Women 4x6 km Relay Competition

Last week’s Oberhof competitions brought Sophie Chauveau memories that will live for a lifetime. Just over a year after her initial World Cup breakthrough 4th place in the Annecy Le Grand Bornand sprint, she battled to her first-ever BMW IBU World Cup podium placing third in the Oberhof Sprint. Topping off the weekend, she stood atop the podium with her teammates after running the third leg on the winning women’s relay team.

Julia Simon took the lead after cleaning her prone stage, anchoring France to victory in the Ruhpolding Women’s 4 X 6 km Relay in 1:08:44.5 this afternoon. The French squad, in the mix all afternoon only moved into the lead when Simon shot fast and clean, skiing away from Sweden’s Elvira Oeberg. Simon and teammates Lou Jeanmonnot, Jeanne Richard and Sophie Chauveau used four spare rounds in their second consecutive relay win of the season, just 72 hours after winning in Oberhof on Sunday afternoon.