VIDEO. Biathlon: Les Bleues achieve the Grand Slam by winning the relay after the sprint and the pursuit at Oberhof

Braisaz-Bouchet et les Françaises ont remporté le relais de dimanche. dpa – Martin Schutt

French biathletes Lou Jeanmonnot, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, Sophie Chauveau and Julia Simon won the relay (4×6 km) in Oberhof (Germany) on Sunday January 7, the conclusion of a perfect weekend for the tricolors who won the three races on the program.

After Justine Braisaz-Bouchet's victory in the sprint on Friday (and Sophie's third place and Julia Simon's success ahead of Braisaz-Bouchet in the pursuit, the Blues won as a team ahead of Norway and Sweden.

This is the first relay victory for the French women's biathlon team this season, the eighth in total this winter (out of a total of thirteen races), if we add the seven victories individual.

The first relay in Östersund (Sweden) for the opening of the season ended in 5th place for the French relay which had climbed for the first time collectively on the podium in Hochfilzen (Austria) in third place. These first two races were won by Norway.

🇫🇷 LA VICTOIRE DES BLEUES !!!

Le relais féminin s'impose à Oberhof 💪

Julia Simon – Justine Braisaz-Bouchet – Sophie Chauveau – Lou Jeanmonnot 👏#lequipeBIATHLON pic.twitter.com/3NmnLSn4PQ

— la chaine L'Équipe (@lachainelequipe) January 7, 2024

JBB assumes his status

On Sunday, in the heart of the Thuringian Forest massif, the fog lifted for the women's relay at the end of the afternoon, on the track which hosted the 2023 World Championships. #39;tricolor management decided to align Sophie Chauveau, slightly modifying the relay chosen to run in Hochfilzen.

Lou Jeanmonnot launched the tricolor relay perfectly with a single pickaxe on his prone shot. She passed the baton to Justine Braisaz-Bouchet in 2nd position, as part of a trio with Norway and Sweden which crushed the race.

"JBB" once again showed that she was the strongest at the moment on skis, passing the baton in the lead to Sophie Chauveau, despite a big scare with three picks on the standing shot, while avoiding the penalty round .

Suspense until the end

Chauveau also experienced some thrills with three consecutive fouls in the standing shot, but blanked all the following targets with three picks to avoid the penalty ring.

Julia Simon took over with around twenty seconds ahead of the Norwegian Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, who gave the World Cup winner a hard time. 39;last year.

After a flawless performance in prone shooting, Simon drew three times on the same target in standing shooting and began the final round with only twelve seconds ahead of Tandrevold, who– #39;she managed to hold on to cross the line in the lead.