“One of the meanest things”
Biathlete probably manipulated teammate’s rifle
November 12, 2025 – 10:26 a.mReading time: 1 min.
Shortly before the start of the new season, what could be the French women’s team’s next scandal comes to light. An Olympic champion is shocked by this.
As the “Dicodusport” portal reports, the colleague is said to be Océane Michelon. Accordingly, Olympic champion Justine Braisaz-Bouchet caught the alleged perpetrator Richard in the act at the end of last season. “Le Dauphiné” also reported on the incident, which the newspaper said had been clarified internally.
Richard denied the allegations. However, according to reports, the incident further increased tensions within the team. Former Swedish biathlete and current TV expert Björn Ferry said on SVT: “It’s one of the meanest things you can do. It’s like a cross-country skier putting glue on his skis or unscrewing a binding.”
The 2010 Olympic champion then said: “Manipulating a competitor’s equipment is very rude. If you do something like that to a team member, it’s hard for me to understand how you can still belong to a national team.”