Early on in the race it looked as if this competition for Justine Braisaz again would become a complete flop: After two penalties in the first shooting, she was initially far behind. But the Frenchwoman kept her nerves and cleared the next 15 targets - suddenly she was back in business and took the lead from her teammate Julia Simon, who had reached the finish immediately before her. "I decided to take lots pleasure today because was awful four days ago with six mistakes, and thought about stopping my career…I knew I had good legs today; I knew it on the first loop. I did not panic after the prone shooting. I said ‘Justine, keep focused; take pleasure like you did before.’ It was so nice to race with Julia; she kept my mind focused. " Almost 20 minutes later, the Frenchwoman had to tremble once more for her victory, when Yuliia Dzhima provisionally took the lead after perfect 20 shots. But on the last lap, the Ukrainian lost the lead, as expected, but was obviously happy with second place.