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<\/a><\/p>\nPerrot has been uncannily steady and consistent throughout the whole season. He also secured the Individual, Mass Start and Pursuit globes. He had an 89 percent shooting accuracy.<\/p>\n
The biathlon season closed out in Oslo, with the Crystal Globes being handed out to the season\u2019s top performers. The top biathletes in each discipline \u2014 Sprint, Pursuit, Individual and Mass Start \u2014 receive a globe based on accumulated points for placings. The biggest prize is the Total Score (Big Crystal), which rewards consistent high performance across all the events.<\/p>\n
French biathlete Lou Jeannmonnot took the Big Crystal for the women and Erik Perrot won men\u2019s honors. This caps a stellar season for the French, who smoked the field in the Olympics for good measure.<\/p>\n
Jeannmonnot, who also took the Sprint, Pursuit and Individual globes, endured a shooting slump after the Olympics, with a flurry of uncharacteristic misses that led to a sub-par performance in Kontiolahti, Finland. She acknowledged that she was shooting defensively \u2014 more concerned with \u201cnot missing\u201d than with hitting the target. Anybody who shoots \u2014 or putts a golf ball or shoots baskets \u2014 understands this distinction; it always leads to problems.<\/p>\n
Her accuracy in the prone was 96 percent early in the season and dipped to 93 percent. It was the standing shooting where the dip showed, dropping to 84-87 percent across a couple of races, which is below her usual standard, which has been above 88 percent.<\/p>\n
Jeanmonnot was doubtless feeling pressure; she came up just short last year, falling in a turn in a critical race. Any case of nerves is bound to show up in the shooting.<\/p>\n
She figured it out and got back into form for the final run in Oslo. With a strong lead in the standings, solid races made her untouchable.<\/p>\n