Biathlon: Endre Stroemsheim was the strongest
With 13 days to go until the start of the 2024/2025 Biathlon World Cup, the men’s mass-start of the Norwegian opening races in Sjusjøen (Norway) was eagerly awaited. Pitting the impressive local armada against the French and Italians, it promised to be a magnificent battle.
At the start of the afternoon, a field of forty hungry racers took to the start line of this head-to-head competition, the first of the season. Although Tarjei Boe withdrew from the race and his younger brother Johannes had to play the race with the handbrake on (seventeenth at the finish at 15/20), several men shone.
First, in the first two laps, Emilien Jacquelin (16/20) put on a show. Taking the lead on the first run, he then created a gap of around ten seconds on the peloton on his skis. But his strategy didn’t pay off, as he crashed out twice on his second dismount after mismanaging the clicks.
Although he dropped out of the podium race from then on, he never lost heart and finished the race in sixth place. Quentin Fillon-Maillet (16/20), in ninth, and Eric Perrot (16/20), in tenth, also made it into the top 10 for the French clan.
Victory in the final round
The winner was Endre Stroemsheim (19/20), Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen (19/20) and Johan-Olav Botn (17/20). On the last upright, the first two mentioned missed a ball while their compatriot missed two and had to be content with third place. In the final kilometres of cross-country skiing, Stroemsheim dropped Christiansen, the winner of Saturday’s sprint, to win brilliantly.
At the foot of the podium were Sturla Holm Lægreid (18/20) and a bleeding Sverre Dahlen Aspenes (16/20). Isak Frey (18/20) was seventh and Joergen Sæter (19/20) eighth.
Tommaso Giacomel was thirteenth (15/20), Mats Oeverby fourteenth (17/20), Martin Uldal fifteenth (15/20), Sivert Guttorm Bakken sixteenth (18/20), Fabien Claude nineteenth (16/20), Johannes Dale-Skjevdal twentieth (15/20) and Oscar Lombardot thirty-fifth (13/20).
Full results
- Sjusjøen: despite a scare on the last shot, Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold wins the mass-start ahead of Maren Kirkeeide and Dorothea Wierer
- Back on the podium in Sjusjøen, Dorothea Wierer is in good shape ahead of the World Cup: “I remain optimistic for the future”.
- Norwegian opening races in Sjusjøen: Florent Claude on the mass-start B podium
- Norwegian opening races in Sjusjøen: Eric Perrot fourth in the sprint won by Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen, Fabien Claude fifth
- Tenth in the Sjusjøen sprint, Johannes Thingnes Boe is still breaking in
- “A good first race”, “I’ll remember the 9/10 above all”: Eric Perrot and Fabien Claude, fourth and fifth in the Sjusjøen sprint, are satisfied.
- “The aim is to be consistent throughout the season”: in Sjusjøen, Emilien Jacquelin launches his shooting career once again
- Sjusjøen: Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold strongest in the sprint of the Norwegian opening races, Anastasiya Kuzmina surprisingly fourth
- A solid winner of the Sjusjøen sprint, Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold has put her mind at rest after a troubled summer.
- The full programme of Norwegian opening races at Sjusjøen in which the French will be taking part
- Norwegian opening races in Sjusjøen: who will French riders Julie Baverel, Oscar Lombardot, Fabien Claude, Eric Perrot, Quentin Fillon-Maillet and Emilien Jacquelin be up against?
- “The signs are pretty much green for everyone”: Oscar Lombardot, Fabien Claude, Eric Perrot, Quentin Fillon-Maillet and Emilien Jacquelin training on the snow at Sjusjøen
- “A real mouth-watering start to the season”: the day the French men’s team set off on their training camp in Sjusjøen
- Dorothea Wierer and the Italian men’s national team head for Sjusjøen
- Before Les Bleus arrive, Sjusjøen opens its first cross-country ski run
- Relief for Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold: the Norwegian should be ready for the races at Sjusjøen
