He himself revealed the anecdote. Due to the coronavirus, the Catalan biathlete Martin Fourcade was unable to receive the awards directly as usual on the podiums at the end of the season. It was therefore by post that the precious rewards arrived. The individual sprint world cup winner expected two trophies.
But when opening the packages… surprise! "There was the sprint globe, but not the individual's," said the five-time Olympic champion in a live on YouTube. Instead, the crystal globe awarded to the winner of the general classification of the World Cup, acquired on the points accumulated in the four disciplines (sprint, pursuit, individual and mass start). A major award won seven times from 2011 to 2018 (a record) by Martin Fourcade. But not this season.
"It was not hot for us to exchange the trophies"
In 2019-2020, it was Johannes Boe who won it for the second consecutive year ... for two small points ahead of the Frenchman. The smallest gap ever recorded in the history of biathlon.
To the Norwegian, the international federation would therefore have sent the global rewarding the winner of the individual. "I offered to keep it and leave it there." But he was not too hot, ”laughs the biathlete from Céret. If the individual event is an important reward, the crystal globe is - apart from the Olympic title - the most beautiful trophy awarded to biathlon.
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