Biathlon: Chloé Chevalier’s big performance
This weekend’s Summer Tour biathlon in Arçon (Doubs) was the last chance for French biathletes to fine-tune their skills and perform before the snow returns. Chloé Chevalier from Dauphiné did just that in the sunshine and in front of a large crowd.
After a difficult winter in 2023/2024 after contracting mononucleosis, the Frenchwoman was relegated to the French B team in the spring. Now, after a studious summer, the Villardienne seems to have rediscovered her taste for biathlon. On Saturday lunchtime, she put in a great performance in the women’s sprint at Arçon, taking victory and the national senior title in the speciality.
With a magnificent 10/10 on the mats, Chloé Chevalier managed to hold off Lou Jeanmonnot (10/10) on the ski-wheels in the final round. With a lead of 13 sec 0 going into this final double, she won by… 8 tenths of a second. Julia Simon (8/10), who made two mistakes in the standing phase, took bronze at 33 sec 0. For the record, she had fallen on her ski-wheels during the warm-up.
Amandine Mengin best U22, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet outside the top 10
Gilonne Guigonnat (9/10), by less than a second, was fourth just ahead of Jeanne Richard (9/10). Vosgienne Amandine Mengin (9/10) finished sixth and won the U22 race ahead of U19 winner Léna Moretti (9/10), Lou-Anne Dupont Ballet-Baz (9/10) and Voldiya Galmace-Paulin (7/10).
The top 10 overall was completed by Océane Michelon (8/10), who failed to make it three after her double at Prémanon (Jura) last month, Sophie Chauveau (9/10), Belgium’s Eve Bouvard (9/10) and Fany Bertrand (10/10).
Further back are Justine Braisaz-Bouchet (7/10), eleventh at 1 min 13, Camille Bened (8/10), twelfth, Lisa Siberchicot (9/10), fourteenth, Paula Botet (7/10), sixteenth, Caroline Colombo (8/10), twentieth, and Léonie Jeannier (7/10), twenty-second.
Full results
- Arçon: Augustin Remonnnay wins the U17 sprint on home soil after a thrilling finale
- Arçon: Adèle Ouvrier-Buffet, with 10/10, wins the U17 women’s sprint
- Arçon: U19 women’s sprint for Dauphinoise Léna Moretti
- French sprint champion in Arçon, Chloé Chevalier has rediscovered her pleasure after her doubts: “I didn’t know if I was capable of competing with the girls”.
- The full programme for the Summer Tour d’Arçon, support event for the French senior sprint and pursuit championships
- Roman Rees, Erika Jänkä, Florent Claude, Maxime Germain and Arnaud Du Pasquier: the full list of foreign athletes taking part in the Summer Tour d’Arçon.
- Why will Océane Michelon and Eric Perrot be wearing yellow bibs in the Summer Tour d’Arçon sprint?
- Overall rankings for the U17, U19 and U22 French summer championships ahead of the Summer Tour d’Arçon
- After three weeks at altitude between Italy and Prémanon, Eric Perrot is looking ahead to the Summer Tour d’Arçon: “It’s very specific training, which is important for me”.
- Summer Tour: who are the title holders and former winners of the Arçon sprint and pursuit?
- Anaëlle Bondoux withdraws from the Summer Tour d’Arçon after a fall on ski-wheels
- Summer Tour: Nordic Magazine stand in Arçon selling the new comic book and the new Biathlon Magazine
