BLUE OJ. After Fillon Maillet’s gold and Ledeux’s silver on Tuesday, Chloé Trespeuch adds a new medal to the French delegation this Wednesday, February 9.
The gold medals are long overdue, but the medals are raining down for the French delegation in these Winter Olympics! In the snowboardcross final on Wednesday February 9, the French Chloé Trespeuch won another silver medal, only beaten by the American Jacobellis in the final. This is the 6th medal for the French delegation in these 2022 Olympics, 5 in silver and one in gold.
Committed to obtain a second medal in the Olympic Games, the Frenchwoman Julia Perreira de Sousa Mabileau. “It’s hard. It is complicated. It’s been four years that I hear about this race every day and there I was, I could go get it and it happened to me in the space of two seconds. I’m happy to win this small final but if I deserved to go to the final”.
In slalom, the French Nastasia Noens finished in a very distant 24th place. “The goal was to ski very committed, not to ask too many questions. Unfortunately I couldn’t find the rhythm in the middle of the run, and when you lose it on such snow, you get “down” well. , and I had a hard time letting go at the end of the course where it’s more glossy. I want to, but unfortunately I’m quite far. The important thing will be to do a very committed second run. Snow? I’ve had trouble adapting since I arrived here, she’s very cold, aggressive and a bit icy in places. There’s no room for error” explained the skier.
The Blues medal table
From February 4 to 20, the French team will try to do better than 15 medals and beat its record in the Winter Olympics. The French medal table.
Who are the French people to follow for the 2022 Olympics?
There are several who can bring back a gold medal for France. Despite the absence of Martin Fourcade, who has retired, biathlon could bring back a nice harvest of medals with Emilien Jacquelin, Quentin Fillon-Maillet or even Simon Desthieux for men, but also Justine Braisaz-Bouchet and Julia Simon in girls. In alpine skiing, there are plenty of title chances! First, Alexis Pinturault. Winner of the Ski World Cup, the French is aiming for an Olympic title. Mathieu Faivre, Tessa Worley and Clément Noël are also on track for an Olympic title. Among the other chances, Perrine Laffont is the big favorite in mogul skiing, while we will also scrutinize the performances of Guillaume Cizeron and Gabriella Papadakis in skating.