Biathlon: Antonin Guigonnat preferred to Oscar Lombardot
For the French men’s biathlon team, sixth and final place in the World Cup was decided by a whisker last weekend in Geilo (Norway). Antonin Guigonnat, Oscar Lombardot and Gaëtan Paturel were selected for the opening races in Norway.
There is one rule: whoever achieves the best results and earns the most points according to the IBU scale will start the winter on the A circuit.
Antonin Guigonnat, twenty-seventh in the mass-start, did better than Oscar Lombardot, twenty-eighth in the sprint. With both men outside the top 40 in their other race and Gaëtan Paturel finishing further back in the rankings, it was the experienced Haut-Savoyard who won this selective weekend.
The news was made official by the French Ski Federation (FFS) on Tuesday. The boy from Morzine (Haute-Savoie), who became a father at the start of the year, will accompany Emilien Claude, Quentin Fillon-Maillet, Eric Perrot, Fabien Claude and Emilien Jacquelin to Östersund (Sweden) from 29 November.
The French men’s selection for the Biathlon World Cup in Östersund 🇸🇪
- Emilien Claude – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Basse sur Le Rupt Nordic skiing (Massif des Vosges) 🇫🇷
- Fabien Claude – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Basse sur Le Rupt Nordic skiing (Massif des Vosges) 🇫🇷
- Quentin Fillon-Maillet – DOUANE / Ski Club du Grandvaux (Massif Jurassien) 🇫🇷
- Emilien Jacquelin – DOUANE / CS Nordique Villard de Lans (Dauphiné) 🇫🇷
- Eric Perrot – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Ski Club Peisey-Vallandry (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Antonin Guigonnat – ARMY OF CHAMPIONS / Ski Club Morzine Avoriaz (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
The full programme for the Östersund Biathlon World Cup 🇸🇪
Saturday 29 November
- 1.15pm: Women’s 4x6km relay
- 4.55pm: Men’s 4×7.5km relay
Sunday 30th November
- 2pm: Mixed singles relay
- 16:00: mixed relay
Tuesday 2nd December
- 15:30: Men’s 15 km individual
Wednesday 3rd December
- 15:30: Men’s 20 km individual
Friday 5 December
- 16:00: women’s 7.5 km sprint
Saturday 6 December
- 4.30pm: Men’s 10 km sprint
Sunday 7 December
- 1.15pm: Women’s 10 km pursuit
- 3.20pm: Men’s 12.5km pursuit
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- Ten-man Finnish team led by Suvi Minkkinen for the Östersund and Hochfilzen World Cups
- Three men for one place: Antonin Guigonnat, Oscar Lombardot and Gaëtan Paturel will battle it out for the final ticket to the World Cup on 15 and 16 November in Geilo.
- “The aim is to take the selection”: how Antonin Guigonnat, Oscar Lombardot and Gaëtan Paturel are approaching the races in Geilo, where they are vying for a place in the World Cup.
