France’s Julia Simon reacts on the rostrum after successful the Girls’s 15km Particular person on February 18, 2025. — Reuters
French biathlete Julia Simon has been handed a six-month competitors ban by the French Ski Federation (FFS), however the 29-year-old will be capable to compete in subsequent yr’s Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, the sports activities physique mentioned on Thursday.
Simon, who gained the general World Cup title in 2023 and holds 10 world championship gold medals, was additionally fined 30,000 euros ($34,986.00) by the FFS Nationwide Disciplinary Committee.
The choice follows her bank card fraud and theft conviction final month. Simon was sentenced to a three-month suspended jail time period and fined 15,000 euros ($17,493.00).
The ban prohibits her from taking part in competitions or coaching periods organised or authorised by the FFS or the Worldwide Biathlon Union (IBU).
The FFS added it reserves the best to enchantment the choice to the Federal Appeals Council inside seven days of notification, a route obtainable to each events.
