After Emilien Jacquelin's victory in the pursuit this Sunday, Martin Fourcade was crowned World Champion in the men's individual (20 km) of the World Championships in Antholz-Anterselva (Italy). The Frenchman won by 57 seconds ahead of the Norwegian Johannes Boe and 1 "22 the Austrian Dominik Landertinger. Martin Fourcade scored 19/20 in shooting.
The five-time Olympic gold medalist wins his twelfth world title on Wednesday after failing last year at the World Championships in Ostersund, Sweden. He equaled the Norwegian legend, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen and his eleven individual titles, and could overtake him on Sunday by winning on the mass-start.
“The last ball puts all the certainties of the race in question. I had the rage to make this cadet error on the last ball. And then there is this good news with Boe's fault. It's a big emotion for me, "said the neo-world champion, at the microphone of L'Equipe.
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