Fourcade finished second in a mass-start event in Kontiolahti, Finland, and this time, according to championat.com, the medal went straight to a lucky girl from Russia. Austria's Julian Eberhard topped the podium, while Russia's Anton Shipulin got the bronze.
The Frenchman came home with three golds from the recently-concluded 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, but at the same time missed out on the chance of becoming the country's most decorated winter Olympian.