Biathlon: Germany crowned, France silvered ahead of Austria
In biathlon, it’s not just about skiing the fastest to win. This Friday afternoon, the French team competing in the mixed relay at the Junior World Championships in Östersund (Sweden) learned this the hard way. Voldiya Galmace-Paulin, Amandine Mengin, Gaëtan Paturel and Edgar Geny set a fantastic time in the combined event, setting the other countries back by more than 2 minutes.
However, Les Bleus made too many mistakes on the shooting range. Voldiya Galmace-Paulin, for one, had to turn once on the ring, while Gaëtan Paturel visited it three times on his prone shot. In spite of thirteen picks on top of that, the Tricolores took advantage of their speed on skis to stay in the medal hunt.
Amandine Mengin, in particular, had a good run, as did Edgar Geny, the day’s finisher. In a battle with Austrian Fabian Muellauer for silver, the Haut-Savoyard managed to clinch the medal… despite a fall in the final hectometres. 16 sec 9 ahead, Germany’s Alma Siegismund, Lotta De Buhr, Fabian Kaskel and Linus Kesper won the title with a 9-pick shot.
Norway(Ann Kristin Aaland, Siri Skar, Kasper Kalkenberg, Sivert Gerhardsen) is fourth, then Ukraine, Bulgaria, Sweden, Poland, Italy and the Czech Republic complete the 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 World Youth Championships: Louise Roguet, Lola Bugeaud, Camille Grataloup-Manissolle and Léo Carlier bronze medallists in the mixed relay won by Norway
