The French team won gold in the first event of the World Championships in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic. Éric Perrot, Quentin Fillon Maillet, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet and Julia Simon are the four French heroes of the day.

“The last shots were horrible,” he had fun speaking to La Chaîne L’Équipe after the race. ‘It was great to be able to take advantage of the last lap,’ says the woman who was 50 seconds ahead of Norway.