Biathlon | Ridnaun-Val Ridanna: first IBU Cup victory for Damien Levet, winner of the sprint ahead of Valentin Lejeune and Antonin Guigonnat

Biathlon: a quadruple for Les Bleus in the IBU Cup

A French demonstration. This Saturday morning, the French put in a magnificent performance in the men’s sprint at the IBU Biathlon Cup in Ridnaun-Val Ridanna (Italy).

Damien Levet (10/10), Valentin Lejeune (9/10), who now wears the green bib of overall leader, and Antonin Guigonnat (9/10) completed a resounding hat-trick of victories. Le Bornandin, who won, also claimed his first individual IBU Cup podium.

And that’s not all, as Les Bleus made it a four-peat with Gaëtan Paturel (8/10) in fourth place. While Norway’s Kasper Kalkenberg (9/10) was fifth, Vosges’ Corentin Jacob (10/10) rounded off the French festival by taking sixth place, the last of the flower ceremony.

Théo Guiraud-Poillot (6/10) was fifty-third after missing four targets in the prone phase.

Full results

IBU Cup general ranking

The overall sprint ranking

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