Biathlon: another gold medal for Les Bleus in Lenzerheide
The harvest of gold medals continues for the French team in Lenzerheide (Switzerland). Since the start of the 2025 World Biathlon Championships, the French have systematically returned to their hotels with an overload of metal in their luggage. On Thursday afternoon, however, during the highly electric mixed singles relay, there was a great risk that Julia Simon and Quentin Fillon-Maillet would return to their quarters without reaching the podium.
But this year, the French are untouchable in the canton of Grisons. In this unpredictable format, the French got their race off to a good start with an incisive Julia Simon. Although Quentin Fillon-Maillet, after three picks, gave the lead back to his team-mate in fourth place, 10 seconds off the lead, the Beaufortaine quickly regained the lead.
A title won on the last shot
Finally, in the last relay, Quentin Fillon-Maillet found himself in a battle with Germany’s Justus Strelow for the world title. At the end of an unbreathable standing shot, and despite a pick, the Jurassien managed to get out a few seconds ahead of his rival. Faster on cross-country skis, he took advantage of the last 1,500 metres to extend his lead and give France another world crown.
It was Norway’s Ragnhild Femsteinevik and Johannes Thingnes Boe, after a tremendous last lap by the man with 22 world titles, who took silver ahead of a tanned Germany.
After eight races out of twelve, Les Bleus have now won ten medals (5 gold, 5 bronze). In cross-country skiing, we tend to say that Davos (Switzerland) is a French landmark, so it‘ s only a short step to say that Lenzerheide is now the favourite venue for the French biathlon.
LA FOLIE BLEUE 🔥
Julia Simon and Quentin Fillon Maillet new world champions in the mixed singles relay 🥇, what a last lap from @quentinfillon 🤯
Our tricolores retain their title 🙏🏻
📸 Agence Zoom pic.twitter.com/CeMYoXySch– FFS – Fédération Française de Ski (@FedFranceSki) February 20, 2025
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Full results
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- Swiss biathlete Arnaud Du Pasquier presents the Roland Arena, the Lenzerheide stadium used for the 2025 World Championships
- Delphyne Burlet on the challenges of the Lenzerheide 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.
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- “The wheel turns”: how Justine Braisaz-Bouchet became world sprint champion in Lenzerheide after a difficult January
- “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: Johannes Thingnes Boe crushes the sprint to win a fourth world gold medal in the discipline, Quentin Fillon-Maillet gets a tan
- Lenzerheide: Johannes Thingnes Boe wins the sprint to become the most gold medal-winning biathlete in the history of the World Championships
- “Winning a first medal feels great”: bronze in the Lenzerheide sprint, Quentin Fillon-Maillet kicks off his World Championships in style
- 65th in the Lenzerheide sprint, Gaia Brunello achieved Brazil’s best result at the Worlds: “A dream come true”.
- Lenzerheide: untouchable at 20/20, Franziska Preuss wins the world pursuit title, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet takes bronze
- “I was three metres too short”. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet was close to silver in the pursuit at the world championships in Lenzerheide.
- Lenzerheide: Johannes Thingnes Boe pursuit world champion ahead of the astonishing Campbell Wright, Eric Perrot in bronze
- The greatest of all time: gold in the pursuit at Lenzerheide, Johannes Thingnes Boe is the most successful individual biathlete in history
- Lenzerheide: Eric Perrot, the eleventh French medallist in an individual World Championship race
- “I had to fill it up and I filled it up”: how Eric Perrot climbed twelve places to win bronze in the pursuit at the World Championships in Lenzerheide
- Lenzerheide: what do they say about Campbell Wright’s exploits in New Zealand?
- “He had to change his shooting line because of a mistake by another biathlete”: why did the jury reclassify Jakov Fak in sixth place in the pursuit at the World Championships in Lenzerheide?
- Franco-British Chloé Dupont, currently competing in the world championships in Lenzerheide: “It’s very motivating”.
- Lenzerheide: Marie Dorin-Habert reviews the first week of the World Championships
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- “She’s a metronome”: Lou Jeanmonnot, unbeaten this winter in the format, is the big favourite in the individual event at the World Championships in Lenzerheide.
- Lenzerheide: Julia Simon crowned individual world champion, bronze for Lou Jeanmonnot
- Lenzerheide: Julia Simon, the fourth French individual world champion
- “Nothing could take me out of my race”: how Julia Simon became individual world champion for the first time in Lenzerheide
- “I didn’t take it well when I missed on the first shot”: after a difficult start to her individual competition in Lenzerheide, Lou Jeanmonnot bounced back to win bronze at the World Championships.
- Lenzerheide: Julia Simon’s photo album with her gold medal from the individual event at the World Championships
- Lou Jeanmonnot’s photo album with her bronze medal in the individual event at the World Championships in Lenzerheide
- “I’m speechless”: a fantastic second in the individual World Championships, Ella Halvarsson makes Sweden shine in Lenzerheide
- “I lost my concentration”: in contention for a new title at the World Championships in Lenzerheide, Franziska Preuss broke down on the last shot of the individual event.
- “I’ve been unlucky again”: 71st in the individual event at the World Championships in Lenzerheide, Anamarija Lampic broke the elastic band on her rifle mid-shot.
- Seven medals, three of them gold: halfway through the World Championships in Lenzerheide, France is on course to beat the Nove Mesto 2024 record.
- Lenzerheide: Peiserot Eric Perrot becomes individual world champion, bronze for Quentin Fillon-Maillet
- Lenzerheide: Eric Perrot becomes the fifth French individual gold medallist at the World Championships
- “What an honour to be able to follow in the footsteps of great champions”: at 23, Eric Perrot is crowned individual world champion
- “He’s a great man, and he’ll continue to be”: Simon Fourcade’s joy after Eric Perrot won the world title in the individual event in Lenzerheide
- “Strong impression”, “What a race”, “Far superior performance”: Eric Perrot’s first world title as seen by the international press
- Lenzerheide: new individual world champion, Eric Perrot has his hair shorn on the podium
- “It’s a wonderful feeling”: in Lenzerheide, Tommaso Giacomel won his first ever individual world medal
- “I would have signed up at the start of the Worlds for results like these”: even without a gold medal, Quentin Fillon-Maillet, twice tanned, is smiling again.
- “It’s a little frustrating”: Niklas Hartweg came within a whisker of a medal in the individual at the World Championships in Lenzerheide
- Lenzerheide: Finland’s Olli Hiidensalo dedicates his great race to his baby
- “What an honour to be able to follow in the footsteps of great champions”: at 23, Eric Perrot is crowned individual world champion
- “I’m terribly disappointed with my last shot”: Michal Krcmar, close to a medal in the individual event at the World Championships in Lenzerheide
- The pride of Cyril Cleyrat, Eric Perrot’s first coach at the Peisey-Vallandry club, after his protégé’s individual world title: “Tears came to my eyes”.
- “A model of control and management”: Yvon Mougel, France’s leading biathlon world medallist, pays tribute to the new individual world champion Eric Perrot
- “My body was physiologically two years late”: when Eric Perrot, freshly crowned individual world champion, was finishing last in the national races…
- “I’m very proud”: 69th in the individual in Lenzerheide, Greenland’s Sondre Slettemark competed in his first career race at the World Championships.
