With 5 medals (including two gold) won at the Beijing Winter Games, Quentin Fillon Maillet enter a new dimension! The French is however not at his first stroke of brilliance. He was just in the shadow of Martin Fourcade“the best biathlete in the world“.”I resented him a little“, admits the new Olympic medalist…
Is the Parisian that Quentin Fillon Maillet confided! Asked about the financial and notoriety aspects of his career, the 29-year-old biathlete mentioned his relationship with Martin Fourcade, the face of the discipline in France. Quentin learned a lot from him, although overshadowed by his outstanding performances.
“I arrive in the World Cup, the best in the world is in my team. I know what he does, what he eats, how he trains, how he manages his partners, what he does with his life. During the seven years with him Martin was a real source of inspiration, a gold mine for me. Maybe without this meeting I wouldn’t be here. On that, a thousand thanks Martin!“, first explains Quentin Fillon Maillet. But…
I was a little angry with him for having trouble existing behind him…
“The counterpart is that Martin is the best biathlete in the world. Maybe I’m stealing a record from him today, but he has some that I can never get. When I did my first top 10s, it was exceptional for me but for the public they expected me to win because Martin had trivialized the featreveals Quentin to the Parisian. Finally, when I make my first podium, I potentially become Martin Fourcade’s successor. But no ! I followed him for a while, but I follow my path. Occasionally it was super frustrating to be in the shadows. Eh oh, I too am capable of winning. Do you know the work behind a World Cup podium? There have been some pretty hard times, I was a little angry with him for having trouble existing behind him, the biathlon superstar…“