With a shooting fault, "QFM", French star of the Beijing Olympics in February with five medals, including two gold, and guaranteed for a week to win the big crystal globe, finished 9 sec 4/10th from Lesser , author of a clear round.
This second place marks the end of the series for the new boss of French biathlon, who remained on six consecutive victories in pursuit, JO-2022 included.
However Fillon Maillet stretches another: he has not left the podium in the World Cup since his return from his brilliant Games in Beijing.
In six races, from Kontiolahti (Finland) to Oslo, via Otepää (Estonia), the double Olympic champion won three times and finished second three times, this Saturday included.
Winner of the sprint on Friday, the Norwegian Sturla Laegreid fell to third place, the fault of three missed targets, in particular two on the last standing shot he had tackled in the lead.
Starting thirtieth with more than two minutes from the lead after a delicate sprint, Emilien Jacquelin moved up to 19th position (2 faults).
But his competitors (Samuelsson, Laegreid and Christiansen) to finish on the podium in the general classification of the World Cup all finished in the top 5, which drops him to fifth place, about thirty points from second place. before the last race of the season, a mass start on Sunday.
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