Martin Fourcade at the 2020 biathlon world championships - Matthias Schrader / AP / SIPA

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Continuation of Kontiolahti: Departure at 1:45 p.m.

12.45 pm: Hello everyone, and welcome to this live with a slightly strange atmosphere. Here's the last sporting event before a long, very long time. Here is also the last live performance of Martin Fourcade's career. It's weird just to write it.

Difficult to find the words to describe the moment of sport that we will experience later, around 1:45 pm. Martin Fourcade, one (the?) Of the greatest French sportsmen in history, will set off for the last race of his career. A solemn, historic, but also sporting moment: if he wins the race and Johannes Boe finishes beyond fourth place, the Frenchman will win the World Cup. Obviously it would take a miracle, as Johannes is currently flying over the competition. But whatever, the main thing is not there: we want to say goodbye to Martin in the best possible way, up to the emotions he offered us.

>> Meet around 1:45 p.m. to follow this historic race

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