Quentin Fillon Maillet, Olympic pursuit champion in biathlon, first Frenchman to win four medals at the Winter Games – Liberation

Starting in second position behind biathlon-the-confidence-stored-up-for-the-games-quentin-fillon-maillet-wins-the-ruhpolding-sprint/” title=”Biathlon: "the confidence stored up for the Games …" Quentin Fillon-Maillet wins the Ruhpolding sprint”>Johannes Boe, the Jurassien returned the race. He is the first Frenchman to win four medals at the Winter Olympics.

Eight days ago, Quentin Fillon Maillet had a painful memory of the Olympics. Three medals, including one in gold later, the leader of the French team could go down in history if he stood on the podium again after the continuation of the biathlon of the Olympic Games-2022 on Sunday. And “QFM”, the Jura, did it: starting 25 seconds behind Johannes Boe, his delay after the sprint, the Frenchman reversed the race, with a superb 20 out of 20 in shooting.

From Pyeongchang to Beijing, Fillon Maillet has changed a lot. In 2018, he missed his first Olympic meeting, plagued by personal problems. Since his arrival in China, the Jura, who arrived with the status of leader of the World Cup, is without rival, or almost.

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