Biathlon: the second sprint of the Bessans selections for Axel Garnier
A few minutes after the success obtained in a very beautiful way by Camille Bened during the second women's sprint Bessans biathlon selections (Savoie), it is the Haut-Savoyard Axel Garnier who won the men's event. Member of the federal Excellence 2030 group, he signed the only 10/10 of the morning to win in 24 min 27 sec 2.
On the podium, very close to his time, we find the prequalified Antonin Guigonnat (8/10) at 4 sec 4 and Gaëtan Paturel (9/10) at 6 sec 2. Two days after his victory during the first sprint, the latter also made a decisive step towards the IBU Cup. Théo Guiraud-Poillot (9/10), at 12 sec 9, fails at the foot of the podium while Corentin Jacob (9/10), Damien Livet (9/10), Lionel Jouannaud (8/10), in front after bedtime, Antonin Delsol (9/10), Jacques Jefferies (9/10) et Flavio Guy (7/10) follow in the top 10.
More difficult day, on the other hand, for Edgar Geny (7/10), eleventh, Martin Botet (8/10), thirteenth, Guillaume Poirot (7/10), fifteenth, Ian Martinet (8/10), sixteenth, Ambroise Meunier (6/10), seventeenth, Mathieu Garcia (8/10), eighteenth, Valentin Lejeune (7/10), nineteenth, Lou Thiévent (9/10), twenty-first, Antonin Guy (6/10), twenty-third, Paul Fontaine (3/10), twenty-fifth, and Mathieu Perrillat-Bottonet (3/10), twentieth-sixth.
Note the Vosges package Emilien Claudeprequalified. Registered on the starting list, he ultimately did not show up at the Bessan gate.
