Great first for Lou Jeanmonnot! The 25-year-old Frenchwoman won this Friday in the Östersund sprint in Sweden. Impeccable in shooting with a ten out of ten, she beat two Norwegians: Karoline Knotten, and Juni Arnekleiv who both let a ball escape.
Until now, Lou Jeanmonnot had never been on the podium in a sprint. She only had two career podiums acquired last season: a second place on the individual in Ruhpolding in Germany last January, another on the mass start in Östersund last March.
“I’ll make lots of them like that again!” I’m happy, appreciated the biathlete at the microphone of La Chaine L’Equipe, after the race. It was really hard because I left quite quickly, I was really afraid of not holding on. » The native of Doubs launched her season perfectly last Saturday by leading the mixed relay to victory. Here she confirms her good form.
Gilonne Guigonnat second Frenchwoman of the day
Great performance also for Gilonne Guigonnat who, for the third race of her career on the World Cup circuit, took 8th place. The other French women of the day were a little less successful in shooting.
Chloé Chevalier, author of a mistake on her prone shot, took 12th place a little less than 40 seconds behind the winner of the day. Julia Simon (two faults) finished sixteenth, Sophie Chauveau (2 faults) twentieth and Justine Braisaz-Bouchet (4 faults) took 24th place. They will have the opportunity to get closer to the top 10 during the pursuit on Sunday from 2 p.m.
