Welcome to this live dedicated to the XXIVare Winter Olympics, which take place in Beijing.
What is it about ? From fourteenth official day of competition with five Olympic titles in play (if our calculations are good). the freestyle skiing halfpipe (F) will open the Beijing day and the French night at 2:30 a.m. Freestyle skiing again but in mode skicross (M) from 4:45 a.m. the biathlon has two events on the program today, the 12.5 km (F) mass start at 8 a.m. then the 15 km (H) mass start at 10 a.m. Meanwhile, the speed skaters (1000m) will have set off (9:30 a.m.). And then, the Finns will compete with the Slovaks for a place in the final of ice Hockey (5h10) while Americans and Canadians meet for bronze in curling (7:05 a.m.).
What will we follow? As usual, we will have at least one eye on the French. On one in particular, Quentin Fillon Maillet, vying for a sixth Olympic medal in the 15km mass start. He will not be alone since Fabien Claude, Simon Desthieux and Émilien Jacquelin are also engaged. Four biathletes also among the ladies for the mass start 12.5 km. Jean-Frédéric Chapuis, Bastien Midol, François Place and Terence Tchiknavorian take part in the ski cross qualifications. Blue, white and red finally in two-man bob (Margot Boch and Carla Sénéchal). And since it’s not just France in life, let’s remember that the Chinese born in the United States Eileen Gu, the star of these Games, will attempt an Olympic treble. After gold in big air and silver in slopestyle, she tackles the halfpipe.
Where ? In China.
When ? Friday, February 18, from 2 a.m.
On which channels? On France Télévisions and Eurosport.
Who hosts this live? The Los Angeles office to begin with, then, from 7 a.m., the Austerlitz chalet.
What won’t we talk about? On the impact of certain daily pollutants on the cerebral development of the fetus analyzed by an American-European study
Some reading :
The gazette of the 2022 Olympics: Cursed games, successful bet and festival of falls
Olympic Games 2022: for the Midols, skicross is a family affair
Olympic Games 2022: the fall, a cumbersome specter of extreme sports athletes
Olympics 2022: the Chinese nightmare of skier Mikaela Shiffrin
Olympic Games 2022: at the Games, the return of the great Boe