The Jurassien beat his compatriots Fabien Claude and Emilien Jacquelin on Friday. The French men’s team had not achieved a hat-trick in the World Cup since March 2020.
France Télévisions – Sports Editorial
Published on 10/01/2025 15:29
Updated on 10/01/2025 16:11
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A hat-trick to start the year! Quentin Fillon Maillet comfortably won the Oberhof sprint on Friday January 10, ahead of his compatriots, Fabien Claude and Emilien Jacquelin. The Jura native, who started very well on the skis, did not leave a crumb to his opponents, knocking down all ten paddles during the shot. He had not won in an individual World Cup event since March 2022.”The emotions are heightened because it’s been several years since I won“, declared, at the end of the race on the L’Equipe channel, the winner of the big crystal globe in 2022.
Behind him, Fabien Claude, also author of a 10/10, at 15 seconds and Emilien Jacquelin (+22 seconds), at 9/10, allow the French to achieve a 100% tricolor podium. A result which confirms the good start to the French men’s biathlon season, with two other French people in the top 10: Emilien Claude, 8th, and Eric Perrot, 10th.
The French team will be ideally placed for Saturday’s pursuit as the leader of the general classification, Johannes Boe, only 13th with three faults on Friday, will start almost a minute behind QFM. He nevertheless retains the yellow bib, with almost 100 points ahead of his runner-up, Sturla Lagreid, 6th in the Oberhof sprint. Emilien Jacquelin consolidates his third place, ahead of Eric Perrot.
We have to go back to the 2019-20 season to find a blue hat-trick, when Martin Fourcade retired. It was on the pursuit of Kontiolahti, where the seven-time winner of the big globe won ahead of… Quentin Fillon Maillet and Emilien Jacquelin.
