The dramatic defeat of Lou JeanMonnot continues to ensure frustration with your trainer. In the beginning he even thought Franziska Preuss caused the fall.
Even a week and a half after the dramatic final for the overall biathlon World Cup in Oslo, the frustration sits deeply with the coach of Franziska Preuss’ opponent Lou JeanMonnot.
“The frustration is still there because it was a disappointing final compared to the rest of the season,” said France National coach Cyril Burdet at Nordic Magazine . He also emphasized that he initially thought that Preuss caused the fall of JeanMonnot.
Franziska Preuß comforted Lou JeanMonnot at the finish line
“The trouble stopped until I saw the pictures because I was convinced that I had a contact at the moment of the fall,” said Burdet, who subsequently recognized on the video recordings that JeanMonnot was to blame for her fall – and not Prussia.
“There was a lot of excitement and anger. But that didn’t stop long,” said the Frenchman in retrospect.
“Finale will go down in the annals”
Nevertheless, Burdet would have liked another decision, one without falling: “The result might have been the same, but it would have been much nicer if it had ended with a classic sprint.”
He is still proud of JeanMonnot because “she had an almost perfect run until then and” was perfect until then “. The fight with Prussia was still legendary.
“I think this final will go into the annals. It was not for her advantage, but it was the one who pushed Franziska at her limit until the last moment,” emphasized Burdet.
Biathlon: JeanMonnot was to blame
In the last World Cup race, JeanMonnot and Preuss had a bitter duel in the fight for the overall World Cup, which was decided in the last round shortly before the end by a fall of JeanMonnot.
At the beginning it looked like that Prussia had a share in the fall of her opponent.
On video recordings, however, you can clearly see that the French woman put one of her ski sticks on her ski. She herself also admitted to her faux pas.