The lights are green for Lou Jeanmonnot as he launches the race for the big globe. This Tuesday the women’s individual takes place in Ostersund and the French biathlete necessarily approaches it with confidence after her demonstration of strength during the two relays in which she participated this weekend. Two relays, women’s and mixed, finished in first place and during which she made a very good impression.
These first races highlighted a radical change in his shooting position. “ She makes an Uldal, explained Alexis Boeuf on the set of the Chaîne L’Equipe. It was he (Martin Uldal) who invented this way of removing the rifle from the back. She holds her rifle in her left hand and she goes to grab it with her right hand. And as a result she has to handle her charger with her left hand. When you are used to putting the charger with your right hand from a young age, having to do it with your left hand is extremely complicated. She had to practice for hours to succeed. »
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Given his first outings, Lou Jeanmonnot also seems to have digested the finale of last season and his fall in the last corner of the final race, which cost him the big globe in favor of Franziska Preuss. “It remains a bitter feeling at the end of the season. She had a hammer blowsaid Cyril Burdet, the coach of the France team, on this subject. But she handled it well. She really took the time to do a real analysis. »
A season rich in lessons for Lou Jeanmonnot
But according to the French technician, optimism is in order. “I find her very fit. She was all prep school, he continued. She has an analytical capacity which is one of her strengths. Anyone in his place would have cried bad luck. She immediately saw the errors that favored these kinds of incidents. In every twist of fate, there is often an explanation. She was able to get some powerful things out of the debrief. »
By his own admission, Lou Jeanmonnot is approaching this new season with confidence. “I still have some great seasons left. I started the preparation telling myself that nothing could happen to me. I just think I have filled my technical backpack. It suits me very well like that. I feel like it turned straight into fuel, she explained. Last season couldn’t have been more instructive. I can’t wait to see if I can reapply what I learned at the very end of the season. Because there are certain details that took me a while to understand. »
