Biathlon World Cup: French double victory in the mass start in Contiolahti!

Biathlon World Cup: French double victory in the mass start in Contiolahti!

In an exciting mass start competition of the Biathlon World Cup in Kontiolahti, Finland, Eric Perrot triumph from France and secured first place with a time of 37: 12.90. He prevailed by 9.1 seconds against his compatriot Quentin Fillon Maillet. Norway's Sturla Holm Laegreid completed the podium in third place. For Austria, Simon Eder was at the start, but with a gap of 3:13 minutes and 29th place, which made him the penultimate, could not convince how krone.at reported.

The competition program and other results

The Biathlon World Cup in Kontialahti marked the start of the season with a total of ten competitions between November 30 and December 8, 2024. In addition to the mass start of the men, the mass start of women also took place on the same day, the results of which are eagerly awaited. In the previous course of the competition, the Norwegians dominated the singles of men and women, while the French performed strong performance in the relay competitions. This successes of France were finally rewarded in the mass start of the men, in which the team took the first two places. Before the mass start of women, which will take place at 5:10 p.m., all eyes are now aimed at the athletes who hope for further victories, as well as the weather conditions and the performance of the German team, which had already been struggling with some difficulties in the opening round,