Already gold medalists in the mixed relay, run with four biathletes, the French delegation added an eighth medal to its collection in these world championships in Nove Mesto, in the Czech Republic, on Thursday.
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One more title in France’s bag. The tricolor single mixed relay won the gold medal at the World Championships in Nove Mesto (Czech Republic), Thursday February 15, narrowly ahead of Italy and Norway. Enough to allow the French delegation to glean a fourth title in these Biathlon Worlds. The Blues had already won the mixed relay at the opening of these Worlds.
In a long-held race, everything changed on the last shot. Neck and neck, Jeanmonnot and Tandrevold presented themselves simultaneously at the shooting range, with varying fortunes. The Frenchwoman hit the target each time and the Norwegian liquefied and completely lost her footing. One, two, three then four failures in front of the target, and his hopes melted like snow in the sun. Having emerged victorious from this series, Jeanmonnot took a 27-second lead and transformed a final lap that promised to be tense into a jubilant parade.
With 4 gold medals, France takes over Norway
This success rewards the consistency of the French, who started very strongly from the first passage of Quentin Fillon Maillet. In difficulty on an individual level since last season, but present during the coronation of the mixed relay at the opening of these Worlds, “QFM” looked Johannes Boe in the eyes with first a perfect series of shots, then good management against upon the Norwegian’s return. Before Lou Jeanmonnot’s last visit, everything was still possible.
The last shot completely missed by Ingrid Tandrevold, forced to go through the penalty ring, killed the suspense. Norway lost everything, to the point of being overtaken by the Italian tandem. A welcome boost for the Blues, crowned for the second time in this format after 2021. Above all, this success offers the French contingent a fourth title in these Worlds, which allows it to take a step ahead of Norway ( 3 titles, 10 medals in total).
