Biathlon: Johannes Thingnes Boe makes history, Quentin Fillon-Maillet on the podium
After the words, the deeds. We left Quentin Fillon-Maillet from the Jura in a state of anger last Tuesday. On the eve of the opening mixed relay of the biathlon world championships in Lenzerheide (Switzerland), the Grandvallier with two Olympic titles didn’t hide his irritation when commenting on his non-selection for this kick-off race.
“It’s a big frustration because I’ve been on all the medal-winning relays over the last six, seven or more years. I think I’ve been the best relay runner at the start of the season and I didn’t have the confidence of the staff, so I’m hurt by this decision,” he explained. […] I intend to prove them wrong after these World Championships with my results.
A 9/10 in the shooting and a great skiing time as a recipe for a podium finish
So, this Saturday afternoon during the sprint, Quentin Fillon-Maillet was eagerly awaited. A medallist at all the World Championships he has taken part in since 2015, he was logically aiming for the podium… and even a first individual world title. With his number 38, he was one of the first favourites to start.
He made a mistake on the dismount and got off to a poor start. However, just like Justine Braisaz-Bouchet the day before in the women’s sprint, he put in an impeccable performance at the end of the race, with a 5/5 on his feet and great speed on the skis to close his sprint. The result was a bronze medal for Quentin Fillon-Maillet, who now has an impressive seventeen world titles to his name.
37 seconds ahead of him in the rankings is the king of biathlon: Johannes Thingnes Boe. For his last world championships, the Norwegian clocked 10/10 and the best skiing time to take a fourth world sprint title after those of 2015, 2019 and 2023. Above all, he has now won eleven individual gold medals, equalling the record set by Martin Fourcade and Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, and twenty-one overall. This makes him the most decorated biathlete in the history of the World Championships.
Campbell Wright incredible second
He beat American Campbell Wright (10/10) by 27.7 seconds to claim his first career podium, the first for the USA since Lowell Bailey won individual gold in 2017.
The flower of the day ceremony is completed by Vebjoern Soerum (8/10), incredible in the last lap, Tommaso Giacomel (8/10) and Martin Uldal (9/10), whileEndre Stroemsheim (8/10) is seventh. Vosgien Fabien Claude (9/10) is eighth, ahead of defending champion Sturla Holm Lægreid (9/10) and Tarjei Boe (9/10).
As for the other French riders, Eric Perrot (8/10) was fourteenth at 1 min 11 and Emilien Jacquelin (7/10), with the double fault on the standing, nineteenth at 1 min 27.
𝑵𝑶𝑼𝑽𝑬𝑳𝑳𝑬 𝑴𝑬́𝑫𝑨𝑰𝑳𝑳𝑬 𝑷𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑳𝑬 𝑩𝑰𝑨𝑻𝑯𝑳𝑶𝑵!!! 🤩🇫🇷
After a superb race, @quentinfillon takes bronze 🥉 in the sprint at the Lenzerheide Worlds. 🇨🇭
✅ 3️⃣e French medal this week
See you tomorrow for more chances to… pic.twitter.com/OAZ8vqtFeE– FFS – Fédération Française de Ski (@FedFranceSki) February 15, 2025
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Full results
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- “We decided to follow the sporting logic”: Stéphane Bouthiaux explains how the French mixed relay team for the World Championships in Lenzerheide was put together.
- Quentin Fillon-Maillet annoyed at being sidelined in the mixed relay at the world championships in Lenzerheide: “I thought I deserved more consideration from the staff”.
- “We’re aiming for the title”: one year after their triumph in Nove Mesto, France will attempt to make it two in a row in the mixed relay at the World Championships in Lenzerheide.
- Mixed relay in Lenzerheide: the first day on which Johannes Thingnes Boe could become the most successful biathlete in the history of the World Championships
- Lenzerheide: France, with Julia Simon, Lou Jeanmonnot, Eric Perrot and Emilien Jacquelin, retain their world mixed relay title
- “We couldn’t have got off to a better start than this”: the perfect start for the French team, which won gold in the mixed relay at the world championships in Lenzerheide.
- “I don’t feel like I made a mistake”: Julia Simon recounts her collision with Sweden’s Anna Magnusson during the mixed relay in Lenzerheide
- Julia Simon and Sebastian Samuelsson crashed, Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold and Hanna Oeberg failed to shoot: an opening mixed relay full of twists and turns in Lenzerheide
- Lenzerheide: Czech Republic surprise silver medallists in mixed relay
- Lenzerheide: seventh in the mixed relay with Lukas Hofer and Tommaso Giacomel, Italy’s Hannah Auchentaller and Dorothea Wierer battled it out on the difficult Swiss track
- “It was fun”: during the mixed relay at the World Championships in Lenzerheide, Britain’s Shawna Pendry was surprised to ski with her idol Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold.
- Lenzerheide: the day after her fall in the mixed relay, Julia Simon did not take part in the day’s official training session
- One year after the unthinkable quadruple in Nove Mesto, the French put their world sprint medals back on the line
- Lenzerheide: why can five French women take part in the World Championship sprint?
- A prestigious, distinctive number for Julia Simon in the sprint and pursuit at the Lenzerheide World Championships
- Dorothea Wierer supports Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold after the Norwegian was insulted on social networks
- Lenzerheide : Lucie Charvatova, at the start of the sprint five years after her surprising bronze medal in Antholz
- Lenzerheide: Justine Braisaz-Bouchet’s day of glory, crowned world sprint champion ahead of Franziska Preuss and Suvi Minkkinen
- “The wheel turns”: how Justine Braisaz-Bouchet became world sprint champion in Lenzerheide after a difficult January
- Lenzerheide: Justine Braisaz-Bouchet’s photo album with her gold medal in the sprint at the World Championships
- “I hated my race”: the disappointment of Lou Jeanmonnot, sixth in the sprint at the world championships in Lenzerheide
- “Ten years on, Franziska Preuss has won her second individual world medal in the sprint at Lenzerheide.
- “She really believed in her chances”: in the Lenzerheide sprint, Suvi Minkkinen became the third Finn to win a world medal
- “I’m a fighter, I won’t give up”: assures Lena Haecki-Gross, who came very close to winning a medal on home soil in the sprint at the World Championships.
- Lenzerheide: Michela Carrara surprised everyone with fifth place in the World Championship sprint
- “Sometimes you just have to let go”: Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, who struggled at the World Championships in Lenzerheide, broke down in tears after the sprint.
- “I’m very proud”: Maya Cloetens tells Nordic Magazine how she made Belgian biathlon history by finishing eighth in the sprint at the World Championships in Lenzerheide.
- Lenzerheide: Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, the fifth French woman to become world sprint champion
- The quest for a first individual world title: why this could be the right year for Quentin Fillon-Maillet, who starts the Lenzerheide sprint this Saturday.
