One more last weekend of competition, from Friday to Sunday in Oslo, and it will be over. Simon Desthieux announced on Tuesday that he was going to end his career at 30. “This week will be my last World Cup, it’s time for me to leave biathlon, wrote the Olympic champion in the mixed relay in Pyeongchang on his Twitter account. After 10 years on this world circuit, I want to do something else. So thank you to those who helped me grow, who believed in me, who allowed me to live this beautiful passion. »
Member of the France team in recent years, “Carlito” will have lived an international career in the shadow of Martin Fourcade then Quentin Fillon Maillet. Also silver medalist in the relay in February at the Beijing Olympics, he also has three medals at the World Championships (gold in relay in 2020, silver in relay in 2017 and in sprint in 2021).
Winner of two events on the World Cup circuit, he finished 4th overall in 2019.