Overview
- The French federation named Éric Perrot, Quentin Fillon Maillet, Lou Jeanmonnot and Julia Simon for Sunday’s mixed relay in Antholz.
- Justine Braisaz-Bouchet was omitted from the quartet despite her higher World Cup standing this season.
- Simon admitted in court to misusing teammates’ bank cards, received a three-month suspended sentence and a €15,000 fine, and served a federation suspension at the season’s start.
- Simon won the recent mass start in Nove Mesto yet sits 12th overall in the World Cup, while Braisaz-Bouchet is ninth and Camille Bened is eighth.
- France enters the event as a leading contender after finishes of first and second in the season’s two mixed relays, with Perrot leading the overall World Cup and Fillon Maillet viewed as the team’s number two.