Rollerski: victory for a Norwegian at the French championships
On Sunday afternoon, during the women’s 20km mass-start classic at the French Rollerski Championships in Autrans (Isère), three female cross-country skiers were quick off the mark: Norway’s Magni Smedaas (Team Eksjöhus) and France’s Hanna Fine (Team Slavia Pojistovna Robinson Trentino) and Léonie Perry.
After one lap out of three, they had a margin of around twenty seconds over the peloton and then more than a minute after two loops. The first three places were then assured and it was finally, and logically, the Scandinavian rider who got the better of her rivals in the final kilometres.
It was a tough race, with 20km totally flat, so you had to push all the way, with no rest,” the Norwegian told Nordic Magazine afterwards. And the headwind was really tough! Hanna Fine and Léonie Perry were very strong, and I tried several times to get away, but I just couldn’t do it. Then, with 2km to go, they slowed down a bit, and I thought I’d better try again.
Senior and U23 gold medals for Léonie Perry
Although she won, Magni Smedaas, girlfriend of Cluse Théo Schely, did not win any medals at the French championships.
Vosgienne Léonie Perry, a solid second at 10.8 seconds, was crowned French senior and U23 mass-start classic champion . Third at 24 sec 3, Chartrous’ Hanna Fine took silver.
“It’s just great! It makes me even more determined to carry on with this approach until this winter and hopefully win some great selections,” said the La Bresse-based cross-country skier after the race. I’m also really happy to be racing alongside great champions like Magni [Smedaas].
Clémence Didierlaurent completes the podium
Further back, more than 2 minutes behind, Vosgienne Clémence Didierlaurent won the women’s sprint to take bronze, just ahead of Liv Coupat, who won silver in the U23 category.
Ariane Pignot, sixth, got a tan in the U23 category, followed by Léonie Harivel (TNE Coste – Fromageries Marcel Petite), Manon Favre Bonvin (Haute-Savoie Nordic Team), Daphné Patois (i3 Ski Team) and Juliette Ducordeau in the day’s top 10.
Next up are Delphine Claudel in twelfth place, Léna Quintin in thirteenth, Flora Dolci in fourteenth, Justine Gaillard in fifteenth, Laurie Flochon-Joly (Team Futura) in sixteenth, Julie Pierrel in seventeenth, Mélissa Gal in eighteenth, Cloé Pagnier in twentieth and Margot Tirloy in twenty-first.
Full results
Resultat_Mass-Start_Sen_Dames_05-10-20251- A skate sprint followed by a classic mass-start: the full programme for the French summer cross-country skiing championships and the U15 national summer challenge in Autrans.
- Challenge national U15 d’Autrans: Eva Belkhir-Caliste and Louan Perl Huin win the free sprint qualifier
- Autrans: Elsa Marvillet and Nino Rimailho win the U16 sprint skate qualifying round of the French championships
- French Championships in Autrans: Guillemette Baisle and Paul Rousset Vachon the fastest U18 sprint skating qualifiers
- Autrans U15 National Challenge: final phases cancelled after injury to a competitor, qualifying times taken into account
- Autrans: Giulia Lathuraz and Elio Faivre crowned French U16 freestyle sprint champions
- French Championships in Autrans: Guillemette Baisle and Paul Rousset Vachon win gold in the U18 free sprint
- Autrans: Julie Pierrel first in the sprint skate qualifier for the French championships, Chloé Missillier ahead in the U20s
- French Championships in Autrans: Sabin Coupat wins the free sprint qualification, Gaspard Cottaz first U20
- French Championships in Autrans: U20 sprint skate gold medals for Annette Coupat and Luigi Biancolli
- Autrans: Liv Coupat French freestyle sprint champion ahead of Justine Gaillard and Daphné Patois
- French Championships: Jules Chappaz goes gold in the Autrans sprint skating event, Rémi Bourdin and Sabin Coupat on the podium
- “It was a good day’s work”: Jules Chappaz reflects on his title in the sprint skate at the French championships in Autrans
- “I didn’t expect to be at this level at all”: back from Covid, Liv Coupat won the skateboard sprint at the French championships in Autrans.
- “Summer’s work pays off for the whole family”: two gold medals and a bronze… A look back at the Coupat siblings’ crazy day at the French Championships in Autrans.
- Autrans: Anaë Remillon dominates the mass-start classic of the U15 National Challenge
- Challenge national U15 d’Autrans: Savoyard Jules Boiron wins the mass-start classic ahead of Taïg Baffert and Valentin Gaillard
- Autrans: Eliott Maury crowned French U16 mass-start classic champion
- French Championships in Autrans: gold in the U16 mass start classic for Manon Pradel Mayer from Auvergne
- Autrans: Anja Vittoz becomes French U18 mass-start classic champion, Lison Brouart and Lou Rives win medals
- French Championships in Autrans: Victor Lafrasse wins the U18 mass-start classic, Paul Rousset Vachon and Basile Grosleziat follow suit
- Autrans: Valentin Berna from the Vosges is the new French U20 mass-start classic champion
- French Championships in Autrans: Annette Coupat, golden in the U20 mass-start classic, finishing ahead of Agathe Margreither, signs the double
