Endre Stroemsheim won ahead of his compatriots Johannes Boe and Sturla Laegreid this Tuesday, in Kontiolahti (Finland), in the short individual event.
Quentin Fillon Maillet made a place in the top 5 of the first individual race of the Biathlon World Cup season, Tuesday in Kontiolahti (Finland), at the end of which a Norwegian trio monopolized the podium.
With a 19 out of 20 shooting in this 15 km short individual (instead of 20 km in the traditional format), the Norwegian Johannes Boe, the biathlon boss in search of a sixth big crystal globe, lost for three seconds against his compatriot Endre Stroemsheim, author of a faultless shot behind the rifle. Sturla Laegreid, 20 out of 20 on the shooting range but slower on skis, completes the Norwegian hat-trick, at 24 sec 2/10th.
Three French people in the top 10
In difficulty throughout the last two winters, Fillon Maillet entered the top 5, despite two shooting errors each punished with a 45-second penalty, 1 min 10 sec 7/10 behind Stroemsheim. He only managed it once last season in the World Cup (4th in the mass start in Anterselva).
With QFM, there are even three French people to find a place in the top 10, two days after their almost perfect and victorious men’s relay of the back-to-school weekend: the young Eric Perrot, who only let his very last one escape. ball, ranks 6th, at 1 min 22 sec 6/10th, and Fabien Claude 8th, with two missed targets, at 1 min 44 sec 5/10th.
It’s the women’s turn on Wednesday (4:20 p.m.) to kick off their winter in earnest, with an individual 12.5 km race. Uncertainty around Julia Simon: after the severe calf pain which seized her in the middle of the women’s relay on Sunday, the winner of the big crystal globe 2023 is awaiting the results of medical examinations taken on Monday.
