Lou JeanMonnot has not yet processed the heartbeat final around the overall World Cup. She wants to win the necessary distance to the bitter defeat on vacation.
Even around two weeks after the spectacular World Cup final at the Holmenkollen, Lou JeanMonnot constantly circled “thoughts and memories of the last race”. This was the French biathlete at Le Dauphiné Libéré .
The 26-year-old was still difficult to open the social networks. “I still don’t have a neutral point of view on the topic,” said JeanMonnot, who is asked by many people about the dramatic finale.
“Even if I get along with it, there are still about ten people a day that remind me of it. If people move on, that will also help me,” says JeanMonnot. Your hope: “If I was on vacation, I will have the necessary distance to appreciate all the good things that have been achieved this season.”
Lou JeanMonnot lost the struggle for the overall World Cup of extremely thin against Franziska Preuß
“The experiences will help me enormously”
JeanMonnot and her competitor Franziska Preuss drove into a curve next to each other at the final start of the mass in Oslo shortly before the finish. The French stumbled over her own stick and fell into the snow. Prussia secured the overall World Cup for the first time in her career.
The scenes are remembered immediately after the finish. Preuss had approached Jean Monnot directly, both of them had shed tears.
JeanMonnot of the Germans did not blame for the bitter mishap right from the start. Rather, she tries to pull positive energy from her winter. “There have been two goals: the overall World Cup and the World Cup next year it will be the big crystal ball and Olympics. There are other challenges and another pressure,” said JeanMonnot.
“But the experiences that I have gained this winter, especially when it comes to the racing division,” said JeanMonnot, “will help me enormously.”