Emma Treand and Francois Braud take French national titles
Apr 01, 2019·Nordic Combined
Emma Treand and Francois Braud are the new French national champions 2019. They won their titles in events which were held in Bois D’Amont and Chaux-Neuve respectively.
Treand laid the foundation for her win on the jumping hill already where a 90 point total gave her a 52-second advantage on runner-up Lena Brocard (77 p.). Emma Rougeron and Louise Guyot completed the start list for the race on ranks three and four, starting with delays of one minute and 50 seconds and two minutes and 20 seconds respectively.
The third fastest-time was enough for Treand to take the victory all the way to the finish line. Even though Lena Brocard made up time, she was still lagging 43.4 seconds behind at the finish line and had to settle for silver. Louise Guyot fought her way to the bronze medal by beating Emma Rougeron on the track. Guyot finished one minute and 27 seconds after Treand.
On the men’s side, Francois Braud celebrated a victors in the last race of his career. Starting his last competitive 10 km from the third position (115.8 p.), Braud had to make up 13 seconds on leader Laurent Muhlethaler who collected 119.1 point on Chaux-Neuve’s hill. Nicolas Didier was second with 117.4 points and a delay of six seconds. Fast skier Antoine Gerard started his race from the 12th position only and had to make up one minute and 24 seconds on Muhlethaler.
In the race, Braud showed his class once more. The second-fastest time of the day carried him to the finish in first position, crossing the line 40 seconds ahead of jumping winner Muhlethaler. Gerard stormed to the bronze position with the fastest time of the day and finished his race 57.8 seconds after Braud.
Maxime Laheurte ended his final race on position 15.
