The debut of the French women’s bobsleigh and the blue chances in Géant are on the program of the Olympic night.
Bobsleigh, women’s monobob (2h30). Tess Ledeux engaged in freestyle skiing”>Margot Boch (22) will open a new chapter in the French winter by becoming the first woman registered in bobsleigh at the Olympic Games. She will set off in the new monobob event, before taking part in the 2-man bobsleigh with Carla Sénéchal (Friday 18 and Saturday 19).
Freestyle skiing, women’s slopestyle qualifications (3h). Big Air silver medalist, Tess Ledeux shows her second card. Like the Chinese Eileen Gu, covered with gold in Big Air following a stunning competition which will also aim for gold in the half pipe. She who, during the Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne in 2020, had collected two gold medals (big air, halfpipe) and one silver (slopestyle).
Alpine skiing, men’s giant slalom (3h15). Dominant in Giants in the World Cup, the Swiss Marco Odermatt (4 wins in 5 Giants this winter) is the big favorite for gold. He will see the weight of this status fall on his shoulders, he who could not complete the Super G and saw his Olympic entry thwarted. The French will not lack assets with Mathieu Faivre, the world champion in the discipline (“ Things are different a year after Cortina, the environment is different, the race too, the snow too, it’s up to me to try to put myself in a spirit of conquest. I want to give the best of myself, to have the fewest regrets on both runs. Cortina is in the past, it won’t impact what happens here “, he summarized to AFP). Alexis Pinturault (left frustrated and injured from the combined and left to rest since will try to take up the challenge in an event he enjoys, 18 World Cup victories and his two bronze medals at the Olympic Games, in 2014 and 2018), Cyprien Sarrazin and Thibaut Favrot are also in contention on the French side.
To be continued this Sunday morning: Cross-country skiing, 4x 10 km men’s relay (8h); biathlon 12.5 km pursuit men (11:45 a.m.); Women’s 3000m short track relay (12:44 p.m.); Short track 500m men (1:14 p.m.); Women’s 500m Speed Skating.
