Tess Ledeux far from the account in slopestyle
Silver medalist on the Big Air, the Frenchwoman did not manage to climb on a second podium during the slopestyle won by the Swiss Mathilde Gremaud. «Burnt out“, as she was going to confide after her competition, Tess Ledeux failed in her quest for a second podium at the Beijing Games. By finishing 7th in […]
“It’s amazing the weight of this medal”
Four years after silver in Pyeongchang, the French couple have won the Olympic gold they were aiming for. And that they commented with humor and… stress. Our special correspondent in Beijing We felt you moved like never before at the end of your program…Guillaume Cizeron: Not at all. Gabriella Papadakis: I don’t see what you […]
“I restarted the conquering Emilian”
9th in the sprint on Saturday, the French biathlete is happy to have “taken over” and is aiming for the podium in the pursuit this Sunday (10:00 a.m.). Our special correspondent in China Émilien, how did you feel in the sprint on Saturday?
Quentin Fillon-Maillet, silver medalist in the sprint: “It’s just incredible”
Silver medalist in the sprint, three days after his individual Olympic title, the French biathlete is savoring his success of the moment, which he wishes to continue on Sunday during the pursuit (10:00 a.m.). Our special correspondent in China Quentin, the silver of the sprint after the gold of the individual, you don’t lose your […]
it didn’t fart for french snowboardcross
A combination of falling snow and bad waxing dashed podium hopes in the new mixed team snowboardcross event. The grimace soup. For its great Olympic premiere, the mixed team snowboardcross event did not smile on the French, to say the least. Two quarter-finals, two last places and two medalist hopes evaporated under the falling snow […]
Beijing Olympics, snowboard cross: Moioli and Visintin silver in the mixed teams
Two blue couples in the final in the first time of the event at the Games: Omar and Michela close behind the United States, Sommariva and Carpano in fourth place after a fall The Italian couples with the boards on their feet fly under the snowfall of Zhangjiakou. A medal was expected from the snowboardcross […]
French biathlon cannot always hit the bullseye
For the first time since the start of the Games, a biathlon event ended without a hexagonal representative on the podium this Friday during the women’s sprint. This cannot smile every time for the French biathlon. After an Olympic title – Quentin Fillon-Maillet in the individual – and two silver medals – Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet in […]
the intense emotion of Shaun White at the time of bowing out
At 35, the American, a true legend of freestyle snowboarding, competed in his last competition on the occasion of a halfpipe final which he finished at the foot of the podium. Our special correspondent in Beijing The story almost got even better. For his last competition, Shaun White dreamed of finishing on the podium. At […]
events not to be missed on Saturday morning
The biathlon starts this Saturday with the mixed relay. With the first French medal? Women’s Skiathlon; 7.5 km free + 7.5 km classic (8h45). The Swedes (Therese Johaug, Frida Karlsson, Ebba Andersson and Charlotte Kalla) are among the favorites along with the Finns and the Americans. On the French side, two entered: Delphine Claudel and […]
the Olympic adventure told by Jean-Claude Killy, anecdotes and confidences
MAJOR MAINTENANCE – The unforgettable triple gold medalist of the Grenoble Olympics in 1968 was, thirty years ago, the co-president of the Albertville Olympics. Confident for the French team in Beijing, he shares his Olympic adventure, that of a lifetime. Sport and its actors (former and current) hold no secrets for Jean-Claude Killy. He always […]