Quentin Fillon-Maillet, imperial, wins during the pursuit of Grand-Bornand

Quentin Fillon-Maillet is not the type to let himself be counted: at the foot of the sprint podium, the day before (4^e), the Jurassian was keen to remind anyone who wants to hear it that he is the boss. A week after its imperial victory in the pursuit at Hochfilzen in Austria, “QFM” put the cover back on Saturday, December 18, on the event counting for the fourth round of the World Cup in Grand-Bornand (Haute-Savoie).

“A World Cup victory is obviously something, but at home, it will mark my career”, he confided, still moved. ” At home “, in front of a large and excited audience, the biathlete is not content to climb on the top step of the podium, he also recovers the yellow bib of the leader in the general classification from the shoulders of the Swede Sebastian Samuelsson (11^e this Saturday). Frenchman Simon Desthieux congratulated him at the microphone of The team at the end of the race: “It’s beautiful, frankly. “

Starting with 21.2 seconds of disbursement on the Norwegian Johannes Boe, the Jurassien took advantage of the latter’s error during the first passage on the shooting range. In the duel with his compatriot Emilien Jacquelin and with the Russian Eduard Latypov after the lying shots, QFM gained the upper hand in the first standing shot. With a clear rifle and a very solid ski time, he was even able to relax the pace in the last loop to cross the finish line with the French flag in hand.

Eduard Latypov (18/20 shooting) finished second, while the Norwegian Vetle Christiansen, also the author of a clear round, completed the podium. Johannes Boe ranks 5^e (17/20); Emilien Jacquelin, 9^e (15/20).

“It’s a revenge”

Earlier today, in the women’s category, Julia Simon took second place in the pursuit, behind Sweden’s Elvira Oeberg. After a complicated start to the season and a nightmarish Austrian round for the biathlete from Les Saisies, the latter relaunched by releasing a very clean shot (19/20).

Starting 47 seconds behind the lead after finishing thirteenth in the sprint on Thursday, she made a fantastic comeback to secure the seventh podium of her career.

“It’s great to be able to do that in front of the French public, she reacted at the end of the race. It’s a revenge and it closes the valve of some who had already buried me. I have proven that you have to rely on me and that I am back. It’s rage. It is a benchmark race in terms of manner. “