Biathlon: Janie Picard dominates the U17 women’s sprint at La Féclaz
As in the men’s event a few minutes earlier, the women’s U17 sprint at the Summer Tour biathlon in La Féclaz (Savoie) provided a great spectacle this Saturday morning… and a lot of suspense.
After a series of twists and turns, it was finally Aindinoise Janie Picard (8/10) who took the laurels of victory. With a total time of 15 min 16 sec 8 to complete the 4.5 km course, the woman who has been racing for the Savoie ski committee since the spring beat Chamonix’s Augustine Arson (7/10) by 16 sec 6 and Doubiste’s Emmy Sanseigne (9/10) by 17 sec 7.
Behind them, it’s a tight race with Coline Jeannerod (8/10), Olivia de Rochebouët (7/10), Louane Adam (6/10), Noor Erickson (6/10), Isalyne Duparchy (8/10), Marion Rat-Patron (7/10) and tenth-placed Gabrielle Bourgeois (7/10) all within just over 30 seconds of each other.
At the finish, twenty-five of them were less than a minute behind, including Lana Moreira (6/10), nineteenth a month after doing the double in Arçon (Doubs). However, she still leads the overall standings in the 2025 French Summer Biathlon Championships ahead of the final individual event on Sunday.
Full results
Officiels-SPRINT-U17-DAMES- The full programme for the Summer Tour de La Féclaz, taking place this weekend at the Alexis Bœuf stadium.
- Namou Candau-Armand explains the Alexis Bœuf stadium in La Féclaz, where the second stage of the Summer Tour takes place this weekend: “I really like the undulating profile of the track”.
- “Ten months and two operations later, Camille Coupé will be lining up at the start of the Summer Tour de La Féclaz.
- The Summer Tour of La Féclaz rather than the Loop One Festival in Munich for Justine Braisaz-Bouchet
- On home soil, Nans Vercueil wins the opening U17 men’s sprint of the Summer Tour at La Féclaz
