France finishes in fourth place, carried by a triple golden Arthur Bauchet – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier On this last day of the Olympics, skier Arthur Bauchet won his third gold medal at the Paralympic Games in Beijing on Sunday in the slalom event. France ends this 2022 edition with 12 medals, including 7 gold. And three. French skier Arthur Bauchet won his third gold medal at the […]
the French Cécile Hernandez gold medalist in snowboard cross – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier At 47, suffering from multiple sclerosis, Cécile Hernandez won her first Olympic title in Beijing. French snowboarder Cécile Hernandez, from the resort of Les Angles in the Pyrenees, won the gold medal at the Beijing Paralympic Games (March 4-13) in snowboard cross on Monday. Suffering from multiple sclerosis, the 47-year-old athlete […]
skater Kamila Valieva slips on suspicion of doping and takes the lead – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier In a chaotic week marked by a positive doping test, the 15-year-old Russian teenager, a skating prodigy already titled as a team at these Olympic Games, was able to remobilize to win the women’s short program. Adolescence is no longer what it was in the glittering world of figure skating. She […]
Clément Noël crowned Olympic slalom champion – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier At 24, the Frenchman, world number two in the specialty, won the gold medal in slalom, the 13th for the French delegation since the start of the Games. Eighteen years and the downhill victory of Antoine Dénériaz at the Turin Games that France was waiting for its new Olympic champion in […]
Former biathlete Martin Fourcade takes over as head of the IOC Athletes’ Commission – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier The eminent French champion, retired from the circuit for two years, was elected to lead this Olympic body which represents athletes, along with the Swedish skier Frida Hansdotter. Martin Fourcade is tackling a new Olympic challenge. At 33, the multi-medal winning biathlete has just been elected to the Athletes’ Commission of […]
Justine Braisaz-Bouchet crowned Olympic biathlon champion on the mass-start – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier At 25, the French offered her first Olympic title for the last race of her Games. This is the fourteenth medal for the tricolor delegation, the fifth in gold. This mass start (group start) was the last chance for Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, Julia Simon and Anaïs Bescond to shine solo. After several […]
no 6th medal for Fillon Maillet, 4th on the mass start of biathlon – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier White cabbage for the French on the last race. At the foot of the podium, Fillon Maillet fails in his quest for a sixth individual medal which would have been historic. Still a winner on Friday, Johannes Boe also leaves with five awards, including four Olympic titles. Quentin Fillon Maillet was […]
In the half-pipe, a Kevin Rolland without a podium but with happiness – Liberation
Last Olympics for the road Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier The freestyle skier, who was close to death less than three years ago, did not reach the podium in the half-pipe final. But the French flag bearer provided a good performance for his last Olympic Games. Less than three years after coming close to death in […]
a mixed record for Games under a bell – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier The 2022 Winter Games ended on Sunday, to cheers from China. But between disappointment on the atmosphere and relief on the effectiveness of the health bubble, these Olympics sound like mixed according to the points of view. End of the Beijing Winter Games. Opened on February 4, the event lowered its […]
correct mention for the French team, with fourteen medals – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier Objective of fifteen medals almost achieved for the French team, tenth of the Games with five gold distinctions and half from biathlon. Adequate but perfectible, especially for freestyle skiing, while ice sports, left abandoned, raise questions. A final day without a podium, and here is the French team leaving Beijing with […]