Biathlon: New silver medal for Martin Fourcade

Riders in this news :  Martin FOURCADE

Norway’s Emil Svendsen claimed his second individual Gold medal in the men’s pursuit today with a furious sprint in the final 100 meters to edge France’s Martin Fourcade by one-tenth-of-a-second and 2,4 centimetres. Anton Shipulin finished third.

Despite his three silver medals since the beginning of these World Championships, Martin Fourcade was a little sad to loose his titles of World Champion: "I am disappointed; it was really hard for me to lose today. I felt very good today. When I saw him in the last meters I knew it would be hard to beat him... I will think about this 2.4 cm everyday when I train next summer."

BIATHLON la réaction de Martin Fourcade après cette incroyable poursuite from Plein Axe on Vimeo.

Biathlon, Sprint: Fourcade takes silver medal

Riders in this news :  Martin FOURCADE

Martin Fourcade (Rossignol) doesn’t preserve his title of World Champion in the Sprint but takes the silver medal ahead of Jakov Fak. Emil Svendsen becomes World Champion.

Martin Fourcade after the race

BIATHLON réaction de Martin Fourcade après l'argent du sprint from Plein Axe on Vimeo.

 

Interview of Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (Rossignol), 20th of the Sprint

BIATHLON réaction JG Beatrix, 20e du sprint from Plein Axe on Vimeo.

Biathlon: Nice beginning for Brunet, Dorin-Habert and Fourcade

Riders in this news :  Marie DORIN-HABERT  ; Marie-Laure BRUNET  ; Martin FOURCADE

During the first race of the Biathlon World Championships in Nove Mesto, Team Rossignol was well represented in the mixed relay. Marie-Laure Brunet, Marie Dorin-Habert and Martin Fourcade – with Alexis Bœuf – take the silver medal! Norwegian relay (Tora Berger, Synnoeve Solemdal, Tarjei Boe et Emil Svendsen) becomes World Champion. At home, Czech Republic Team (Veronika Vitkova, Gabriela Soukalova, Jaroslav Soukup et Ondrej Morvace) ends third. 

Listen the interview of the two French biathletes after the race

Biathlon : La réaction des filles après l'argent du relais mixte from Plein Axe on Vimeo.

In the Norwegian wax truck!

Riders in this news :  Eldar RØNNING

In La Clusaz, Eldar Roenning - from Team Rossignol - has opened the doors of the Norwegian wax truck to show us where the skis are prepared and what the secrets of this unique place are. 

Too strong these relays!

Riders in this news :  Alexander LEGKOV  ; Eldar RØNNING  ; Ilia CHERNOUSOV  ; Marie DORIN-HABERT  ; Marie-Laure BRUNET  ; Martin FOURCADE

In biathlon and in cross-country, for the men and the women, Team Rossignol has put ten racers on the podium this week-end! Here is the summary of each competition.

Podium Biathlon Women
1. Germany
2. Russia with Olga Zaitseva (Rossignol)
3. France with Marie-Laure Brunet and Marie Dorin-Habert (Rossignol)

Russian relay composed by Glazyrina, Zaitseva, Shumilova and Vilukhina take the second place like last week in Ruhpolding. Second of Oberhof’s relay 15 gays ago, girls of the French Team Anais Bescond, Sophie Boilley, Marie-Laure Brunet and Marie Dorin-Habert end finally third of this 4x6km relay of Antholz. It was the last stage before Nove Mesto World Championships.

Podium Biathlon Men
1. France with Martin Fourcade and Jean-Guillaume Beatrix (Rossignol)
2. Russia
3. Austria

After his demonstration in Ruhpolding, French relay has shown that he was stronger and stronger just before the World Championships. As last year, Simon Fourcade, Jean-Guillaume Béatrix, Alexis Bœuf and Martin Fourcade take the lead of Antholz-Anterselva’s relay ahead of Russians and Austrians.

Podium Cross-Country Women
1. Norway I
2. Finland with Aino Kaisa Saarinen (Rossignol)
3. Norway II with Martina Hagen and Astrid Jacobsen (Rossignol)

Podium Cross-Country Men
1. Norway with Eldar Roenning (Rossignol)
2. Sweden
3. CZE with Martin Jaks (Rossignol)

Eldar Roenning and his teammates are reached one of our goals with this victory in relay. They want to catch the gold medal in Val di Fiemme World Championships and they’ve shown a strong team in la Clusaz. Russian’s Alexander Legkov and Ilia Chernousov end just off the podium because of Chernousov’s fall just before the finish line.