DIRECT. Olympics 2022: Kamila Valieva cracks and finishes 4th, the results

16:30 – The program for the semi-finals in ice hockey

The semi-finals of the 2022 Olympics men’s ice hockey tournament are known. Sixth of the last Olympic Games, Finland will face Slovakia this Friday, February 18 at 5:10 a.m. which, to everyone’s surprise, eliminated the United States in the quarter-finals. In the other semi-final which will start at 2:10 p.m., the Russian Olympic Committee, Olympic champion in South Korea will challenge Sweden, fifth in the last Olympics.

16:00 – Sweden and Great Britain in the final

The Swedes qualified for the final of the men’s curling tournament after beating the Canadians (5-3) in a close match. In the other semi-final, Great Britain surprisingly eliminated the United States (8-4), who had won the event in 2018 in PyeongChang. The final between Great Britain and Sweden will take place on Saturday February 19 from 7:05 am while Canada and the United States will compete for the bronze medal this Friday February 18 at 7:05 am.

15:40 – Alexis Pinturault’s support for Mikaela Shiffrin

In a message posted on Twitter this Thursday, February 17, Alexis Pinturault, French alpine skier wanted to support the American Mikaela Shiffrin, who fell this Thursday morning in the alpine combined and who will leave, like him, without an individual medal from the Beijing Olympics. despite a status of arch favorite.

15:16 – Kamila Valieva’s performance on video

4th in the women’s individual after the free program, Kamila Valieva cracked under the pressure and missed her last performance with several falls. Terrible disappointment for the 15-year-old skater tested positive for a doping product at the start of the Olympic Games but authorized to skate by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

14:50 – Kamila Valieva takes to the track

Favorite of the women’s individual figure skating, Kamila Valieva enters the ice rink to offer her free program. At the top of the standings at the end of the short program, the 15-year-old skater, last to pass, is heading for the Olympic coronation in these 2022 Olympics.

13:55 – Canada’s Golden Ladies

The Canadian hockey players delivered a successful performance to overcome the Americans and win the gold. Among these girls, Rebecca Johnston and Marie-Philip Poulin stand out because they won their fourth medal in four Olympic Games (three gold, one silver). The latter, with her decisive double, marked even more history by becoming the first athlete, men and women alike, to score in four Olympic finals in ice hockey.

True legends????

4 Olympic Games, 4 medals for @pou29 and @RJohnst6 ???? pic.twitter.com/jnHrwA4u1Q

— Team Canada (@Team_Canada) February 17, 2022

13:54 – The Canadians at the gates of the semi-finals

The door to the semi-finals closed violently on the Canadian curlers. Despite their wide victory against Denmark (10-4), Jennifer White and her teammates will not participate in the last four and will not be able to seek the title as in 2014. Indeed, tied in the standings with the British and the Japanese, they are eliminated due to an unfavorable tie-break. The first mentioned rank third thanks to their success of the day against the team of the Russian Olympic Committee (9-4), just ahead of the Japanese therefore, dominated unsurprisingly by the Swiss (8-4) whom they will find in the semi-finals. For their part, the British will face the Swedes, easy winners of the South Koreans (8-4).

13:27 – Martin Fourcade: “Everything is aligned with these Games for Quentin”

“He impresses me because he would be the first athlete in history to win 6 medals in the same edition of the Winter Games if he won a medal tomorrow (during the mass start from 10 a.m. French time, editor’s note He impresses me because he shows self-confidence and gives off something about these Olympic Games. And at the same time, no, he doesn’t impress me because we knew he could do it. everything is aligned with these Games for Quentin on tracks that suit him perfectly”explained Martin Fourcade concerning the success of his former partner Quentin Fillon Maillet in the running to win a medal in each of his races at the 2022 Olympics, a feat that would be unprecedented in history.

13:22 – Martin Fourcade: “A face beyond the results”

“These are great Games for France. We have a French team that has a face that goes beyond the results. During my career, I was obsessed with titles, results, medals and at these Games, as a spectator, I was especially marked by the sadness of the athletes who failed like this skater who fell in the last corner of team speed skating (Miho Takagi, who condemned Japan to silver in the final, editor’s note ), the tears of Perrine (Laffont), of the cross-country skiers. I was much more marked by these emotions. It’s the first time that I realize that it’s not just the medals that count at the Games Olympics”said Martin Fourcade, retired for two years and leaving the sports bubble.

1:17 p.m. – “No good solution” for Fourcade on the Valieva case

Asked about the case of Kamila Valieva (tested positive on December 25 for trimetazidine, a doping product, but authorized to participate in the 2022 Olympics), Martin Fourcade did not shirk but nevertheless brought nuance. If he does not incriminate the Russian skater, she does not clear her either and above all tried to remain fairly neutral, evoking her sadness and respect for a file that is still open. “I don’t know the file which is still in progress but it evokes sadness in me. Of course, she is a child but she is also an athlete. She is 15 years old… I think there is a blur. We have never been confronted with this problem there. There is no good solution”explained with diplomacy the five-time Olympic biathlon champion on France Televisions.

13:09 – Martin Fourcade still committed against doping

“I spoke a lot during my career on doping issues because I lived through the Sochi Olympics which were tainted by these cases, because I regularly had to face opponents who tested positive. , this is the case with my first Olympic medal (in 2010, at the age of 21, Martin Forucade had finished 2nd in the mass start, beaten by the Russian Evgeny Ustyugov, convicted of doping over the period 2010-2014 by the CAS in 2020, editor’s note). I gave a lot of voice and I will continue to do so because it is something visceral with me and one of my commitments”explained Martin Fourcade on France Télévisions, and who will continue to carry his fight against doping within the IOC and the Athletes’ Commission over the next 8 years.

1:02 p.m. – Martin Fourcade: “Be even much better on the environmental side”

“I have a significant sensitivity to the environment. I spoke at the start of the Games on this subject not to justify or say that it is good or bad, but just because there was weariness of feeling that every four years, this focus is on the athletes when they were not the ones who chose the site of the Olympic Games If I ran for the IOC Athletes’ Commission, it is because I am an avid defender of the Olympic values ​​and that I am convinced that they have a lot to bring to our society, but that does not mean that we should not be even better on the environmental side.”said Martin Fourcade to react to the controversies surrounding in particular the lack of snow in Beijing and its surroundings, and the use of artificial snow.

12:59 – Martin Fourcade: “A great responsibility”

“I am proud and happy to have been chosen by my former comrades, that they gave me their confidence and that the values ​​that I defended during my career have been recognized. I also take this as a great responsibility because there are a lot of athletes to not disappoint and represent. I don’t have a misplaced ego”said Martin Fourcade, interviewed on the set of France Télévisions after his election in the morning to the post of representative on the IOC Athletes’ Commission.