Winter Sports - Biathlon World Championships - Men's 20Km Individual - Lenzerheide, Switzerland - February 19, 2025 France's Eric Perrot in action REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (Reuters) - France's Eric Perrot overcame a single early miss on the shooting range with a powerful display of skiing to cruise to gold in the men's 20km individual race at the International Biathlon Union World Championships on Wednesday.
The 23-year-old completed the course in 47 minutes and 58.1 seconds, 52.4 seconds ahead of Tommaso Giacomel of Italy, who took silver, with Quentin Fillon Maillet securing the bronze for France, just under two minutes behind the winner.
