the French bronze relay in cross-country skiing – Liberation

Richard Jouve, Hugo Lapalus, Clément Parisse and Maurice Manificat bring the ninth medal to France in China.

The French team won the bronze medal in the cross-country ski relay at the 2022 Olympics, overflown by the Russians, bringing a ninth medal to the tricolor clan under the snow of Zhangjiakou. The record bar of fifteen medals is approaching.

This is the third time that the French team has made the podium in the 4×10 km relay after the bronze of 2014 and 2018. The last torchbearer, Maurice Manificat even thought for a time that he was competing for silver against Norway’s Johannes Klaebo before giving in. Previously, it was Richard Jouve, Hugo Lapalus, Clément Parisse who had distinguished themselves.