DIRECT. Olympic Games 2022: No medal in snowboard cross, the expected biathlon, the results

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DIRECT Olympic Games 2022 No medal in snowboard cross the

WINTER OLYMPICS. If the snowboard cross failed on the night of this Saturday February 12, the morning promises to be full of promise with the French biathletes led by Fillon-Maillet in the sprint and the entry into the running of Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron in ice skating .

08:58 – “A complicated start to the race”

“It was a complicated start to the race because we were starting from the last row and it was hard to get back on the first lap. Afterwards, things were going strong in front and it was hard to catch the car. I didn’t have no good sensations, hard legs from the start”reacted Lena Quintin after the first stint in classic style.

08:44 – The Russians ahead

Cross-country skiers from the Russian Olympic Committee are leading the race in this women’s 4×5 km relay. They are ahead of the Germans by just over a second (+1”5) and the Japanese (+12”). The Norwegians are down in 8th position. After his fall Weng swung to try to close the gap and passed the baton 28 seconds behind the lead. At a good distance, the French do not work miracles. Lena Quintin completed her 5 kilometers 1’45” behind her head.

08:34 – Chloe Trespeuch’s frustration

“They decided to keep the race in conditions that don’t highlight our sport, all our work to be fast, technical and explosive at the same time. It was just a giant sliding test. We lost in the test of sliding because we didn’t have the best product on the boards. So yes, of course, we are frustrated at not having had the weapons (…) We had the will to succeed with Merlin (Surget), to fight to go looking for a medal. We really put everything into the legs to create speed and nothing was happening. There is falling snow on the course…”regretted Chloé Trespeuch, frustrated not to have been able to defend the French chances as it should in the event of snowboard cross by mixed teams.

08:30 – The bottom relay is gone

The women’s relay start (4×5 km) in cross-country skiing was given under a veiled sun. Snow no longer falls on Zhangjiakou.

08:20 – New weather

We already talked about it earlier today but the weather conditions changed radically this Saturday in Beijing and the weekend looks complicated for the 2022 Olympics. Indeed, if the sky is overcast, it should not be s clear up right away. Indeed, the authorities promise several centimeters of fresh snow in the days to come. What change the benchmarks taken after a week of clear weather. The wind should not weaken either with gusts approaching 60 km / h.

08:10 – The snowboard cross final on video

For those who weren’t awake last night to follow the mixed snowboard cross team event, a little catch-up session with the final and the victory of the American duo Jacobellis-Baumartner.

08:02 – Switzerland in force

Last night, the ladies’ first training run took place on the Yanqing slope and it is an understatement that Switzerland made a strong impression, placing four skiers in the Top 6. Thus, Priska Nufer surprised by signing the best time the German Kira Weidle (+0”44) and the Austrian Christine Scheyer (+0”67). Behind, Corinne Suter (+0”83), Michelle Gisin (+0”86) and Lara Gut-Berhami (+0”94) complete the nice group shot of the Helvetians. To her advantage, Laura Gauché set a very good 7th time, just under a second (+0”99) and is getting some good marks ahead of the rest. For her part, Mikaela Shiffrin is slowly raising her head after a nightmarish start to the 2022 Olympics and set the 9th time of the day (+1”33). The loose knee, the Italian Sofia Goggia, defending champion, took 12th place at 1”55 from the best time.

07:45 – Elders greet you

Marked by her mistake at the reception of the last jump of the Turin Olympics in 2006, Lindsey Jacobellis will have waited 16 years to break her Olympic “curse” and in a beautiful way. After finding the resources to dominate the women’s event, she added a second gold medal in the unprecedented mixed team event. His duet with Nick Baumgartner worked wonders. Victorious in the quarters, they finished in the same breath as the Italians in the semi-finals to ensure qualification. Then in the final, Baumgartner, at the cost of a tremendous acceleration in the bumps, took the lead that his sidekick did not let go of to seek the title under the Beijing snowflakes. A late coronation for the two Americans who look like ancestors with their 76 years combined. Like what, patience and perseverance can pay off. The two veterans finally beat the Italians (Visintin and Moioli) who had beaten them in half by two small tenths and the Canadians (Grondin and Odine) caught in a fall and arrived 23 seconds behind.

07:32 – An apology

While the chances of shining for French snowboarders were real in the new mixed team snowboard cross event, everything went wrong, the fault of poor preparation of the boards. Surprised by the nature of the snow and the new weather conditions, the French technicians did not manage to adapt as necessary to offer the best glide to their athletes. Annoyed, the director of snowboarding at the French Ski Federation (FFS) split a message on social networks, apologizing to the athletes for their bankruptcy. A waxing fault that will have to be watched out for, especially in cross-country skiers and for biathlon later in the morning.

07:29 – Snow everywhere

The azure blue sky disappeared under a thick cloud cover and for the first time since the start of the 2022 Olympic Games, snow appeared on the various Chinese sites in Zhangjiakou for the Nordic skiing events but also in Yanqing where Alpine competitions take place.

07:23 – The mistake of the French

For the first time since the start of the 2022 Olympic Games, snow fell in abundance on the Zhangjiakou site and significantly changed the sliding conditions when everyone had gotten used to dealing with the artificial and aggressive surface of the slopes. . In the little game of adapting to this new deal, the French admitted to having failed admirably, which certainly cost the snowboarders better results, eliminated in the quarter-finals of the mixed event. Hoping for the other Tricolores competing today that the information can come back and that the skis can be prepared accordingly.

07:15 – No success for snowboard cross

The days follow each other and strangely begin to look alike for the French athletes. While Chloé Trespeuch had ideally kicked off the week of snowboard cross with a silver medal, not far from being accompanied on the podium by Julia Pereira de Sousa, the blue dynamic has stalled. If the boys were unable to join in the fight, this was also the case last night during the mixed team event. In this unprecedented event and introduced during these 2022 Olympics with the desire to achieve more parity, the French got stuck in the fresh snow that had fallen on the Genting snow park in Zhagjiakou. The two entered duos failed as soon as they entered the track in the quarter-finals, finishing last in their respective series. Out of the shot Loan Bozzolo missed his race that Julia Pereira de Sousa did no better, resigned by the gap. Conversely, Chloé Trespeuch fought to recover the seconds lost by Merlin Surget (+3”96) but came up against 7 tenths behind Odine and Canada, future bronze medalist.

07:07 – A surprise guest

It was announced that this weekend could be complicated in terms of weather conditions in China and it will not have taken long to see the sky unleashed. For the first time since the start of the 2022 Olympics, snow has appeared on the site of the Nordic skiing events in Zhangjiakou. The cottony coat has spilled snowflakes which have changed the landmarks of each other, to the great misfortune of the French.

07:00 – Biathlon and skating

Hello everyone and thank you for joining us to follow the live commentary of the 7th day of the Beijing 2022 Olympics. In the aftermath of the ladies’ fiasco, Quentin Fillon-Maillet and his teammates want to restore color to French biathlon during the sprint. For their part, Gabriella Papadakis and Guillame Cizeron will enter the competition with the free program in ice dancing. We will also follow the performance of the women’s relay in cross-country skiing (4×5 km).

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.

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.



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