Another internal matter pollutes the French biathlon team before the resumption, and it is yet another dispute between two teammates. This time, Jeanne Richard and Océane Michelon.
The French women’s biathlon team clearly did not need this. After several years marked by the Julia Simon affair, accused of theft by her teammate Justine Braisaz-Bouchet and condemned this fall by the courts, another incident has surfaced between two Blues.
A few days ago, the Dauphiné indicated that another event had polluted the last few months within the French collective. Dicodusport quickly revealed the facts:
Jeanne Richard is accused of having tampered with Océane Michelon’s rifleat the end of last season in Pokljuka, when the two great hopes were fighting for the blue bib of best young person.
Jeanne Richard and Océane Michelon, all smiles, during this famous Pokljuka stage.
Jeanne Richard would have been surprised by Justine Braisaz-Bouchet. The native of Thonon-les-Bains would have first denied the facts, before confessing, faced with a fait accompli.
Jeanne Richard, case settled internally
“Today the incident is closed, we have resolved this internally”says Jeanne Richard in front of the Infosport+ cameras, with a smile that seems like a facade. Same story for Océane Michelon: “ This story was handled internally, today we must focus on what drives us all,” indicates the victim.
This explains why Jeanne Richard trained away from her teammates for a long time this summer. Between that and the suspension of Julia Simon, that’s a lot for the Blues, at the dawn of an Olympic season…
