WINTER OLYMPICS. Prolific day for the French Olympic team with two new silver medals for Johan Clarey and Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet while Tessa Worley fell in giant. The news of the 2022 Olympics live.
The essential
- Latest results of the 2022 Olympics. Money suits him so well. Two days after second place in the mixed relay, Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet did it again in the individual, finishing just behind Germany’s Denise Herramann but ahead of Norwegian world number one Marte Olsbu-Roeiseland.
- A silver descent. At the height of his 41 years, Johan Clarey descended the slope of Yanqing and carried out the very big surprise of this night by finishing at a (small) tenth of the Swiss reference Beat Feuz but just in front of the Austrian Matthias Mayer. Flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, Tessa Worley will not realize her dream of winning an Olympic medal in Beijing. The French double world champion hung on a door and fell. Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin came out in the first run and saw Sweden’s Sara Hector succeed her.
- By retaining her 1,500m title, Dutch speed skater Ireen Wüst wrote her legend a little more, winning her 12th Olympic medal, her 6th gold. Two records underlined by an Olympic record over the distance in which she has been on the podium since 2006. The triumph of the Ice Queen at 35 years old.
- 10th career Olympic medal for Arianna Fontana. After silver in the mixed relay, the Italian became Olympic champion in the 500 meters short track on Monday after beating Dutchwoman Suzanne Schulting before the last lap.
Live
16:47 – Historic Canada
This bronze medal has a special flavor. In the mixed team small hill ski jumping final, Canada took bronze behind Slovenia and Russia. History for the Canadians who win the first Olympic medal in their history in ski jumping.
16:23 – Eliminated from the Olympics, Antoine Adelisse “proud”
Fifteenth of the 2022 Olympics with two back fractures, Antoine Adelisse is eliminated from the Big Air. The one who had bet everything on recovery to give everything during the three qualifying runs is not disappointed with his performance: “It was hard, I can’t believe what I was able to do today. Since the fall at the X Games, I thought it was the end of the Olympics for me. I can only be proud, I have no regrets personally.“
15:54 – For Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet, “the Olympics are successful”
Silver medalist in the mixed relay on Saturday and in the individual this morning, Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet is satisfied with the results in her 2022 Olympics. But the biathlete does not plan to stop at just two charms: “I’m happy to have this medal from the first individual race because now it’s going to unfold a bit on its own no matter what. Now the Games are successful. Afterwards, I’m a perfectionist and I don’t want to stop there.“
3:40 p.m. – Fercoq “has no regrets”
Despite his elimination this Monday in the quarter-finals of the 1000m short track, Quentin Fercoq remains satisfied with his performance: “It was a great race. I have no regrets, I gave it my all and it wasn’t enough but maybe it will be enough for the following days.”
15:27 – Johan Clarey, “I believed in it until my last Olympic race”
At 41, Johan Clarey became the oldest Olympic medalist in alpine skiing after his second place obtained this morning in downhill in these 2022 Olympics. The skier from Tignes, for his last Olympic race, believed in it until the end.
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Johan Clarey, 41-year-old alpine skier, just silver medalist at the Beijing Olympics shares his emotion on BFMTV pic.twitter.com/O5bGaFF1OY
— BFMTV (@BFMTV) February 7, 2022
15:18 – At 15, the first to land a quadruple jump at the Olympics
15-year-old Kamila Valieva became the first skater in Olympic history to perform a quadruple jump on Monday. The Russian prodigy achieved this performance during the women’s free program counting for the team competition. If she fell on her third attempt, the skater had already succeeded in two in her passage.
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Kamila Valieva, the 15-year-old Russian prodigy, achieves the first women’s quadruple jump in the history of figure skating at the Olympic Games ????
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— Eurosport France (@Eurosport_FR) February 7, 2022
14:58 – Italy-Norway in the mixed doubles final
After winning against Great Britain (6-5) and Sweden (8-1) respectively, Norway and Italy will face each other tomorrow from 1:05 p.m. (French time) in curling in the doubles final mixed. The two nations have already faced each other in the preliminary round and the meeting had turned to the advantage of the transalpine (11-8). The match for the bronze medal will oppose the Swedes and the British from 7h05.
14:39 – Slovenia in gold
In the mixed team small hill ski jumping final, Slovenia took first place on Monday evening. Kriznar, Zajc, Bogataj and Prevc are crowned in their 2022 Olympics ahead of Russia and Canada. Historic medal for Canadians who win the first medal in their history in ski jumping.
14:16 – Chinese double in 1000m
He thought he had won. The Hungarian Shaolin Sandor Liu finally took a yellow card synonymous with disqualification. Ren Ziwei is titled in 1000m, ahead of his compatriot Li Wenlong and the Hungarian Shaoang Liu, brother of Shaolin Sandor, disqualified.
14:02 – 10th Olympic medal for Arianna Fontana
Another medal for Arianna Fontana! The Italian becomes Olympic champion in the 500 meters short track after beating Dutchwoman Suzanne Schulting before the last lap. Arrived at the 2022 Olympics with eight Olympic medals, it is the tenth in career for Arianna Fontana after the silver obtained in the mixed relay.
2:00 p.m. – The podium of Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet
Individual silver medalist at these 2022 Olympics on Monday, Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet let her joy burst on the podium after the race.
13:36 – Mixed doubles semi-final
The mixed doubles curling event enters its finale. Unbeaten with nine victories in as many matches, the Italians face in the semi-final the Swedes, fourth in the group stage. In the other poster of the last four, Norway and Great Britain are struggling to reach the final.
13:34 – “We’re not very far”
“It’s a great experience. In my race, there was the World Cup leader in the 1,000 meters (Pascal Dion), the reigning world champion (Shaolin Liu, but in the 500m and vice-champion of the 1000m world), the Korean (Lee Junseo) junior world champion in 2018 and in all that, me without a medal in the World Cup. It was a real pleasure to run against his guys and I hope that the next times I could beat them. There is still a long way to go and work but we feel that we are not very far away”analyzed Quentin Fercoq who, at the age of 22, only wants to retain the positive of this first Olympic experience, after his elimination in the quarter-finals of the 1,000m in short track at the 2022 Olympics.
13:20 – Fercoq finally eliminated
The suspense did not last. Best time among the third, Quentin Fercoq is eliminated in the quarter-finals, thanks to the repechage game. The French sees the South Korean Park Janghyuk and the Dutchman Itzhak de Laat advance to the semi-finals. It remains to be seen whether the Korean will be able to hold his place, he who injured his wrist during his series and was evacuated on a stretcher.
13:17 – Fercoq waiting
Author of the best time among the third, Quentin Fercoq is awaiting the decisions of the officials because many skaters have been drafted in the other quarter-finals and the latter have priority for qualification. It is therefore unlikely that the French will be able to reach the semi-finals.
Learn more
Although the Winter Olympics take place over the same duration as the Summer Olympics, the program is less busy, here is the schedule of events for the 2022 Olympics:
As with Tokyo, you have to get up early if you want to follow the entire Winter Olympics. In February, there is a 7 hour time difference between France and Beijing. The events start at 1:30 a.m. French time before ending at 4:30 p.m. still French time.
As for several years, two choices are available to you for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games: France Télévisions with an all-day broadcast on France 2, France 3 but also France 4 and France TV Sport, or even the Eurosport 1, Eurosport channels. 2.
Norway took the top spot in the medal standings after Therese Johaug’s Olympic title in skiathlon (the first Olympics gold) and biathlon gold in the mixed relay event. France, in silver in biathlon is in the top 10.
Throughout the Winter Olympics, you can find the count of all the medals of the French delegation for the Beijing 2022 Olympics.