WINTER OLYMPICS. He was finally aiming for Olympic gold, Alexis Pinturault missed the combined event in these 2022 Olympics when he left the track during the slalom round. Live results
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- Latest results of the 2022 Olympics. Disillusionment for Alexis Pinturault. Big favorite of the combined in these Winter Olympics this Thursday, February 10, the Frenchman missed the test. Already far during the descent, the Frenchman took all the risks to return to the slalom, his specialty, but took too much and left the track in the middle of the course. The Giant will remain this weekend to save these 2022 Olympics. In snowboardcross, the French were all eliminated before the final.
- On the program this Thursday. There is still cross-country skiing for the French delegation with the women’s 10 km classic with Coralie Bentz, Melissa Gal
- During the night, the American Nathan Chen won Olympic gold while the double Olympic champion, Yuzuru Hanyu finished at the foot of the podium and did not win a third Olympic medal. The two Frenchmen involved in the competition finished at twelfth and fourteenth place. In halfpipe, at only 21 years old, Chloé Kim won her second gold medal after the one acquired in 2018 by crushing the competition.
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09:42 – Iranian skier kicked out after testing positive
The 36-year-old Iranian skier Hossein Saveh Shemshaki was excluded from these 2022 Olympics on Wednesday after a positive anti-doping test carried out on Monday. The International Control Agency (ITA) announced this in a press release. The skier is prohibited from “compete, train, train, or participate in any activity during the 2022 Winter Olympics”, announced the anti-doping program of these Olympic Games.
09:24 – It’s made for Therese Johaug!
Doubled in these 2022 Olympics! Norway’s Therese Johaug wins the women’s 10km classic after winning the skiathlon earlier in the fortnight. The skier is ahead of the two Finns Kerttu Niskanen, who fails at four small tenths and Krista Parmakoski. Huge disappointment for the Russian Natalia Nepryaeva who fails a tenth of the podium.
09:13 – Melissa Gal just behind her compatriot
Complicated race for the two French women engaged in the women’s 10 km classic in these Olympic Games. Coralie Bentz, 40th provisional, precedes her compatriot Melissa Gal, 41st. It is still leading the race for Therese Johaug who is already heading for a second gold medal in these 2022 Olympics.
09:00 – Pinturault: “I felt a crack”
This is the big disappointment of the morning of the 2022 Olympics on the French side. One of the favorites in the alpine combined Alexis Pinturault fell during the slalom trying to catch up on the downhill earlier in the day. The Courchevel skier fell on his shoulder and gave an update on his state of health: “I have to do some medical examinations but I think it’s not dramatic. I fell on my elbow and it went up my shoulder. I felt a crack”. The Frenchman is engaged this weekend on the Giant to finally win a gold medal.
08:55 – Coralie Bentz: “It’s not in great shape”
The French Coralie Bentz, currently 36th in the women’s 10 km classic of these 2022 Olympics, admitted that she was not in very good shape. The cross-country skier is inevitably disappointed with her performance but does not give up when she has two races left in these Olympic Games. “I had a hard time getting into the race. I don’t feel like I’m in great shape. I’m disappointed but I’m still positive there are two races left,” said the French skier.
08:50 – Therese Johaug takes an option on the Olympic coronation
Norway’s Therese Johaug takes a real option on the Olympic title in this classic women’s 10 km. The one who has already won the 15 km in skiathlon in these 2022 Olympics has taken the provisional first place. She is ahead of Finland’s Kerttu Niskanen by four tenths.
08:42 – Coralie Bentz finishes one minute and fifty behind the leader
End of the 10 km classic women’s race for the first of the two French women to have started in this competition of the Olympic Games. Coralie Bentz is provisionally 20th, 1 minute 50 behind the current race leader, the German Katherine Sauerbrey.
08:37 – Johannes Strolz crowned in the alpine combined
4th after the downhill in the alpine combined at the 2022 Olympics, the Austrian Johannes Strolz became Olympic champion after a largely mastered slalom. He won gold ahead of Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and Canadian James Crawford.
08:30 – “I lacked relaxation”, laments Merlin Surget
Merlin Surget came to answer the questions with a broad smile even if the French snowboarder does not hide his disappointment. He would have liked to reach the men’s snowboard cross final during these Olympic Games. He gave an explanation for his failure at the gates of the grand final: “I would have liked to go to the final but the level was high. I lacked the relaxation to have more speed. Despite everything, winning the small final remains a small victory for me and I will come back stronger in four years.”
08:22 – Alessandro Haemmer Olympic champion in men’s cross country
Austrian Alessandro Haemmerle won the men’s snowboard cross final at the 2022 Olympics after a magnificent race that was played out until the last meters. The Austrian is two thousandths ahead of the Canadian Eliot Grondin. The Italian Omar Visintin takes the bronze medal.
08:17 – Merlin Surget wins the small final
Consolation prize for the Frenchman in these 2022 Olympics. Merlin Surget won the men’s snowboard cross small final and finished 5th in the discipline.
08:14 – The men’s snowboard cross small final is about to start
The men’s snowboard cross small final with the Frenchman Merlin Surget will start in these 2022 Olympics. The opportunity for the French snowboarder to finish this event well. The winner will be fifth.
08:10 – Start of the women’s 10 km classic
The women’s 10 km classic of cross-country skiing has been going for about ten minutes now in these Olympic Games. One of the two French women entered, Coralie Bentz, has just started while Melissa Gal will leave a little later.
08:05 – New title for the American Chloe Kim in the halfpipe
At just 21 years old, the American Chloe Kim seems unbeatable in the discipline of halfpipe snowboarding. After her coronation at the 2018 Olympic Games, the young snowboarder did it again overnight at the 2022 Olympic Games. She beat Queralt Castellet, the first Spanish snowboarder to stand on an Olympic podium in the discipline, and the Japanese Sena Tomita .
07:59 – Stuck for Merlin Surget
Unfortunately, it doesn’t pass for Merlin Surget who failed at the gates of the men’s snowboard cross final of the 2022 Olympics. 3rd throughout the race, the Frenchman misses the mark. There are no more Frenchmen engaged.
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 regained its place as leader of the medal table with 9 medals including 4 gold medals. Sweden and the Netherlands are just below with 7 medals, but 4 gold also for Sweden and 3 for the Netherlands. France, with 6 medals, remains 10th.
Throughout the Winter Olympics, you can find the count of all the medals of the French delegation for the Beijing 2022 Olympics.