After the revelation of complaints for credit card fraud, Julia Simon is in turmoil. What is the sporting future of the Savoyard, world number 1 and world pursuit champion last winter?
In turmoil since the revelation of a complaint for credit card fraud, Tuesday eveningJulia Simon had been impressive all last winter by becoming the world number 1 in biathlon. The Savoyard is the seventh Frenchwoman to lift the big crystal globe, rewarding the winner of the general classification of the World Cup. She also shone at the Oberhof Worlds, winning three medals: gold in pursuit, bronze in mass-start and mixed relay. Over the winter, even at the heart of an impressive collective success of the Blues, Julia Simon has often been isolated. So much so that Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet, who ended her career in Oslo with a last mass-start podium, did not wish to react to the coronation of her partner in March in Oslo. We now know the reason…Even affected, Julia Simon was able to win a race…without having slept or almost the three previous nights. “She was impressively consistent,” summed up her ccoach Cyril Burdet when looking in the retro for issue 88 of Ski Chrono.
No internship with the Blues
After her record season, she responded to a few Parisian media obligations but remained on the sidelines of her environment, skipping the Customs Tournament in Flaine, the French championships in Bessans, then the Chronos d’Or ceremony in Annecy, where she was crowned Champion of Champions along with Perrine Laffont. Since the resumption of training, the world number 1 has not participated in any collective reunion with the Blue, neither at La Féclaz, nor at Corrençon-en-Vercors or even this week at Prémanon.
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“With Julia, day-to-day management”
Each time, the staff mentioned “personal reasons”. “With Julia, there is no return date in the group, we manage day by day”, said simply Cyril Burdet, the coach of the women’s group, during the internship in the Vercors. The coach, who knows her from the junior ranks when she was still at the Savoie Committee, is still in contact with her. As are also Stéphane Bouthiaux, the director of the French teams, and Pierre Mignerey, the national technical director.
She trains at home in Beaufortain
According to our information, she is continuing her preparation well at home, in Beaufortain, accumulating hours of roller-skiing, shooting, running and cycling.
But with what implication? Under what psychological conditions? Hard to know. If we have been able to see her practicing some activities (her work with… wood in particular), as recently with an influencer of “Two nights with”, Julia Simon has suspended all her social networks since Tuesday evening.
It seems impossible that she finds a classic preparation with training courses in common with the rest of the French team (not to mention possible disciplinary sanctions such as a suspension or a fine), and in particular for summer wheel ski competitions. like the Blink Festival, at the beginning of August in Norway. Where his troubles began…
