No more baby. Far from the circuit since the start of the year to attend the birth of his partner, the Norwegian biathlete Johannes Boe, winner of the general classification of the World Cup last season, will resume competition on Thursday. The triple Olympic medalist and main rival of Martin Fourcade for several years will align with the individual of Pokljuka, in Slovenia, Thursday.
"He is in good shape, he has done nothing for a month," explains Parisian trainer in charge of shooting, Frenchman Siegfried Mazet. He remains focused on his goals, he wants to pick up where he left off in his performances and come back to the others who took advantage of his absence. "
Fourcade's 'most dangerous' rival
Without him, Fourcade won all the individual races of 2020 and took him back at the head of the general classification of the Biathlon World Cup. The Frenchman remains on a brilliant hat-trick at Ruhpolding this weekend where he won the sprint, the relay and the pursuit. Johannes Boe is now in seventh position where two other Tricolores, Quentin Fillon-Maillet and Simon Desthieux, complete the podium.
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“Johannes Boe is the farthest in the general classification, but he remains the most dangerous in my opinion. Compared to him, I have the advantage of not having roasted a joker. But I must quickly refocus on the next stage of Pokljuka ”, explained Martin Fourcade to us on Sunday.
Johannes Boe had warned at the start of the season that he would be absent to attend the birth of his child at the start of the year. Her son Gustav was born on January 13.
