Finally, Quentin Fillon Maillet is human.
Yet one could wonder, since the start of these Games, the Jura player has trivialized the exceptional and has continued to push the limits.
After having already won five medals in Beijing, Quentin Fillon Maillet finished at the foot of the podium of this mass start, because of five errors on the shooting range.
His best enemy, Johannes Boe, won his fourth title in these Games, his fifth medal in total, ahead of Sweden's Martin Ponsiluoma (+40″3) and Norway's Vetle Sjastad Christiansen (+1′12″15 ).
Quentin Fillon Maillet cracked at the last shot
Yet Quentin Fillon Maillet had done the job.
After two pickaxes in prone shooting (8/10), the Frenchman was 32 seconds behind Johannes Boe, provisional leader of the race at that moment.
Then, the Habs came back into the game by making a flawless standing shot (5/5), and being very fast on their skis.
The long-awaited duel between the Norwegian, leading the race with a 25-second lead, and the Frenchman was played out during the final shot.
But in the end, the Frenchman missed the target three times and had to take three penalty laps, which reduced his chances of a medal.
He failed to catch third Vetle Sjastad Christiansen late in the race.
The other French people missed their mass start: Simon Desthieux finished 16th, Emilien Jacquelin 22nd and Fabien Claude 26th.