Biathlon | Pokljuka: the small globe in the mixed events and a (new) record in the sights of the French team this Sunday in Slovenia

Biathlon: last relays of the winter season this Sunday in Pokljuka

This Sunday, the facilities at the Sports Center Triglav Pokljuka will host the final team events of the 2024/2025 biathlon world cup season. At 12.05pm, the mixed single relay will take place, followed by the start of the mixed relay at 2.50pm.

For the French team – represented by the Justine Braisaz-Bouchet/Emilien Jacquelin doubles team, followed by the foursome of Jeanne Richard, Océane Michelon, Eric Perrot and Quentin Fillon-Maillet – the main aim will be to win the crystal globe in the mixed events.

Already lifted by Les Bleus in 2011, the year it first appeared, and in 2023, it could therefore return to the French fold for the third time at the end of this winter. With two races remaining in the rankings, France, the two-time defending world champions in both mixed formats, leads the hierarchy with 300 points amassed.

Sweden (274), on 26 points, are their first opponents, followed by Norway (242), on 58, andGermany (235), on 65. As a result, Les Bleus have their fate in their own hands if they are to secure another crystal-clear trophy.

Towards a fabulous 100% podium finish in the relays

What’s more, this winter, the French team finished on all the podiums in the relays it contested, a total of eighteen. As a result, the Tricolores could make it 20/20 this Sunday in Pokljuka (Slovenia), validating a totally unprecedented 100% of collective podium finishes.

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France’s best season to date dates back to the winter of 2011/2012, with nine podium finishes from eleven races.

The overall ranking of the mixed events at the 2024/2025 World Cup

Live data for mixed events

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