Quentin Fillon Maillet won the Nove Mesto pursuit on March 13, 2021. -

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Too bad we're coming to the end of the season, because Quentin Fillon Maillet is on fire.

After his victory in the sprint on Thursday, the French biathlete won the pursuit this Saturday at Nove Mesto.

This is the first sprint-pursuit double of his career on a World Cup stage, at 28 years old.

Only Raphaël Poiré and Martin Fourcade, on the French side, had succeeded in this performance before him.

Emilien Jacquelin, who pulled away to keep his 3rd place, and Antonin Guigonnat, 6th, complete the good results of the Blues.

Badly started with a fault in each of the two shots lying (7th at that time), QFM recovered on the standing, signing in particular a last 5/5 of madness under high pressure, because they had arrived at six at the same time. time on the shooting range to win.

Only Jacquelin also refueled, but he could not follow his compatriot on the last lap and was even passed by Johannes Boe.

Quentin and Emilien stand out in the lead!

What an end of the race!

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- the L'Équipe channel (@lachainelequipe) March 13, 2021

“It was difficult to start in front, we had to manage, and I made these first two faults which made me find myself in a very dense group of athletes.

I told myself that it was going to be necessary to be strong to go and look for it, that there was no longer any room for error, and I didn't make any more, relish the winner of the day.

I'm really happy to get this double.

Starting in front, I was a little more tense than in the sprint.

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This new victory allows Fillon Maillet to take 3rd place in the general classification of the World Cup at Tarjei Boe.

Even if he hoped to fight for the big crystal globe, the Jurassien, 20 times in the top 10 in 22 races and author of seven podiums, had a season of good consistency.

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