French women as French men, bad start then furious finish for relay gold in biathlon

France's women's 4X6 km biathlon relay team best at the 2026 Winter Olympics

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Honoring Julie Simon at the finish line, Photo: REUTERS
Honoring Julie Simon at the finish line, Photo: REUTERS
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After the first change in the women's biathlon 4X6 kilometer relay, the French team was 46 seconds behind.

Osean Mišlon left Žulija Simon in the third heat for the final, leading by 46,9 seconds ahead of Sweden, and the winner was clear, especially after shooting and hitting all 10 targets in both positions from the first by the fourth in the relay.

The day before, the French in the 4X7,5 kilometer relay were also convincing, although they also missed the target in the first leg and entered the second 7,5 kilometers with a gap of 46 seconds.

Only France, 1:10;22,7 hours (Camille Ben, Lou Jeanmonot, Ocean Michelon and Julia Simon), showed that it is the best in the most difficult discipline in both the men's and women's competition.

Simone won her third career gold medal, and also has a silver. Only Belarusian Darya Domracheva has more trophies in biathlon with four gold medals, and she is the wife of the best ever, Ole Einar Bjorndalen, a Norwegian with eight gold medals in biathlon.

Sweden was 53,1 seconds behind the silver medalist, and Norway, bronze medalist, was 67 seconds behind the winners.

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