Cleaning Last Standing, “Really important”

Jeanmonnot, after a second prone penalty, focused on shooting clean in the last standing stage. “It was really important to me to achieve this perfect shot in the last shooting. I had some difficulties before to finish clean in a race. I was thinking about it before arriving at the shooting range. Achieving it today is really important to me.”

In Yellow, “I will do my best”

After getting closer and closer to Yellow in recent weeks, the French star moved atop the standings with 1193 points to Franziska Preuss’ 1188. Realizing she would wear Yellow on Sunday left the usually talkative Jeanmonnot speechless. Wiping away tears, “Amazing…I will try to do my best.”

Sweden’s Elvira Oeberg finished second, with two penalties, 22.2 seconds back. Switzerland’s Lean Haecki-Gross finished with her first podium of the season in third place, also with two penalties, 24.2 seconds back.

Paulina’s Jump: 44th to 6th

Norway’s Ida Lien matched her Sprint result in fourth, with one penalty, 25.8 seconds back. Germany’s Franziska Preuss finished fifth, with three penalties, 26.3 seconds back. Slovakia’s Paulina Batovska Fialkova moved from 44th to sixth place, with one penalty, 36.2 seconds back. The big jump was the best of her career. “Once I made 37, but today is 38. It’s amazing. I finally managed to shoot clean in prone.” She added, regarding starting so far back, “It’s no pressure starting from behind. When I saw I moved so many places after the first prone, I thought, ‘okay, everything is possible, Do your best, run fast and shoot clean.”