“Best audience in the world” and incredible fervor: Le Grand Bornand, soon “a must”

An hour before the race, the stands begin to shudder. The first brands of skis are revealed on the icy snow on this Saturday of the Biathlon World Cup. Suddenly, against the tide of the few biathletes who have come to adjust their rifles on the shooting range, a man in a blue-white-red tracksuit appears who does not take long to raise the clamor from the spans of the Sylvie Becaert Stadium, nestled in the heart of the Grand Bornand. Emilien Jacquelin has just made his appearance, the crowd is already conquered.