Biathlon · International
Braisaz-Bouchet edges Jeanmonnot in Nove Mesto
A strong final loop overturned the leader’s advantage in the short individual.
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Justine Braisaz-Bouchet won the women’s 12.5km short individual in Nove Mesto na Morave in 35:50.3. Her first victory and first podium of the season came with nineteen hits from twenty targets and a 1.4-second margin over Lou Jeanmonnot.
Braisaz-Bouchet had trailed her French teammate by 46 seconds after the second prone stage. She cleaned the final standing shoot as Jeanmonnot missed, then erased the remaining deficit on the closing loop. Their times were level at the 11.6km split.
Franziska Preuss finished third for her first podium of the season. Anna Magnusson, Lena Haecki-Gross and Tamara Steiner completed the top six. Steiner shot clean and achieved a career best, while Braisaz-Bouchet earned her first short individual title.
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