As the notes of the “Marseillaise” soar into the Anterselva sky, Olympic fever resumes. Feet in the snow, far from the burning sun of a Parisian summer, the chills are the same as in 2024. The faces are as beautiful, the smiles as luminous. Like Léon Marchand and Teddy Riner a few months earlier, Éric Perrot, Quentin Fillon Maillet, Lou Jeanmonnot and Julia Simon did not miss the rendezvous with history. With their history.
We had given this favorite mixed tricolor relay, the four biathletes excelled, launching wonderfully a fortnight which promises to be historic for French biathlon. “I have the impression that I don’t yet fully realize it,” breathes Julia Simon, her gold medal nevertheless firmly hanging around her neck. I can’t wait to get to my room and have a little quiet time so I can get this done. It’s important for everyone to get these Olympic Games off to a good start. And to have done it in such a manner, like that, is extremely pleasant! »
