With a fault on the standing shot, Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet finished about thirty seconds behind the winner Marte Olsbu Roeiseland, clear on the shooting range, and about ten seconds behind another Norwegian, Ingrid Tandrevold (a mistake).
"I did my job, I had fun. It's a shame this last ball, I think I'm going too fast. I had a good race", commented Chevalier-Bouchet after the race at the microphone of the L'Equipe channel.
Julia Simon (a fault on the prone shot), ninth at 42 seconds from Roeiseland, consolidated her first place at the top of the World Cup, taking advantage of the poor performance of her first pursuer, Elvira Oeberg, who did not scored no points, beyond 30th place.
Six races from the end of the season (540 points at stake), Julia Simon now has a 108 point lead over Elvira Oeberg (843 against 735) and 168 over the Italian Lisa Vittozzi, eighth on Friday.
The Swede finished beyond 60th place in the sprint and will not be able to take the start of the pursuit on Saturday (3:45 p.m.), where Simon, world champion in the specialty will have the opportunity to take an important step towards a first big crystal globe.
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