Julia Simon clinches overall biathlon victory in Oslo
France's Julia Simon claimed her first-ever crystal globe with a fifth-place finish in the women's sprint in Oslo. The 26-year-old became the first French female biathlete to win an overall World Cup since Sandrine Bailly in 2005. Ad Simon's total of 1048 points left her untouchable ahead of the 12.5km mass start to come and secured the historic victory.
HolmenkollenHighlights: All the best action from the men's 12.5km pursuit in Holmenkollen as Boe triumphs4 HOURS AGO Denise Herrmann-Wick brought her sprint career to a golden end with victory in the event. Meanwhile, Sweden's Hanna Oeberg finished 3.5 seconds behind for second and compatriot Anna Magnusson clinched bronze. Herrmann-Wick recently announced her retirement from biathlon and roared to her 11th World Cup triumph in the last sprint race of her career.
«It's very emotional right now,» she said. «It's really pure pleasure and I'm incredibly proud and happy that we can enjoy the day like this.» Johannes Thingnes Boe continued his perfect week with victory in the men's 12.5km pursuit, to claim the crystal globe in the discipline. The Norwegian, who has already secured the overall World Cup title, recently fought off a battle with Covid to take victory over France's Quentin Fillon Maillet by 32.7 seconds in the pursuit in an overall time of 32:34.0.