“Injustice”, “hold-up”, “stolen medal”: the French clan angry after Cavet’s 4th place in the bumps

“I believed it for a while when I saw his big mistakes in recovery. But my descent wasn’t perfect either“. Saturday, shortly after his 4^and place in the Olympic moguls final, Benjamin Cavet had shown himself to be a fine player. But in the French clan, disappointment quickly gave way to bitterness and anger. The reason ? The 3^and place of the Japanese Ikuma Horishima raises doubts.

Less comfortable than the Frenchman in the ski part (which counts for 60% of the final score), the Japanese came close to leaving the track but he obtained the same score as the skier from Chatel in this area (and best marks, quite logical, on jumps and speed). “There is no medal at the end, but for me he (Cavet) is a medalist, said, with tears in his eyes, the coach of the French freestyle ski team Ludovic Didier on Saturday. Today, he must be on the podium, clearly. When you know what an Olympic medal costs…”

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Sunday morning, cold and after watching the race, the technician estimated that his skier had beensteal» the bronze medal with our colleagues from L’Equipe: «We experienced an injustice on Saturday evening, we cannot go back on it unfortunately. This is what makes the sadness of the French clan today. We clearly had an Olympic medal stolen, that’s clear and clear.A feeling shared by Guilbaut Colas, 2011 world champion, who, at the microphone of FranceTV, talked about “hold-up” and “injustice”. “At first, we still have the emotions and the adrenaline of the race, it allows us to keep smiling, explained Benjamin Cavet on Saturday evening. But in the days and weeks following the Olympics, everyone forgets fourth place and there I think I’m going to feel a little lonely.“.

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