“It’s not easy to combine two sports that we love a lot, cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It adds spice”, says Adrien, 36, from Montbéliard. It is that in general, the biathlon, one looks at it rather on TV. But with the multiple French performances in the World Cup or the Olympic Games, it attracts. The resort of Lac Blanc in the Haut-Rhin therefore offers initiations.
VIDEO – Introduction to biathlon at Lac Blanc
“You have to know how to manage your effort. Your legs are shaking. It’s difficult but that’s what I’ve dreamed of doing since I was very young. I was in love with Martin Fourcade”says Lisa, 14, a member of the Lac Blanc Nordic ski club.
The Olympics effectAntoine Tristram, the vice-president of the club, saw it well. “It’s trying out the discipline in a fun way. Every time there are Olympic Games, we have people on these animations. It makes you want to test. And then it’s very good for children and parents who are on vacationhe finishes.
– Patrick Genthon