The pursuit of Oslo, the last meeting of the season, having been cancelled, Julia Simon wins the small crystal globe of the specialty. While obviously waiting to land the big globe by Sunday.
Well on her way to winning her first big crystal globe, Julia Simon (26) is already certain of not finishing the season without any trophies if she ever fails to keep her yellow bib as leader of the general classification at the end of this last round of the World Cup of the season. The Savoyard indeed takes advantage of the cancellation of the Oslo pursuit, the last of the season, following the postponement of the sprint, scheduled for Friday, to Saturday, to win her first small crystal globe by finishing first in the pursuit classification. .
“It’s good, for the moment, I don’t realize it yet, I have things to pick up by Sunday, we’ll see on Sunday”, reacted the world champion in the specialty at Oberhof, hot at the microphone The Channel The Team while the IBU had just officially sent all the competitors back to their hotel because of this thick fog which did not allow the start of the sprint to be given.
Simon: “It’s really the right decision”
💬 Julia Simon reacts to the postponement of the sprint: “Today is the right decision to cancel the race” #lequipeBIATHLON pic.twitter.com/NtcK2CZpnk
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“It’s the game of biathlon, an outdoor sport, but today it’s really the right decision, because you can’t see anything. And above all, the more it goes, the more the fog rises and the more it is becoming dangerous on the descents. I’m not very comfortable, and when I’m not comfortable, I think there are two or three who are even less comfortable. These are complicated conditions, so I think it’s the right decision, because there would have been good falls, I think, “said Simon, also satisfied to learn that the sun should be back on Saturday on the Norwegian station.
So with the program no longer the last pursuit of the winter but this sprint postponed by 24 hours on Friday. A great operation for the Frenchwoman, who got a little closer at the same time to her first big crystal globe.
