Mar 23, 2025 08:14 PM IST
BIATHLON-WORLDCUP:Biathlon-Preuss clinches general globe after Jeanmonnot falls in dramatic finale
– Germany’s Franziska Preuss received her first World Cup general title in a dramatic season finale in Holmenkollen, Norway, on Sunday after France’s Lou Jeanmonnot fell near the end line within the girls’s 12.5km mass-start race.
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Jeanmonnot had taken a five-point lead within the general standings after profitable Saturday’s 10km pursuit, which earned her the pursuit globe after she had already claimed the person globe, however she was in the end denied the general win by 20 factors.
Preuss, who misplaced the general lead on Saturday, battled neck and neck with Jeanmonnot till the Frenchwoman fell on the closing nook coming into the stadium and the German went on to win the race forward of Sweden’s Elvira Oeberg, with Jeanmonnot coming in third.
“Right now, it is really emotional. I am really done mentally. It is a strange feeling right now,” Preuss stated.
“It was not the ending we wanted. But it was a really exciting race. We were both together in the last loop; it was crazy. It is hard to explain.”
Preuss, who received gold within the 10km pursuit on the World Championships final month, additionally received the dash and mass begin globes, having beforehand received one single globe, again in 2015.
Jeanmonnot additionally fell simply brief final yr, ending runner-up to Italian Lisa Vittozzi, although she did win the ultimate race of the season, whereas this time she was consoled on the end line by Preuss after breaking down in tears.
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