Biathlon: an important day for Lou Jeanmonnot at the World Championships in Lenzerheide
This winter, the queen of individual racing is Lou Jeanmonnot. In the two races contested in this format since the start of the season, on 4 December in Kontiolahti (Finland) and then on 16 January in Ruhpolding (Germany), the Doubiste native has proved herself to be a cut above the rest.
Although it’s a race she doesn’t really enjoy because of its length – 15km – which can lead to monotony, this Tuesday the Franc-Comtoise goes into the individual World Championships in Lenzerheide (Switzerland) as the great favourite. So far this season, Lou Jeanmonnot hasn’t missed a single target in this speciality.
“In shooting, every time she makes a mistake, she corrects it! There’s nothing to say. She’s a metronome. She’s not necessarily looking to shoot fast, but to shoot well. She shoots in the right time,” analysed Yvon Mougel, France’s first world biathlon medallist, in our columns a few weeks ago. If you take away the time, everyone does 20/20! That’s what’s difficult: managing to apply in the race what makes the target fall, forgetting what’s around it. It’s like a chain: all the links have to be firmly attached to each other and, if one of the links is weaker and loosens, the whole thing falls apart. In that respect, with rare exceptions, Lou [Jeanmonnot] is very strong.
“We need to relax a bit more, rediscover our fluidity and desire by taking a step back from the need for results”.
The exceptions came at the end of last week, in the sprint and pursuit at the World Championships, where Lou Jeanmonnot, sixth and then fourth, missed out on a place on the podium.
“She’s not racing badly, but she’s left a bit too much to shoot. She’s here to win medals because she’s capable of doing it, because she’s playing in the overall and because she’s won a lot of races so far. She’s not going to crack if she misses out, but she needs a bit of release to be able to turn around the few pallets that didn’t fall in the first week,” explained Marie Dorin-Habert on her subject for Nordic Magazine.
“I understand her disappointment, but you can’t be too hard on yourself. You have to relax a bit more, regain your fluidity and desire by taking a step back from the need for results,” continues the Dauphinoise. It’s very hard to do, but that’s what she’s lacking: a little more concentration. It’s a battle against herself!
In any case, after her chocolate medal in the pursuit, Lou Jeanmonnot warned: “I’m going to be very vindictive”. Wearing number 52, she will start her individual race at 3.32pm with the firm intention of winning her first individual world title.
- The full programme for the World Championships in Lenzerheide, the highlight of the 2024/2025 season
- Léna Arnaud: my best memory of… Lenzerheide
- Swiss biathlete Arnaud Du Pasquier presents the Roland Arena, the Lenzerheide stadium used for the 2025 World Championships
- Delphyne Burlet on the challenges of the Lenzerheide world championships
- “We decided to follow the sporting logic”: Stéphane Bouthiaux explains how the French mixed relay team for the World Championships in Lenzerheide was put together.
- Quentin Fillon-Maillet annoyed at being sidelined in the mixed relay at the world championships in Lenzerheide: “I thought I deserved more consideration from the staff”.
- Lenzerheide: France, with Julia Simon, Lou Jeanmonnot, Eric Perrot and Emilien Jacquelin, retain their world mixed relay title
- “We couldn’t have got off to a better start than this”: the perfect start for the French team, which won gold in the mixed relay at the world championships in Lenzerheide.
- “I don’t feel like I made a mistake”: Julia Simon recounts her collision with Sweden’s Anna Magnusson during the mixed relay in Lenzerheide
- Julia Simon and Sebastian Samuelsson crashed, Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold and Hanna Oeberg failed to shoot: an opening mixed relay full of twists and turns in Lenzerheide
- “It was fun”: during the mixed relay at the World Championships in Lenzerheide, Britain’s Shawna Pendry was surprised to ski with her idol Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold.
- Dorothea Wierer supports Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold after the Norwegian was insulted on social networks
- Lenzerheide: Justine Braisaz-Bouchet’s day of glory, crowned world sprint champion ahead of Franziska Preuss and Suvi Minkkinen
- “The wheel turns”: how Justine Braisaz-Bouchet became world sprint champion in Lenzerheide after a difficult January
- Lenzerheide: Justine Braisaz-Bouchet’s photo album with her gold medal in the sprint at the World Championships
- “Ten years on, Franziska Preuss has won her second individual world medal in the sprint at Lenzerheide.
- “She really believed in her chances”: in the Lenzerheide sprint, Suvi Minkkinen became the third Finn to win a world medal
- “I’m a fighter, I won’t give up”: assures Lena Haecki-Gross, who came very close to winning a medal on home soil in the sprint at the World Championships.
- “Sometimes you just have to let go”: Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, who struggled at the World Championships in Lenzerheide, broke down in tears after the sprint.
