The Belgian Jasper Philipsen won the 77th edition of Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne by winning Sunday after a massive packaging bringing together most of the best spiners on the planet. Perfectly led by the Alpecin team train, the last two elements, Jonas Rickaert and Kaden Groves, launched their leader at 300 meters, Philipsen has ahead of the Dutch … Read more
There are kings that reign without sharing. This is now the case of Johannes Boe at the Biathlon Worlds. In Lenzerheide (Switzerland), the Norwegian won on Saturday, winning the sprint (10 km), his 21st world title, one more than his compatriot Ole Einar Björndalen. On arrival, the two men gave themselves a warm handshake, smile … Read more
The presidential candidates in Ecuador tried Thursday to convince indecisive voters, after a campaign dominated by the economic crisis and the rise of violence linked to cartels in this South American country. Outgoing president Daniel Noboa and his left rival Luisa Gonzalez traveled this Andean nation crossed by the equator, organizing the last rallies before … Read more
Frenchwoman Lou Jeanmonnot won the sprint (7.5 km) in Anterselva (Italy) on Thursday counting for the Biathlon World Cup and signs her fifth victory of the winter, grabbing important points in the race for the general classification. Thanks to a flawless performance behind the rifle (10/10), Lou Jeanmonnot beat the German Selina Grotian, who also … Read more
Many witnesses filmed the scene with their smartphones. American sprinter Fred Kerley, Olympic medalist at the Paris Olympics last summer, was arrested after an altercation with police officers Thursday in Miami. Bronze medalist in the 100m in Paris and silver medalist in Tokyo, the 29-year-old athlete was shot with an electric pulse gun after trying … Read more
The Frenchwoman Justine Braisaz-Bouchet won the sprint (7.5 km) of Grand-Bornand (Haute-Savoie) counting for the Biathlon World Cup on Friday afternoon, her first victory of the winter ahead of the German Franziska Preuss, leader in the general classification. Despite a mistake on the standing shot, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet was faster on skis than Preuss, whom she … Read more
Better than yesterday, we hope. Our male biathletes were weighed down a bit on the track by blah waxing during Thursday’s sprint, we hope that the French team’s technicians will correct the situation (literally) today. For the rest, and as Kaaris said in the song Kalash “I only trust my desert eagle and Lou Jeanmonnot … Read more
In an Olympic year full of highlights for the world of athletics, Gout Gout is clearly the unexpected candy to round off 2024 wonderfully. Already compared to the master Usain Bolt, when he will celebrate his 17th birthday on December 27, the sprinter Australian team produced two prodigious performances in quick succession at the start … Read more
After Lou Jeanmonnot in yellow in Kontiolahti, it is Eric Perrot’s turn to parade in yellow among the biathlon stars in Hochfilzen. If he is not there to make up the numbers, the young Frenchman, as ambitious as he is, is only a small point ahead of Sturla Laegreid in the general classification. The Norwegian … Read more
What flavor would a Friday have without a biathlon race? None, it must be admitted. And, today, in Hochfilzen, Austria, we will be entitled to not one, but two races, with the sprint. Among the women, which interests us here, we hope that the French will be there after a slightly gloomy first in Kontiolathi. … Read more