The French Biathlon Musketeers are aiming, in the wake of the irresistible Quentin Fillon Maillet, for a new medal in Beijing. To embed yourself in Olympic history.
Biathlon, men’s relay (7h30). Originally scheduled for 10:00 a.m. French, the men’s relay was brought forward to 7:30 a.m. due to low temperatures expected in Zhangjiakou, where temperatures dropped to -25°C on Monday. The French, led by Quentin Fillon Maillet, are among the favorites with the Norway of the brothers Johannes and Tarjei Boe and the Russian team. Quentin Fillon Maillet (4 medals in 4 races), accompanied by Simon Desthieux, Émilien Jacquelin, Fabien Claude, can win a fifth medal during these Beijing Games, after the two titles in individual (20 km) and pursuit and the two medals silver in mixed relay and sprint.
Speed skating, women’s team pursuit (7h30) and men’s team pursuit (7h52). Norway in the men’s and Japan in the women’s, the fastest teams in the quarter-finals, will seek to retain the gold won four years ago in Pyeongchang in the team pursuit. The women’s semi-finals will pit Japan against the Russian Olympic Committee and Canada against the Netherlands. The men’s team pursuit semi-finals will pit the Netherlands against Norway and the Russian Olympic Committee against the United States.
Nordic combined, large hill ski jumping (9h). The end of the nightmare. Just out of long isolation, after three negative Covid tests, the Norwegian Jarl Magnus Riiber, big favorite in the Nordic combined events, will be well aligned for the large hill event this Tuesday. The Norwegian (24), untouchable for two and a half seasons in his discipline, had tested positive on his arrival in Beijing on January 31 and had been in solitary confinement in a hotel room since. “ It’s great to finally see the light of day “, he declared to the chain NRK after having been able to test, this Monday, for the first time the springboard of Zhangjiakou, Olympic site at approximately 180 kilometers in the North-West of Beijing. The French Mattéo Baud, Gaël Blondeau, Antoine Gérard and Laurent Mühlethaler will be in competition.
Men’s two-man bobsleigh, 3e and 4e innings (1:15 p.m.). The Germans Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis dominated the first two rounds, beating their compatriots Johannes Lochner and Florian Bauer and the pair Rostislav Gaitiukevich-Aleksei Laptev (Russian Olympic Committee). The French Dorian Hauterville and Romain Heinrich occupy 13th place.