- “I’m very proud”: Maya Cloetens tells Nordic Magazine how she made Belgian biathlon history by finishing eighth in the sprint at the World Championships in Lenzerheide.
- The quest for a first individual world title: why this could be the right year for Quentin Fillon-Maillet, who starts the Lenzerheide sprint this Saturday.
- Lenzerheide: Johannes Thingnes Boe crushes the sprint to win a fourth world gold medal in the discipline, Quentin Fillon-Maillet gets a tan
- Lenzerheide: Johannes Thingnes Boe wins the sprint to become the most gold medal-winning biathlete in the history of the World Championships
- “I’m going to miss that feeling of being the best in the world”: Johannes Thingnes Boe continues to make history by winning the sprint at his last World Championships
- “Winning a first medal feels great”: bronze in the Lenzerheide sprint, Quentin Fillon-Maillet kicks off his World Championships in style
- “I feel really lucky”: at 22, Campbell Wright entered the big leagues by winning silver in the sprint at the World Championships.
- Lenzerheide: “I’m not going to spit on this race”: on the World Championships sprint, Tommaso Giacomel was reassured after the mixed relay
- Lenzerheide: the Swedes look grim after their unsuccessful sprint at the Worlds
- Lenzerheide: who is Sean Benson, who finished last in the sprint?
- Lenzerheide: Julia Simon, a golden opportunity to make World Championship history by winning the pursuit for the third time in a row
- “Everything still has to be done”: Florent Claude, a sprint in Lenzerheide finishing in 17th place that leaves you wanting more
- 65th in the Lenzerheide sprint, Gaia Brunello achieved Brazil’s best result at the Worlds: “A dream come true”.
- Lenzerheide: Dorothea Wierer withdraws from the World Championship chase
- Lenzerheide: untouchable at 20/20, Franziska Preuss wins the world pursuit title, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet takes bronze
- In the pursuit at Lenzerheide, Franziska Preuss won her first world title: “I can’t believe it”.
- Lenzerheide: Justine Braisaz-Bouchet’s photo album with her bronze medal in the pursuit at the World Championships
- “I was three metres too short”. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet was close to silver in the pursuit at the world championships in Lenzerheide.
- “I’ve been waiting for this for a while”: Elvira Oeberg won her first ever individual world medal in the pursuit at Lenzerheide.
- “It was really difficult, but I’m proud of myself”: a final shot that cost Lena Haecki-Gross dearly in the World Championships pursuit
- “I can hear Justine [Braisaz-Bouchet] sending her ball into the scenery”: the careless error that cost Lou Jeanmonnot a medal in the pursuit at Lenzerheide
- Two-time title holder Julia Simon loses her World Pursuit Championship crown in Lenzerheide: “I missed my shot”.
- Lenzerheide: Johannes Thingnes Boe pursuit world champion ahead of the astonishing Campbell Wright, Eric Perrot in bronze
- The greatest of all time: gold in the pursuit at Lenzerheide, Johannes Thingnes Boe is the most successful individual biathlete in history
- “I feel completely drained”: to win his twelfth individual gold medal at the World Championships, Johannes Thingnes Boe worked hard in Lenzerheide
- Lenzerheide: Eric Perrot, the eleventh French medallist in an individual World Championship race
- “I had to fill it up and I filled it up”: how Eric Perrot climbed twelve places to win bronze in the pursuit at the World Championships in Lenzerheide
- Lenzerheide: Eric Perrot’s photo album with his bronze medal in the pursuit at the World Championships
- “He’s very impressive”: close to an incredible comeback over Johannes Thingnes Boe in the pursuit, Campbell Wright impressed all the Norwegians at the World Championships in Lenzerheide.
- Lenzerheide: what do they say about Campbell Wright’s exploits in New Zealand?
- “He had to change his shooting line because of a mistake by another biathlete”: why did the jury reclassify Jakov Fak in sixth place in the pursuit at the World Championships in Lenzerheide?
- Lenzerheide: Sturla Holm Lægreid just off the podium despite 20/20 marks
- Five medals in five races, including two golds: Les Bleus get off to a flying start at the world championships in Lenzerheide
- Thanks to the title won by Justine Braisaz-Bouchet in Lenzerheide, the French women’s team will have five quotas for the sprint at the 2027 World Championships in Otepää, unless…
- Anna Gandler goes home, Felix Leitner won’t be coming to Switzerland: the Austrian team is shattered at the World Championships in Lenzerheide
- Lenzerheide: Philipp Nawrath withdraws from the individual race, David Zobel called up as back-up
- Lenzerheide: coaching for the German women with Johanna Puff replacing Sophia Schneider for the individual races
- Still suffering from a cold, Dorothea Wierer withdraws from the individual World Championships in Lenzerheide
- Lenzerheide: when Franziska Preuss cut her coach Sverre Olsbu Roeiseland’s hair to celebrate her pursuit gold medal
