Biathlon: Nathanaël Peaquin just short of a medal at the World University Games
On Saturday morning, the biathlon programme at the Turin 2025 World University Games included a men’s sprint in Pragelato (Italy). In this event, Nathanaël Peaquin, a Frenchman, came close to winning a medal. After clocking the second fastest time on cross-country skis, he got off to a good start, shooting 5/5 in the recumbent.
However, he missed two shots on his feet and his hopes of a podium finish were dashed. Sixth when he left the shooting range, he climbed two places in the final loop, but had to settle for fourth place, 22.5 seconds from the winner. Kazakhstan’s Nikita Akimov (10/10) took the gold medal with a margin of 2 sec 2 over Sweden’s Knut Vikstroem (9/10) and 5 sec 6 over Ukraine’s Bohdan Borkovskyi (9/10).
Among the other French riders, Paul Fontaine (9/10) was seventh and Adrien Baylac (7/10) fourteenth.
Full results
- Turin: the names of the six Frenchmen selected for the 2025 World University Games
- Turin: Camille Coupé withdraws from the World University Games after rupturing cruciate ligaments, Amélie Broutier takes her place
- Turin: Noémie Remonnay wins the individual short event at the World University Games
- “I managed to stay focused right to the end”: the satisfaction of Noémie Remonnay, gold medallist in the individual short event at the World University Games
- Turin: Paul Fontaine in the top 15 in the individual short, Ukraine’s Bohdan Borkovskyi takes gold
- Turin: the Ukrainians win the mixed singles relay at the World University Games, Noémie Remonnay and Paul Fontaine come sixth
