Biathlon | Pokljuka: ahead of the Oslo-Holmenkollen finals, Lou Jeanmonnot takes big points away from Franziska Preuss in the battle for the big globe

Biathlon: Franziska Preuss and Lou Jeanmonnot close the gap to 20 points before Oslo-Holmenkollen

After winning the mass start of the Biathlon World Cup in Pokljuka (Slovenia)on Saturday afternoon , Lou Jeanmonnot has picked up some precious points in the race for the crystal globe.

Second at 60 points behind Franziska Preuss before this race, the Frenchwoman took advantage of her success and her opponent’s fifth place to move back to 20 points with three races to go before the end of the winter.

Third place went to Julia Simon (804), followed by Jeanne Richard (676), Océane Michelon (666), Selina Grotian (620), Justine Braisaz-Bouchet (605), Elvira Oeberg (581), Suvi Minkkinen (561) and Maren Kirkeeide (506).

Elsewhere, in the mass-start rankings, Franziska Preuss (265) remains in the lead ahead of Elvira Oeberg (224), Jeanne Richard (204) and Lou Jeanmonnot (188).

The overall World Cup standings

The overall World Cup mass-start rankings

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• Lou Jeanmonnot vs Franziska Preuss and Johannes Thingnes Boe vs Sturla Holm Lægreid: in Pokljuka, a high-risk individual race in the race for the big crystal globe
• Pokljuka: Julia Simon follows up her victory by winning the individual short at 20/20, all the French women in the top 10
• Julia Simon tells Nordic Magazine after her success in the Pokljuka individual short: “I’m very happy to have built up this race in such a beautiful way”.
• Pokljuka: Lou Jeanmonnot wins the small crystal globe in the individual event, a first for a Frenchwoman
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• “I’m not going to give up”: Lou Jeanmonnot tells Nordic Magazine after the individual short in Pokljuka
• Pokljuka: Océane Michelon takes command of the U23 rankings and will be wearing blue for the mass-start
• Océane Michelon, fifth in the Pokljuka individual short: “I’m copying and pasting from Kontiolahti”.
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• Pokljuka: reactions from Quentin Fillon-Maillet, Eric Perrot, Emilien Jacquelin, Oscar Lombardot, Emilien Claude and Fabien Claude after the individual short race
• Surprise for the French team: Antonin Guigonnat will start the mass start in Pokljuka
• Johannes Thingnes Boe withdraws for the end of the Pokljuka stage
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• “I ask myself a lot of questions, I go over everything all the time…”. For Lou Jeanmonnot, the hunt for the big crystal globe is above all a mental battle.

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