He fought for a medal until the last shooting event, for a moment it seemed that even the most valuable one, before Johannes Bö again showed his dominance this year. But the pressure of the French biathlete did not stop and he missed with the last shot. He was also losing on the skis, so in the end he had to settle for an unpopular fourth place.
“I probably have nothing to say about the fourth place. It annoys me,” said Fillon Maillet after the race. “That last blow… and those skis. We can’t compete with these Norwegians,” complained last year’s holder of the big crystal globe for the overall triumph in the WC. He then continued to search for the cause of his failure. “I did my best, but this is the worst place,” said the 30-year-old biathlete.
“I didn’t have much information, as I started right at the front, the snow was slow and the race was difficult,” he summed up his troubles on the track. it’s just terrible,” he concluded again, alluding to what he thought were poorly prepared skis.
The Frenchman will be able to fight for a medal again on Saturday, when the men’s and women’s relays are on the program. On Sunday, the entire championship will be closed with mass start races.
