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The French champion talks about the struggles and challenge with Johannes Bo during his illustrious career which resulted in an epic challenge.
Tuesday 20 December 2022 4 minutes reading time
The biathlon champion Martin Fourcade, a true legend of this sport now retired from the end of the 2019-2020 season, did not hesitate to go to the Le Grand Bornand stage valid for the biathlon CdM
As could be assumed Fourcade was interviewed by the Norwegian colleagues of TV2 to whom they asked some anecdotes of his past past in the epochal challenges with Johannes Bo, a question in which he confessed certain difficulties in finding a key to understanding to keep the opponent: "After the winter of 2018, I knew I had to improve if I wanted to remain the best. But I did more than I should have. I was exhausted and as a biathlete I gave my soul," said Fourcade. This is also a thank you to the Norwegian who pushed him to improve himself and surpass his own limit to stay at the top: "It's Johannes' fault because he pushed me to do more and more and in the end I stopped listening to the my body in terms of rest and recovery," continues Fourcade.
It is known that the two backed each other up due to the competitiveness of who was the stronger of the two, giving life to a legendary rivalry, one of the many that have characterized this sport. On the other hand, the Frenchman's change of training only brought bad luck than good in the 2018-2019 season when he closed the year in 12th place in the general classification and here Fourcade confesses: "It's because of him that I trained too much and that's why I failed in the 2018/19 season".
In any case, the rivalry with Johannes Bo and vice versa had brought the two champions to the limit while waiting for a handover that practically took place with the subdued vintage of the transalpine. In fact, a few months ago Johannes Bo himself declared that he felt the lack of Fourcade on the track, precisely because he took him as a model to follow to overcome himself and improve his form; something that is now lacking among active rivals.
Fourcade has won seven World Cups, eight Olympic medals and twenty-four world championships, as well as conquering 83 individual successes (second all time by Ole Einar Bjorndalen) and is a true pillar of this sport that he loved so much and gave so much in his career studded with successes.
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