Biathlon: another medal for Les Bleus in Östersund
This Saturday, the World Youth Biathlon Championships in Östersund (Sweden) continued with the sprints. In the middle of the day, it was the women who took to the track at the Swedish National Biathlon Arena and, as has often been the case since the start of hostilities, a Frenchwoman stood out.
This time it was Louise Roguet. After getting a tan in the mixed relay on Friday, the Montblanc native put in a contrasting performance, putting in a great race at the best of times. With a 9/10 in the shooting and the best skiing time of the day, she was only beaten by Norway’s Martine Skog (10/10), crowned world champion with a 17 sec 5 lead.
The latter succeeds Elsa Taenglander (8/10), who finished fourth on the day, and becomes the fifth Norwegian biathlete to be crowned world youth sprint champion after Hilde Fenne (2012), Karoline Erdal (2016), Maren Bakken (2019) and Maren Kirkeeide (2022).
Louise Roguet took silver, giving her her first career individual international medal. Czech Ilona Plechacova (8/10) took bronze at 25 sec 8. Behind Taenglander were Switzerland’s Lena Baumann (9/10) and Italy’s Nayeli Mariotti Cavagnet (10/10) at the flower ceremony.
Among the other French girls, Coralie Perrin (8/10) was ninth, Alice Dusserre (9/10) fifteenth and Lola Bugeaud (6/10) twenty-third.
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.
