Biathlon: the names of the French participants in the first Loop One Festival on 19 October in Munich
On 19 October, the very first Loop One Festival, a biathlon show organised by the IBU in the form of super sprints, will be held in the Olympic Park in Munich (Germany) to open the Olympic season. Although the event is an exhibition and will not award World Cup points, it will be contested by the world’s best biathletes.
For the French team, as revealed several weeks ago in our columns, no fewer than nine places are available.
For the top five nations in the world, of which we are one, it’s a maximum of four quotas, but the top fifteen overall are all invited, which gives us an extra ticket for the women,” Stéphane Bouthiaux, director of the French biathlon teams, tells Nordic Magazine. In fact, we’re the only nation that can do that.
Biathletes not selected for the Summer Tour at La Féclaz
The Franc-Comtois also announced the names of the lucky winners: “Quentin Fillon-Maillet, Emilien Jacquelin, Fabien Claude and Eric Perrot for the boys, and Lou Jeanmonnot, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, Julia Simon, Océane Michelon and Jeanne Richard for the women”.
At the same time, Emilien Claude, Oscar Lombardot, Antonin Guigonnat, Paula Botet, Camille Bened, Gilonne Guigonnat and Sophie Chauveau, who all shone in the World Cup last winter but were unable to secure a place in the IBU show, will be competing in the Summer Tour at La Féclaz (Savoie).
These competitions will follow the altitude preparation courses organised in Font-Romeu (Pyrénées-Orientales) for the men and Ramsau (Austria) for the women.
The programme for the Loop One Festival in Munich (Germany)
Saturday 18th October
- 11.00am: para biathlon races
- 2pm: youth races
- 16:00: 4 all biathlon
- 6.00 pm: after race party
Sunday 19 October
- 11.40am: Men’s super sprint qualifying heat 1
- 12.00: men’s super sprint qualifying heat 2
- 12.20pm: Men’s super sprint qualifying heat no. 3
- 12.40pm: Men’s super sprint qualifying heat no. 4
- 13:00: Ladies’ super sprint qualifying heat 1
- 1.20pm: Women’s super sprint qualifying heat 2
- 1.40pm: Women’s super sprint qualifying heat no. 3
- 2.00 pm: women’s super sprint qualifying heat no. 4
- 15:00: men’s super sprint final
- 3.45pm: women’s super sprint final
- The IBU launches the Loop One Festival, the opening event of the 2025/2026 season in Munich
- “Stéphane Bouthiaux regrets the late announcement of the Loop One Festival, the IBU’s urban showcase at the start of the season.
- The IBU’s urban show at the start of the season has changed the Summer Tour schedule: the first stage will take place in Arçon in September, the second in La Féclaz in October.
- France has nine quotas for the Loop One Festival, an urban show organised by the IBU on 19 October in Munich.
