Presentation, schedule, athletes to follow and how to watch live
From December 15 to 18, the Sylvie Becaert International Stadium hosts the Biathlon World Cup events for four days of competition and six events on the Annecy-Le-Grand-Bornand site.
After 2013, 2017, 2019 and 2021, this is the fifth time that the French complex has hosted a World Cup stage. In 2019, more than 61,000 spectators attended the event.
The perfect opportunity to celebrate the French Olympic medalists from Beijing 2022notably Quentin Fillon Maillet who won five medals including two gold, as well as the mixed and men’s relays.
Here is everything you need to know about the Annecy-Le-Grand-Bornand Biathlon World Cup.
Biathletes to follow in Annecy-Le-Grand-Bornand
One athlete is particularly expected on the French tracks: Quentin Fillon Maillet. With two gold medals (individual, pursuit) and three silver medals (mixed and men’s relay, sprint), the 30-year-old biathlete became the first French athlete to win five medals at the same edition of the Olympic Games. of winter.
He then won the big globe as well as the small globes in the sprint and pursuit, and vice versa again this year, as he attributed to Olympics.com. At the first stop in Kontiolahti, Finland (November 29 – December 4), his best finish was 10th (pursuit), but he’s been known to ramp up as the season goes on. Last year at home, QFM won the pursuit and finished second in the mass-start.
He is his compatriot Emilien Jacquelin who had won the mass-start, his first individual victory in the World Cup. This season, he has been on the podium in the pursuit of Kontiolahti.
Fabien-Claude He is also making a good start to the season with a tenth place in the individual and a seventh place in the pursuit in Finland.
On the international side, Johannes Thingnes Boetriple overall winner of the World Cup and leader after the first stage, is a favorite, like his compatriot Sturla Holm Laegreid (2nd) and the German Roman Rees (3rd).
Among women, in the absence of the Olympic champion Justine Braisaz-Bouchet who is expecting a child, Julia Simon will be one of the favourites. She won the pursuit in Kontiolahti, ahead of the Italian Dorothee Wierer and the Swedish Elvira Oeberg who, at 23, will be a great favorite in France, as well as in the quest for the big globe. After the first round of the Hochfilzen round in Austria on December 8, she led the general classification thanks to her third place in the sprint.
Anais Chevalier-BouchetIndividual Olympic vice-champion and fifth overall last season, is also one of the leaders of the France team and will be one to watch in Annecy-Le-Grand-Bornand.
With two podiums and a fourth place in the first stage, the Italian Lisa Vittozzi shows that she is also very fit, just like the Norwegian Ingrid Landmark Tandrevoldsmall globe in the mass-start in 2021 and second in the sprint in Scandinavia.
The winner of the big globe 2022 and double Olympic champion in Beijing 2022 Marte Olsbu Roeiseland is absent until January. “My form is still not as it should be and health is most important,” she said in a statement.
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How to watch the Annecy-Le-Grand-Bornand Biathlon World Cup live
In France, the Annecy-Le-Grand-Bornand Biathlon World Cup is broadcast on The Channel The Teamlike the whole season.
Annecy-Le-Grand-Bornand Biathlon World Cup Program
- Thursday, December 15, 2:10 p.m.: Sprint Men
- Friday, December 16, 2:15 p.m.: Sprint Women
- Saturday, December 17, 12:10 p.m.: Pursuit Men
- Saturday, December 17, 2:15 p.m.: Pursuit Women
- Sunday, December 18, 12:10 p.m.: Mass start Men
- Sunday, December 18, 2:15 p.m.: Mass start Women
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