Rollerski: Guillemette Baisle crowned French U18 freestyle sprint champion in Autrans
At the same time as the U16 finals, the U18s were also competing in the skate sprint of the French Rollerski Championships, early this afternoon in Autrans (Isère).
And there were no surprises, as it was the two winners of the qualifiers who took victory and, therefore, the coveted gold medal. In the women’s race, Annécian Guillemette Baisle beat her committee team-mate Lison Brouart to take the laurels , while Aindenne biathlete Eline Curnillon took bronze.
“The start of the day was a bit complicated, it was particularly hard to get back into the swing of things after the delay [an injury to a cross-country skier disrupted the programme, editor’s note], but it’s really pleasing [to win],” she explained to Nordic Magazine afterwards.
At the foot of the podium were Louna Remillon, Zoé Bray and Taïna Buisson.
Paul Rousset Vachon wins his duel with Gaby Thomas
On the men’s side, victory came down to a photo finish between Paul Rousset Vachon and Gaby Thomas, but it was the Savoyard who was declared the favourite.
It’s great fun and it shows that the preparation we did over the summer went well,” he enthused afterwards. It was a fun race where I gave it my all from start to finish. It’s nothing but pleasure.
For bronze, Bressaud’s Léon Mevel got the better of Bornandin’s Victor Lafrasse, while Louis Maquart and Mattéo Vandel completed the final standings.
Full results
Men
Resultats_Officiels_U18_Hommes_KO_Sprint_Chpt_France_Ski_de_Fond_dete_20251Ladies
Resultats_Officiels_U18_Dames_KO_Sprint_Chpt_France_Ski_de_Fond_dete_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
