US EditionBiathlon-Fillon Maillet France's Greatest Olympian After Mass Start Bronze
Fillon Maillet earned his ninth Olympic medal across three Games, surpassing historic French fencers and becoming the first man to medal in all six Olympic biathlon events.
- On Friday, Quentin Fillon Maillet won bronze in the men's 15km mass start, his ninth Olympic medal, making him France's most decorated Olympian.
- After coming home empty-handed in 2018, Fillon Maillet built his haul starting in Beijing and equalled the eight-medal French record three days earlier with relay gold.
- Despite four misses and four penalty loops of 150m, Fillon Maillet finished in 39 minutes and 42 seconds after overtaking Philipp Horn on the final climb.
- The bronze immediately increased France's delegation total to 20 medals, five more than the previous record, and made Fillon Maillet the first man to medal in all six Olympic biathlon races.
- Considering nine medals, Fillon Maillet said `And if everything falls into place, why not?`, signaling he is contemplating another Olympics in the French Alps.
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The 33-year-old Jurassian, in bronze on the mass-start Friday, February 20th, never wants to "to throw away the sponge." He leaves Italy with a ninth Olympic medal, propelling him at the top of the tricolor sport. And he does not close the door to the 2030 Alps...
DECRYPTAGE - On the third step of the podium of the mass start, the biathlete became the most medal-winning athlete in the history of French sport. A hero of these Games who closes this Sunday.
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The Straits TimesBiathlon-Fillon Maillet France's greatest Olympian after mass start bronze
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 20 : Needing one more medal to stand alone as France's most decorated Olympian of all time in the final men's biathlon race at the Milano Cortina Games, Quentin Fillon Maillet saw his chance and took it with his usual mix of panache and punishing athleticism to claim the bronze in Friday's mas
Biathlete Fillon Maillet wins ninth medal to enter French Olympic legend
French biathlete Quentin Fillon Maillet won bronze in the men's mass start at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Friday, his ninth medal in three Games. It makes him his country's most decorated competitor at the winter or summer Olympics.
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