Biathlon: Lou Jeanmonnot’s big coup
A slight smile that says it all. On Saturday afternoon, once she had secured 5/5 on the shooting range inOslo-Holmenkollen (Norway) in her last standing shot in the pursuit of the World Cup finals, Lou Jeanmonnot did indeed have this smile on her face. At that point in the race, the 26-year-old from Doubs was sailing alone in the lead and had secured a solo success.
It has to be said that she had managed to get rid of Franziska Preuss for good in the lead shot. With two errors on this passage behind the targets, the German effectively lost contact with the Frenchwoman and let fly her hopes of fighting to the end against Lou Jeanmonnot in this twentieth and penultimate opus in the quest for the big crystal globe.
After a sprint of interstellar suspense, the Franc-Comtoise put in a masterful performance to claim victory – her eighth of the winter – at 19/20. The smile on her face as soon as her twentieth ball of the day hit the target spoke volumes about her relief. This time, Lou Jeanmonnot didn’t crack, as was the case a fortnight ago in Nove Mesto (Czech Republic).
Lou Jeanmonnot takes over the yellow bib
This time, La Doubiste won the race ahead of Elvira Oeberg (8/20), Lena Haecki-Gross (18/20) and Ida Lien (19/20), while Franziska Preuss (17/20) took fifth place. The German thus relinquishes her yellow bib by 5 lengths to Lou Jeanmonnot, who will have her fate in her own hands on Sunday in the closing mass-start.
Paulina Batovska Fialkova (19/20) from Slovakia, who made a huge comeback from forty-fourth place, rounded off the day’s flower ceremony in sixth place. Next in the top 10 are Tereza Vobornikova (20/20), Suvi Minkkinen (20/20), Samuela Comola (20/20) and Lisa Theresa Hauser(19/20).
As for the other French girls, Jeanne Richard (19/20) was twelfth, Julia Simon (16/20) fourteenth, Camille Bened (18/20) fifteenth after coming second at the last firing point, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet (16/20) twentieth, Paula Botet (19/20) twenty-first, Océane Michelon (16/20) twenty-fifth and Sophie Chauveau (19/20) thirty-third.
𝑻𝑶𝑼𝑻 𝑺𝑰𝑴𝑷𝑳𝑬𝑴𝑬𝑵𝑻 𝑳𝑶𝑼 !!! 🤩🥇
She is 𝗘𝗫𝗖𝗘𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗘! Lou Jeanmonnot wins with authority in the pursuit in Oslo 🇳🇴 and takes back the yellow bib, completing a superb operation in the overall rankings before the last race of the season tomorrow… pic.twitter.com/6jOwHrSrH3– FFS – Fédération Française de Ski (@FedFranceSki) March 22, 2025
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Full results
- The full programme for the Oslo-Holmenkollen World Cup, the ninth and final stage of the 2024/2025 season
- Oslo-Holmenkollen World Cup: the full programme for the presentation of the crystal globes
- Corinne Niogret: my best memory of… Oslo-Holmenkollen
- Firsts for Camille Bened and Amandine Mengin, the boys’ sevens: the French team selection for the Oslo-Holmenkollen World Cup finals
- “I want to show myself at my best”: how Camille Bened approached her first steps on the World Cup sprint circuit in Oslo-Holmenkollen
- Chloé Bened’s pride after her older sister Camille Bened won the IBU Cup overall and was selected for the World Cup: “She’s our star, our champion, our idol”.
- Amandine Mengin on the eve of her World Cup debut in Oslo-Holmenkollen: “I have no idea why my season has taken such a turn for the worse…”.
- “She’ll remember this season for the rest of her life”: long-time friend and team-mate Maëla Correia talks about Amandine Mengin, who is about to discover the World Cup in Oslo-Holmenkollen.
- “Help them to repeat what they have done so far”: what Cyril Burdet expects from Camille Bened and Amandine Mengin at their first World Cup in Oslo-Holmenkollen.
- “The small sprint globe is up for grabs”: in addition to the overall podium, Emilien Jacquelin will be going for the crystal in Oslo-Holmenkollen.
- Race for the big crystal globe: the sprint in the Oslo-Holmenkollen finals, a decisive stage in Lou Jeanmonnot’s quest
- Oslo-Holmenkollen: Johannes Thingnes Boe, king in front of his home crowd, wins the last sprint of his career, Quentin Fillon-Maillet and Emilien Claude in the top 10
- Oslo-Holmenkollen: Johannes Thingnes Boe wins the small globe in the sprint, the fourth of his career
- “I felt my left leg shaking…”. how Emilien Jacquelin explains his cracking standing shot in the Oslo-Holmenkollen sprint
- “I’m still very upset”: Eric Perrot angry at the IBU’s decision not to reverse the sprint start list
- Oslo-Holmenkollen: the French men’s team triumphs at the Nations Cup for the first time in its history
- Oslo-Holmenkollen: the photo album of the French men’s team with the Nations Cup crystal globe
- Oslo-Holmenkollen: Franziska Preuss wins the sprint 2 tenths of a second ahead of Lou Jeanmonnot, Julia Simon fifth
- “15 points for 2 tenths is extremely expensive”: despite a full race, Lou Jeanmonnot lost ground to Franziska Preuss in the quest for the big globe
- “I was very relieved when Lou finished his race”: two tenths worth 15 precious points for Franziska Preuss after the sprint in Oslo-Holmenkollen
- Oslo-Holmenkollen: by winning the sprint just ahead of Lou Jeanmonnot, Franziska Preuss takes a 35-point lead overall
- Oslo-Holmenkollen: Franziska Preuss secures the small globe in the sprint, becoming the sixth German woman to win it
- Oslo-Holmenkollen: Jeanne Richard edges out Océane Michelon in the battle for the best U23 trophy
- Oslo-Holmenkollen: for the third year running and the sixth time, the French women’s team lift the small globe in the Nations Cup
- Oslo-Holmenkollen: the photo album of the French women’s team with the Nations Cup crystal globe
- Oslo-Holmenkollen: Lou Jeanmonnot’s photo album with the small crystal globe in the individual race
- “Very satisfied to finish ninth”: in the sprint of the Oslo-Holmenkollen finals, Emilien Claude scored his fourth individual top 10 of the season.
- “It’s a great feeling to be able to fight for a good place”: Camille Bened, thirteenth in her first World Cup outing at the Oslo-Holmenkollen sprint, is satisfied.
- “They’re going to have a spectacular race”: the pursuit from Oslo-Holmenkollen, a new duel for the big globe at high altitude between Franziska Preuss and Lou Jeanmonnot
