12:50. At midday on Saturday, the sprint pursuit qualifiers for the 2025 Para Biathlon World Championships were taking place in Pokljuka (Slovenia). In this two-stage event, the qualifying round went well for two of the three French competitors.
In the standing category, Bornandin Benjamin Daviet (10/10) took third place 11.04 seconds off the lead, while Karl Tabouret (10/10) was fifth at 20.20 seconds.
In the qualification for the visually impaired, on the other hand, Anthony Chalençon (guided by Florian Michelon) crashed out three times and finished in eighth place, 37 sec 34 behind the leader. He will still take part in the final, but will have to make up time to reach the podium.
Full results
Standing
Men
Ladies
Visually impaired
Men
Ladies
Sitting
Men
Ladies
- The full programme for the Pokljuka 2025 World Championships
- The French selection for the world championships in Pokljuka, Toblach and Trondheim
- “I don’t need much more to play up front”: Benjamin Daviet prepared for the Pokljuka World Championships at the Val di Fiemme World Cup.
- Pokljuka: Karl Tabouret fourth in the World Championships sprint, less than a second from bronze, Benjamin Daviet eighth
- Pokljuka World Championships: Anthony Chalençon and his guide Florian Michelon take silver in the sprint
- “Now the goal is to win a title”: silver in the sprint, the ideal launch pad for Anthony Chalençon and Florian Michelon at the Pokljuka World Championships
