Biathlon: Les Bleus take gold in Östersund
They did it. On Tuesday afternoon, Camille Grataloup-Manissolle, Antonin Guy and Léo Carlier set off to win the world youth biathlonrelay title in Östersund (Sweden). On the slopes of Jämtland county, the Tricolores had their sights set on a gold medal that France had not won for thirteen years.
And it would be an understatement to say that this race went off in the best possible way for the French team. It’s quite simple: there was blue-white-red at the top of the rankings at each of the relay’s intermediate points! First, Camille Grataloup-Manissolle from Dauphiné got things off to a perfect start with 3 picks and, above all, incredible speed on his cross-country skis.
Launching his team-mate Antonin Guy 19 seconds 9 seconds ahead of his closest rival, he allowed the individual world champion to take his foot off the pedal. With a single pick, he remained alone in the lead… but Germany (Luca Anding, Lukas Tannheimer, Korbi Kuebler) came back and came within 15 sec 9 with one stint to go.
Third title after 2009 and 2012 for Les Bleus
It was therefore a long-distance duel between Léo Carlier and Korbi Kuebler that was to decide the outcome of this World Championship relay. With both men picking twice each, the positions did not change, allowing the Doubiste man, faster on skis, to enjoy the final straight with the flag in his hands.
Camille Grataloup-Manissolle, Antonin Guy and Léo Carlier enabled France to become world youth relay champions for the third time after 2009(Florent Claude, Clément Jacquelin and Ludwig Ehrhart) and 2012(Clément Dumont, Florian Rivot and Aristide Bègue).
The Germans were silver at 35.6 seconds, while the Czech Republic (Jakub Bouska, Frantisek Jelinek, Michael Malek) got the better of Austria in the final round for bronze. Canada, Switzerland, Norway, Italy, Ukraine and the United States rounded out the day’s top 10.
Full results
- The full programme for the World Youth and Junior Championships in Östersund
- With Voldiya Galmace-Paulin, Amandine Mengin, Gaëtan Paturel and Anaëlle Bondoux: the French team selection for the 2025 World Youth and Junior Championships in Östersund.
- Östersund: despite a ruptured ulnar collateral ligament in her left thumb, Anaëlle Bondoux will be lining up at the start of the World Junior Championships
- After a difficult start to the season, Antonin Guy has bounced back to secure his place at the World Youth Championships: “It’s like a reward for all the work we’ve put in since mid-January”.
- “We had to fight right to the end to get this ticket”: how Alice Dusserre qualified for the World Youth Championships in Östersund by the skin of her teeth.
- “I’m going there with the desire to take responsibility for my biathlon”: at the Junior Worlds in Östersund, Corentin Jacob returns to international competition two years after his last selection
- Östersund: Ilona Plechacova individual world youth champion, Lola Bugeaud sixth
- Östersund World Youth Championships: Antonin Guy in individual gold for the second year running, Léo Carlier in bronze
- “A real achievement”, “It feels great”: Antonin Guy and Léo Carlier, gold and bronze medallists in the individual event at the World Youth Championships in Östersund, talk about their race.
- Östersund: Célia Henaff becomes world junior individual champion, silver for Amandine Mengin
- Junior Cup: Bresse’s Amandine Mengin, second in Östersund, wins the individual globe
- Célia Henaff, new world junior individual champion: “A first victory, a first medal, a first 20/20”.
- “I’m really shocked”: Amandine Mengin, silver medallist in the individual event at the Junior Worlds and winner of the small globe, wasn’t expecting this…
- Östersund: Sivert Gerhardsen individual world junior champion, Edgar Geny eighth
- Östersund Youth World Championships: Louise Roguet, Lola Bugeaud, Camille Grataloup-Manissolle and Léo Carlier bronze medallists in the mixed relay won by Norway
- Östersund: despite four penalty laps and a fall, Voldiya Galmace-Paulin, Amandine Mengin, Gaëtan Paturel and Edgar Geny are runners-up in the junior mixed relay.
- “Even with four laps to go, we’re capable of going for a medal”: the words of Voldiya Galmace-Paulin, Amandine Mengin, Gaëtan Paturel and Edgar Geny, silver medallists in the mixed relay at the World Junior Championships.
- Östersund Youth World Championships: Louise Roguet takes silver in the sprint, Norway’s Martine Skog takes gold
- “I tried to be more relaxed in the downhill, doing the opposite of the mixed relay where I was so stressed…”. How Louise Roguet picked up the gauntlet to become runner-up in the world junior sprint championship.
- Östersund: Léo Carlier wins silver in the sprint at the Youth World Championships, Germany’s Lukas Tannheimer takes the title
- “I never thought I’d start the World Championships this way”: three medals in three races in Östersund for Léo Carlier, silver in the sprint
- Östersund Junior World Championships: Amandine Mengin takes bronze in the sprint, the title goes to Austria’s Anna Andexer
- “I didn’t even know there were globes”: three-time medallist at the Junior World Championships in Östersund, Amandine Mengin will be competing for the Junior Cup’s big globe in the Mass-Start 60.
- Östersund: Norway’s Haavard Tosterud world junior sprint champion, Axel Garnier ninth
- Östersund: Louise Roguet world youth champion in the Mass-Start 60
- “When I cross the line, there’s a lot of joy”: Louise Roguet tells Nordic Magazine how she became World Youth Champion in the Mass-Start 60 in Östersund.
- Östersund Youth Worlds: Léo Carlier crowned world champion in the mass-start 60 ahead of Flavio Guy and Camille Grataloup-Manissolle
- “We couldn’t have imagined it”: Léo Carlier, Flavio Guy and Camille Grataloup-Manissolle talk about their fabulous triple in the mass-start 60 at the Östersund World Youth Championships
- In the wind of Östersund, Anaëlle Bondoux is runner-up in the Junior 60 mass-start, Sara Andersson takes gold on home soil
- Junior Cup: second in Östersund, Anaëlle Bondoux wins the small mass-start globe
- “It was a complete ordeal, it even crossed my mind to stop racing…”. Anaëlle Bondoux tells Nordic Magazine about her Mass-Start 60 in Östersund, which ended with a silver medal and the small globe.
- Östersund Junior Worlds: Kasper Kalkenberg golden in the Mass-Start 60, Gaëtan Paturel sixth
- Östersund: Germany’s young relay world champions, Alice Dusserre, Coralie Perrin and Louise Roguet ninth
