaëtan Paturel excellent fifth
- Otepää: Susan Kuelm wins the IBU Cup individual short, Camille Bened, third, takes a big step towards the big globe
- IBU Cup: at just 19, Voldiya Galmace-Paulin wins the small globe in the individual event
- “I’m really proud”: Voldiya Galmace-Paulin’s joy at winning her first career IBU Cup Petit Globe
- IBU Cup Otepää: Johan-Olav Botn wins the sprint, Damien Levet and Théo Guiraud-Poillot in the top 10
- IBU Cup Otepää: Voldiya Galmace-Paulin dominates the sprint ahead of Camille Bened and Paula Botet, Gilonne Guigonnat fifth
- Camille Bened becomes the third Frenchwoman to win the IBU Cup crystal globe
- “It’s an immense source of pride”: Camille Bened reflects on her IBU Cup overall victory, synonymous with the Crystal Globe
- A fall at the hands of a Ukrainian woman, a trip through the mud, covered in bandages and a visit to an Estonian physiotherapist: the secret story of Camille Bened’s conquest of the IBU Cup globe.
- IBU Cup: the small globe in the sprint for Paula Botet, as in 2023
- Otepää: the Germans win the IBU Cup mixed relay, France’s Damien Levet, Gaëtan Paturel, Célia Henaff and Paula Botet second
