Parted next to his Worlds, Emilien Jacquelin restarted drums beating the World Cup season by winning Thursday evening at November Mesto his second winter sprint. Eric Perrot, second French, finished 4th.
Here is Emilien Jacquelin. For the resumption of the World Cup season, this Thursday on the snow of November Mesto (Czech Republic) in spring conditions which had led the organizers to review the starting list and finally launch the best at the forefront, the experienced French 29-year-old Biathlete recalled that he had to count with him. Even if he had started it in style with gold on the mixed relay, the Grenoble resident was over fifteen rather complicated on the individual level during the Lenzerheide Worlds last month, with an 11th place on the Mass Start as the best result.
Revanchard, he set the record straight on Thursday by winning his second sprint of the season and at the same time signing his second winter success (his third in the World Cup career, his fifth by counting his two world titles on the pursuit), he who had already won the first meeting of the specialty, on December 6 in Kontiolahti, where he had succeeded in his last box. Author of a flawless shooting on the pitch (10 out of 10, he who had failed on the standing lately) and very fast on the skis, taking advantage of the excellent equipment of this French team which never stops winning (22 victories now, new record), the double Olympic silver medalist on the relay has, despite a rum, left everyone behind him, including his compatriot and chamber. Eric Perrot.
Jacquelin returns to the heels of Perrot
The new leader of the Blues, who had been one of the heroes of the last Worlds, on the individual, finished at the foot of the podium (4th) with a 9 out of 10, just behind the Italian Tommaso Giacomel (9 out of 10) and the future retired Johannes Boe (8 out of 10), who performs a very good operation to the general with the 14th place of the leader Sturla laegreid but must still The gap that separates him from Ole Einar Björndalen for the record for the number of victories in the World Cup (95).
Despite two faults on the lying shot, the five -time winner of the big globe ends however at twenty seconds only of the winner of the day: this Jacquelin, a model of panache, whose mixed meform had earned him not to be retained for the male relay. Two weeks later, it is found on the highest step of the podium, closer than ever (17 points) of Perrot (3rd) in the general classification in addition, where it always appears in 4th place. No offense to its detractors, Isérois, always alive, has lost none of its talent.
