2024-01-20 15:34:19
The French didn’t miss much to win a nice medal in the single mixed relay. Behind the untouchable Germany, led by Vanessa Voigt and Justus Strelow, in the lead almost the entire race and authors of a single pickaxe out of the 8 shots, the French duo believed in a podium until the last shot. Unfortunately, Émilien Jacquelin experienced several failures forcing him to do two penalty laps.
“When I sat down for the last shots, I let myself be surprised by Eder who was left-handed,” explains Émilien Jacquelin on the L’Équipe channel. I moved forward a little too far, my ski was right on a frozen screw. It’s not an excuse in any case. If we have confidence, we can move on. My other three shots aren’t too bad. There’s not that much missing. The last shot misses. »
The French’s beautiful second place flies away. Relegated to seventh place, Émilien Jacquelin was unable to improve his ranking. He finished seventh, one minute behind the winners.
“It was not an easy race,” summarizes Julia Simon at the microphone of the Chaine L’Equipe. I’m off to a good start. It’s played at the shooting range. For me, the shot was pretty decent. The job is well done but the result is disappointing. »
Even if the Germans did not become the first to achieve zero shooting errors, they were stratospheric in winning with thirty seconds ahead of the Norwegian favorites. Austria completes the podium after having fought for a long time with the French.
However, everything started well for the French. On fire, Julia Simon took the lead from the start, following Vanessa Voigt. After an impeccable first shooting session, Julia Simon gave up her first place but remained in contact with the German. Despite two errors in the standing shot, Julia Simon passed the baton to Émilien Jacquelin in the lead.
“I am disappointed for myself, Julia, the team and the others”
Very good on skis, Jacquelin was disappointed on shots with two mistakes. He passes the baton to Julia Simon in 6th position. Great performance for the Frenchwoman who is back in the race for the podium. Third at the time of the third and final stint, Jacquelin sees the podium.
Jacquelin even overtook the Austrian Simon Eder in second place but lost it after the prone shot. Third, the Frenchman completely missed his last shooting session. “I am disappointed for myself, Julia, the team and the others,” concludes Jacquelin. We have to turn the page and focus on tomorrow’s race. But there are still things to sort out. »
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