With a record of three medals won, the biathlete of the France teamJulia Simon believes that she has succeeded in her Worlds in Oberhof in Germany. By concluding her fortnight with a third place in the Mass start, synonymous with a bronze medal, Julia Simon came to expand her collection of medals after winning gold in the pursuit and bronze in the mixed relay. She is now the general in the World Cup.
Journalist : What conclusions do you draw from your Worlds?
Julia Simon : “Pretty good. I’m very happy to have two individual medals. I came here for a title, I’m really very satisfied to have managed to win the pursuit title. Pursuit and mass start, these are my benchmark course, and I’m still present on the mass start today (Sunday). It gives me a lot of confidence. These are the first (international) medals that I won as an individual, it’s really a great satisfaction. I’m also placed on the individual (5th). Overall, these are very good Worlds, I’m very happy. I also put my finger on some little things that I need to improve for the future. allows me to see that with my current level, I can already play for medals, but we must continue to raise this level to be able to hope to find even more consistency in the championships.”
Journalist : How did you experience the events generated by your new status?
Julia Simon : “I think I lived it with enough detachment. As since the beginning of winter, there are expectations. When I managed to have the yellow jersey (of leader of the World Cup in December, editor’s note) , few people that I was able to keep. Eventually, as I go along, I show that I have the shoulders to withstand this pressure and these expectations. Here, the pursuit still really relieved me, I feel I said that I had managed to do something rather beautiful, to achieve my goal.”
Journalist : How do you envisage the end of the season with the race for the big globe?
Julia Simon : “It’s becoming a real goal, it can materialize. There are still good things to look for and I hope it will end well. At the start of the season, I wanted to find consistency Honestly, I didn’t think I could find her at such a high level. I didn’t have a big slack. My worst place (of the season) is 18th place. Now, we have to continue. These last three weeks (in the World Cup) which are coming up are not going to be easy. There will still be a lot of pressure. There, above all, I have to recover and leave with this aggressiveness that I can have, and the want to build my races well. I’m just going to try to continue to confirm, to do my biathlon. In four days, the Worlds, everyone will have forgotten. There, we’re on the euphoria, we’re going to go home, rest, and in three, four days, we will all go back to work.”
Fr
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