Franc-Comtoise Lou Jeanmonnot brilliantly won the individual race in Ruhpolding, Germany, on January 16, 2025. She kept her red jersey as leader of the event.
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Gorgeous ! Lou Jeanmonnot’s race was perfect this Thursday, January 16 in the individual event of the Biathlon World Cup in Ruhpolding, Germany. Imperial behind the rifle, she performed flawlessly to take first place on the podium in the 15 kilometer event. This is his fourth victory of the season.
The Franc-Comtoise also retains its red jersey as leader of the individual event. “I was keen to do a great shoot with a red jersey that I had never managed to manage until then. It’s my pride of the day, to have managed to manage this different pressure than usual. I I remembered my first individual race, when I made my first podium. I loved running here. I stayed focused on that.explained the athlete on the EquipeTV microphone.
The Frenchwoman Lou Jeanmonnot carried out the very good operation of the day since, thanks to her first place, she regained points from Franziska Preuss, 2nd in this race, but still leader in the general. Swiss Amy Baserga completes the podium. Lou Jeanmonnot remains in a good position for the battle for the big globe. In any case, this is the objective of her season and she is sticking to it perfectly well.
The other French women entered unfortunately finished outside the top 10. The young Jeanne Richard finished 15th; Julia Simon still stumbles on 21st place; Justine Braisaz-Bouchet is struggling in 32nd position and Paula Botet is having a particularly complicated race. She finished in 46th place in the rankings for this event.
January 17: men’s relay (2:20 p.m.)
January 18: women’s relay (2:20 p.m.)
January 19: mass start for men (12:30 p.m.) and women (3:00 p.m.)
