On 19 August Julia Simon and Corentin Jacob won the shooting contest at Bessans. By 27 August the French summer camp in Savoie is winding down; next up are autumn snow camps before the World Cup.
Aug 19 Bessans Contest: Julia Simon won the shooting block, beat Jeanmonnot and Bened, then Jacob in the super final. Men: Jacob won; Perrot out in the quarters; Fillon-Maillet did not start.
Simon won shooting and the super final. Jeanmonnot and Bened went through, then lost the last series. Jacob won the men; Perrot out in the quarters.
Quentin Fillon-Maillet skipped the Contest. Émilien Perrot went out in the last eight. Jacob won the men. French women had arrived two days early.
The French women hold their Bessans camp on August 17-26, with the Contest on August 19. Simon, Fillon Maillet, Jeanmonnot, Michelon and Perrot are billed. The men have trained there since August 10.
France’s men are in Bessans through Aug. 21. The women arrive Aug. 17–26. The Biathlon Contest on Aug. 19 is the first public home start after Blink.
France’s men’s biathlon team begins work in Bessans from Aug 10. After Blink in Sandnes, the official altitude block starts — aimed at the Aug 19 Biathlon Contest.
On Blink’s final day in Sandnes, Elvira Öberg won the women’s mass start with Julia Simon second. Vetle Christiansen again beat Eric Perrot to complete a weekly double.
At Blink in Sandnes, Oceane Michelon won the women’s super sprint (19/20), while Vetle Christiansen edged Eric Perrot and Emilien Claude in the men’s finish.
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