Biathlon: a benchmark race for Julia Simon
Since December 22 last, Julia Simon was no longer invited to the flower ceremony of an individual test of the biathlon world cup. In difficulty on the German stages d’Oberhof et Ruhdpolingthe Frenchwoman arrived at Antholz (Italy) with the desire to reverse the trend.
In her business from the prone shot where she did not tremble to achieve the 5/5, the Savoyard then made herself some scares on his feet. Disturbed for some time during this standing passage, Beaufortaine has not reconnected with its old demons.
Despite an errorthe tricolor biathlete was able to recover to offer herself a nice 9/10 afterwards more than 28 seconds of combat. “It was a long battle. My legs were shaking and I felt a little fragile. I arrived and my leg slippedshe tells the microphone of La Chaîne L’Équipe. I said to myself, “Okay, Julia, pull yourself together.” Behind, I can't build well because I come too hard and I took my first ball. »
Fifth in the final ranking of this first competition of the week, Villaraine found important landmarks on this last stage of the season before the crucial Lenzerheide world championships (Suisse). “Today, I really had the acuity and the capacity to have enormous demands. From the warm-up, I felt good mentally and on my task. It's not perfection but it looks like it because I know how to pull myself together to get a good raceshe rejoices. It's nice to be back in the flower ceremony. »
Also back in shape on skis with the ninth time of the day 24 seconds late Anamarija Lampic, Julia Simon took a big step forward after races physically and mentally exhausting in Thuring or on the Chiemgau Arena. “Today, I found myself. It's hard to know how you feel because you always have to push the skis here and it's quite long. When I crossed the line, I didn't really know what to think.she concedes. Ultimately, I think this is the best race of my season so far. I can be happy and that reassures me. »
-“There will be a great battle on the chase”Julia Simon at La Chaîne L'Équipe
Placed at a just over 20 seconds from the podium at the end of this sprint, the multi-world medalist will be keen to appear well on the chasea discipline that she particularly likes: “There will be a great battle on the chase. Lou [Jeanmonnot] was once again very strong. Franziska [Preuss] also responds and the two give us a magnificent duel. Even if we're behind, it's nice to follow [Rires] »she admits.
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