The French biathlete Julia Simon actually wanted to start preparing for the new season slowly but surely. But the top ski hunter is slowed down by an injury.
Biathlon star Julia Simon is struggling with an ankle injury after starting the season preparation. The 28-year-old announced on her Instagram channel. In addition, Simon posted a picture on which she holds her right leg in the camera – packed thickly into a black rehab shoe that extends to the calf.
She had already contracted the “bricked up ankle” “at the end of May”, the four -time world champion of 2025: “The leading word of the past few weeks: adaptation!”
Bitter: The injury was “put upside down”. How long she has to carry the rehab shoe and how long the recovery will take was left open. It is also unclear when the injury was diagnosed.
Biathlon star Simon probably misses training camps
In an interview with “La Dauphiné”, Julia Simon recently spoke about her preparatory plans. After a quieter May, in which she was finally able to take a break “, she had traveled to the pre -Olympic training camp with the Équipe.
There she stated that she is now preparing for “the upcoming strain”: “I’m going back on the right track.” Although the Olympic Games from 2026 in Milan and Cortina still seem “far away”, the foundations for the long season are now laid.
At the same time, Simon had warned against putting the bar too high in preparation: “It is a big event, but I still want to take it easy and not overdo it. I want to do what I did in the last season. We are not allowed to overdo it this year.”
For the time being, Julia Simon has to cure her injury. For the French team, a training camp in Prémanon continues from June 23 to 29.