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After three medals in the first three events, the biathlon French did not continue its harvest, Friday February 11. The sprint was a ” cold shower “ for the Habs, as stated Julia Simon at the microphone of France Télévisions. “It’s our worst race for two or three years in terms of team results,” lamented the one who finished 29and. And for good reason, the best ranked, Anais Bescondtook “only” the 9and up while Justine Braisaz-Bouchet finished 48and. Arrival beyond the first sixty, Anais Chevalier-Bouchet (68and) will not even be able to set off in pursuit, Sunday, February 13. Thanks to a flawless shooting, it’s the Norwegian Marte Roeiseland who won the Olympic title.
After going off the track in the giant slalom on Monday February 7, Tessa Worley only finished 19and from super G, 1.79 seconds from Lara Gut-Behrami who won his first Olympic gold medal. Romane Miradolithe first Frenchwoman, took the 11and place while Mikaela Shiffrin, who went off the track in her first two races, finished 9and.
Eliminated at the gates of the cross-country sprint final on Tuesday February 8, the cross-country skier Richard Jouve ranked only 49and from 15 km classic. The other French Hugo Lapalus and Maurice Manificat, have completed 7and and 12and. The event ended with a beautiful image between the new Olympic champion Iivo Niskanen and Carlos Quintana, the last competitor to cross the line.
Oh the beautiful picture! ? ? Crowned Olympic champion in the 15km classic (H) in cross-country skiing, Iivo Niskanen wanted to… https://t.co/zI1OFoXIoz
In short track (short track speed skating), Sebastien Lepape finished second in his 500m heat and qualified for the rest of the competition scheduled for Sunday February 13. Quentin Fercoqthe last in its series, will not be part of it.
A gold triple cork. First and only snowboarder on the planet to have succeeded in this jump in competition (three times upside down and four rotations), Ayumu Hirano landed three this Friday and flew over the final of the half pipe. The 23-year-old Japanese, silver medalist in 2014 and 2018, finally adorned himself with gold after a historic last run.
Russian skater Kamila Valieva was tested positive for trimetazidine during a test carried out on December 25, 2021, announced the International Control Agency, the body responsible for doping controls during the Olympics. Her Olympic destiny is now in the hands of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which must make a decision before the start of the women’s individual competition on Tuesday 15 February.
No 11and Olympic medal for Arianna Fontana, who fell in the final of the 1000m short track. The Dutch Suzanne Schulting struck gold.
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After two days without a podium, the French contingent will try to increase its medal count on Saturday.
In money individually, Chloe Trespeuch will try to get back on the podium with the new event of mixed team snowboardcrosswhere it will be associated with Merlin Surget (from 3 a.m. Paris time). Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau and Loan Bozzolo will form the other tricolor duo.
In cross-country skiing, Delphine Claudel, Flora Dolci, Melissa Gal and Lena Quintin will represent France at the relay women (4 x 5 km) at 8:30 a.m.
The French biathlon will try to regain color on the sprint men (10km). Quentin Fillon Maillet, Emilien Jacquelin, Simon Desthieux and Fabien-Claude will be at the start (from 10 a.m.).
Finally, Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron will begin their quest for gold, the only title missing from their list, with the test of rhythm dance (from 12 p.m.).
The Games in a snapshot.
He couldn’t hold back his tears. Shaun Whitetriple Olympic champion (in 2006, 2010 and 2018), bowed out after the halfpipe final where he finished at the foot of the podium on Friday February 11. “Seeing these young people finally surpass me is, I think, what I always wanted deep down inside me: to finally be beaten so that I could leave without telling myself “I could have done it” said the star of the discipline whose last run lasted only a few seconds and ended in a fall. The 35-year-old American was then cheered on by spectators in the copiously packed finish area. ” It’s crazy. I’m not sad, but I’m scrolling my life in this sport (…). It’s hard to get out of the light. I’ve been on top of my game for so long (…). I’m happy to turn the page.” he confided.
The Olympians on the microphone.
” Going back for four years, honestly, is not going to do it. I don’t yet ask myself the question of when the end will be, but I know that these were my last Games. »
She will not see Cortina (Italy) in 2026. After the super-G, Tessa Worley announced that she was playing her third and last Games in Beijing. The flag bearer of the tricolor delegation does not lose hope of winning her first Olympic medal: “At the last Games I was touched, at the bottom of the hole. There, it touches me but I tell myself that I have done good things, not everything is to be thrown away. I still have a team race that is really close to my heart, it will be a great opportunity”, confided the double world champion. Appointment is made on Saturday February 19.
12 minutes 30 seconds 74 hundredths
12 minutes 30 seconds and 74 hundredths: this is the new world record for the 10,000 m speed skating race. Friday, February 11, Nils van der Poel shattered his own world record by more than two seconds – the previous one, which he set in February 2021, was 12 minutes 32 seconds and 95 hundredths. The Swede was thus crowned Olympic champion in the 10,000m, winning his second medal in Beijing after the 5,000m on February 6.
Snapshot of our special envoys.
Beijing 2022 volunteers, in addition to being extremely considerate, are above all talented. Evidenced by the whiteboards, installed in the halls of hotels and other press centers in the competition areas, where every day, or almost, among the various information (bus, Covid-19 prevention, etc.), we often discover a drawing with a nice little note.
When we arrived, we were treated to 1,001 variations of the traditional ” Good year “ (Xin Nian Kuài Lè; 新年快乐): the Chinese celebrated the Lunar New Year on the 1er February. But the one that struck us the most was this drawing from the main press center in the Zhangjiakou area showing a hockey player and a ski jumper around the Olympic flame… Stunning!