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“This is way beyond all of my dreams. Four medals in four races, including two titles, it's simply incredible,”
confessed Quentin Fillon Maillet, this Sunday.
Last Tuesday, after winning the first Olympic title of his career at 29, the biathlete had a thought for the little boy from Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux, in the Jura, who dreamed of one day winning a medal. gold at the games.
But this Sunday, by winning the pursuit despite being nearly 30 seconds behind Johannes Boe, the Norwegian with four individual world championship titles and three consecutive crystal globes in the last three seasons, the Frenchman exceeded his expectations. 'teenager.
And even without doubt the expectations of all those who remember the "Morbac" (Natural Crab), his nickname when he debuted in the France team in 2013.
“This nickname of Morbac, it was to symbolize the fact that he did not let go,
remembers Simon Desthieux, 7th Sunday …
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