Martin Fourcade during his victory in pursuit March 6, 2016. – Vidar Ruud Larsen / AP / SIPA
    • 03/10/2016 at 11:11
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What do you want. It offers us seven medals, including two goals from Marie Dorin Habert and anaïs bescond Wednesday, and it’s still not enough. No, our real dream is called the Grand Slam and is within reach of Martin Fourcade,
 already winner of three titles in these World Championships Biathlon. Thursday before the individual, where the French will try to grab a fourth gold medal on the six possible in the competition, here are our tips to make him make history

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Do not hide

There are two options: try to completely disregard the thing or to assume that it becomes the target of your competition. As the first option would be impossible and it is human, it is advisable to Martin Fourcade to opt for the second alternative.

“For me, it’s a factor that can boost someone a something that can stress the said Pierre Villepreux, one of the breeders of the XV of France at Grand Slams in the Five Nations Tournament in 1997 and 1998. When chained victories, it was a carrot that we put forward to stimulate the players. “



Do not let the media eat your head

This is the last Grand Slam achieved in sport where the term comes up most often: tennis. In 1988, the German Steffi Graf succeeds tremendous season where it is a loop Djokovic or Federer have, to date, not been able to achieve. But the top of its 19 years,
 Future Mrs. Agassi saw a hassle before the US Open, the tournament that will decide whether it accomplishes this Grand Slam. Blame the media that she has not been able to manage in this quest.

“It was absolutely terrible. Everyone was telling me about that time, when I did not understand the wait, she remembered in the columns of L’Equipe in June. After my victory? I could not enjoy. [...] I was relieved it was over. “



For now, the tricolor biathlete handled it quietly with a small valve. “What is certain is that I’m the only one who can do the Grand Slam (laughs), he was amused after the pursuit. I know how difficult the biathlon is and just want to stay focused thinking about what I’ve been able to accomplish and not necessarily that I can still do. Make a Grand Slam is normally impossible, then announce it and then do it even more. “Fortunately for the French, the media pressure is when
 even much lower on the Oslo heights at the US Open.

Make a plan B

The Grand Slam is very nice, but it falls under exceptional or we do not bassinait you much with that. It is therefore recommended to Martin Fourcade not dig his grave with his nails if perchance he harvested a silver medal in the individual.

“As a coach, you are forced to deal with the regrets of your men when they fail in their attempt to Grand Slam, says Pierre Villepreux. If you do not give them a new goal quickly, you take the risk that they remain focused on this setback and no longer able to bind. “

For the French, it would therefore be to fast to not give us a Serena Williams. After his semifinal setback last US Open, mean the end of the dream of a Grand Slam, the US had ended his season, much affected physically and mentally. If Martin Fourcade could avoid it would be nice: it would remain the mass start and relay remaining. And to win obviously

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