Justine Braisaz-Bouchet makes it four wins on the bounce with Biathlon World Cup sprint success at Oberhof
BySportsbeat
Published 05/01/2024 at 20:21 GMT
Justine Braisaz-Bouchet proved the strongest with victory in the sprint at Oberhof. Germany's Franziska Preuss took second place, while the podium was rounded out by Sophie Chauveau. The Women's Biathlon World Cup continues with a 10km pursuit race at Oberhof on Saturday. Stream top winter sports action live on discovery+, the Eurosport app and at eurosport.com
'Incredible' Braisaz-Bouchet claims fourth consecutive World Cup win
Justine Braisaz-Bouchet credited a restorative Christmas break for her sprint victory at Oberhof.
The French biathlete pulled off a hat-trick of wins at Lenzerheide in the last three races before the Christmas pause.
After making the most of the holiday season, Braisaz-Bouchet picked up where she left off with a commanding first win at the German resort, making it four victories in a row.
"I was really tired after Lenzerheide," she said. "The Christmas break was a lot of recovery time, quality recovery. I had a good training camp in my hometown of Les Saisies and it paid off."
Braisaz-Bouchet missed two shots in the prone stage but was fast and clean in the standing stage to emerge victorious in a time of 22 minutes and 43 seconds.
"I felt really good, powerful on the track," she said. "It helped a lot today because my race started really badly with prone but still, it is part of the game.
"It is still a good result and a good position for tomorrow."
Germany's Franziska Preuss shot clean to take her second silver medal of the season, 4.4 seconds behind Braisaz-Bouchet.
Sophie Chauveau ensured French domination of the podium with bronze, the best performance of her career.
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