While Marte Olsbu Røiseland (31) is the Olympic queen, Quentin Fillon Maillet (29) is the Olympic king and the one who has done the best of all the biathletes in the championship.
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What the French biathlete has done in the Olympics in Beijing surpasses even the legend Martin Fourcade.
Martin Fourcade managed at most three golds (hunting start / joint start / mixed relay) in the Olympics four years ago. Fillon Maillet has won two gold (normal / hunting start) and three silver (sprint / relay / mixed relay) and can take a medal in all exercises if he claims the final joint start on Saturday.
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Fillon Maillet has in the last three seasons been number three in the World Cup overall. This season he could become the fourth Frenchman after Patrice Bailly-Salins (1993/94), Raphaël Poirée (four times) and Martin Fourcade (seven times) who stands with the biggest and most generous trophy after 22 World Cup races.
–The Olympics do not count in the World Cup, but in the statistics for biathletes in Beijing, it is Marte Olsbu Røiseland who comes closest to scoring points for Fillon Maillet. Three exercises count in the points overview: normal, sprint and hunt start, and these 10 have done the best during the championship:
1. Quentin Fillon Maillet 174 inches
2. Marte Olsbu Røiseland 168
3. Johannes Thingnes Bø 148
4. Elvira Öberg 136
5. Tarjei Bø 136
6. Anton Smolski 112
7. Maxim Tsvetkov 110
8. Dorothea Wierer 109
9. Eduard Latypov 108
10.Denise Herrmann 103.
– We have nothing to complain about when it comes to medals and achievements, and have every reason to be happy, says sports manager Per-Arne Botnan to VG, knowing that Norway has two good golden chances left on Friday’s joint start for both sexes .
The Norwegian camp has also been impressed by what Quentin Fillon Maillet has achieved during the Olympics.
– It’s strong. He has been very good earlier in the season as well, but he shows strength by completing such a good championship. Both Quentin and Marte are “high runners” who have both succeeded here in the height, Botnan states.
Marte Olsbu Røiseland has had an adventurous championship and has won three gold (sprint / hunt start / mixed relay) and one bronze (normal).
The Olympics end will be hectic with two races on Friday. Due to strong winds and cold, the women’s joint start has been moved forward from Saturday to Friday at 08.00. Gentlemen joint start starts at 10.00.
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