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The first edition of the summer festival organized by the transalpine champion will take place in Annecy on 31 August and 1 September.
Wednesday 1 May 2019 3 minutes reading time
As stated by Fourcade himself in the presentation press conference, the objective is to promote and bring biathlon and Nordic skiing in general to the public. Precisely for this reason in the calendar of the event there are also competitions reserved for children, teenagers and amateurs.
"During my career I have been lucky enough to participate in events of this kind in Norway and Germany - explained Fourcade -, so it seemed right to do it also in France. It will be a great party for our sport, we will have many side events who will also see young people and fans as protagonists ".
The main dish will be the "Martin Fourcade Biathlon Show", which will be held on Saturday 31 May. Alongside Martin there will be some of the best World Cup athletes. The presence of Dorothea Wierer, Lisa Vittozzi has already been announced, but also of Johannes Bø, Kaisa Mäkäräinen, Benedikt Doll, Quentin Fillon Maillet, Simon Desthieux, Dmitry Malyshko, Justine Braisaz, Franziska Preuss and Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht.
At the end of the biathlon test there will also be a Sprint competition on roller skis, in which the points of the French national Lucas Chanavat, Baptiste Gros and Richard Jouve will certainly be at the start. The names of the other participants will also be announced in the coming weeks.
In France the announcement of the event had great resonance, so much so that the Equipe has already planned a wide television broadcast. Over 10,000 spectators are also planned for the whole weekend.
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