Aurélien Canot, Media365, published on Friday December 20, 2024 at 5:36 p.m.
Julia Simon, 7th Friday of the Grand-Bornand sprint, missed the flower ceremony for a place. The title holder of the big globe is nevertheless very satisfied to find her sensations, even more so in the crazy atmosphere of the French station. The Savoyard, however, did not appreciate her shooting performance.
In this uncomparable atmosphere of the “Grand-Bo” which she considers impossible to describe until one has experienced it, Julia Simon dreamed of confirming Friday during the sprint of the only French round offered by the Coupe du world that we will very quickly have to reckon with it again. The winner of the big globe failed for a place to be invited to the flower ceremony alongside Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, the heroine of the day. The Savoyard was nevertheless rather happy with her performance, even if certain details which were absolutely not in her eyes stuck in her throat when she came to express her feelings afterwards on The Channel L’Equipehead already for the next day. “I would be placed for the continuation, but it's a bit of a mixed feeling because I'm happy to be 7th but at the same time frustrated not to be at the flower ceremony. I'm happy to see that my form is coming back, but at the same time frustrated at not having put in place good things in shooting It's a bit of a mixed feeling, but there are positives. My form is coming back, I managed to do a big last lap. didn't have back pain and That’s really positive for the future.” In the best of all worlds, Simon dares to hope that his rise in power will be rewarded on Saturday in the pursuit, one of his favorite exercises. For this to be the case, the person knows that she must not fail to shoot as she did on Friday.
Simon: “Paulo will have the right to give me a pie”
“I feel like I still have some left under my belt (…) I feel like I'm still a little restricted and that I need races. And I'm having a hard time getting really hurt on the last lap . It would be good if I could really unblock myself for tomorrow (Saturday). There are really positive things. Now, we have to manage to do the work on the carpet (sic). limit I was too impatient on the bed, I. I tensed up on my feet. The ball I lost while standing was close to the two targets. There, “Paulo” (Jean-Paul Giachino, the French shooters' coach) will have the right to give me a nice little pie. ” In the meantime, the quadruple gold medalist from the last Worlds will always be able to think back to the foot she took during this sprint contested at home in front of wild supporters. “I really enjoyed running in front of the French public. It’s a dream to be able to race at home like that, the public pushes me and to know that there are my family and my friends, it “It's something extra. I live for it, we really get this energy, it's indescribable. It's a crazy emotion and it gives you wings.”
