the silver men’s relay at the Beijing Olympics, 5th medal for Fillon Maillet – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier Silver medal for the quartet composed of Fabien Claude, Emilien Jacquelin, Simon Desthieux and Quentin Fillon Maillet. This is the fifth individual medal for “QFM”, a new record for a Frenchman at the Winter Olympics. In the tricolor biathlon prize list, there was an anomaly to be corrected: the Blues have […]
Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Lithuania, Australia, United States… The diplomatic boycott widens – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier After London, Wellington Vilnius, Canberra and Washington, it’s Ottawa’s turn to announce that no government minister plans to travel to the Chinese capital for the sporting event. What about France? Canada enters the game. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Wednesday evening a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, following […]
the suspension of skater Kamila Valieva lifted by the CAS, she can continue her Olympic destiny – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier Tested positive at the end of December for a banned substance, the 15-year-old teenager was authorized on Monday to participate in the individual event of the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday, announces the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Kamila Valieva has the right to dream of Olympic gold in individual skating […]
Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron in gold in ice dancing – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier The two French skaters won the Olympic title that had eluded them four years ago. With 226.98 points, they also set a new world record. This is the only distinction that was still lacking in their huge track record. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron were crowned Olympic champions in ice dancing […]
Korean curlers back, after helping to free the voices of abused athletes – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier Olympic curling vice-champion in 2018, the “team Kim” had aroused the enthusiasm of the Korean public. Victims of psychological abuse on the part of their coaches, their testimonies have allowed a timid beginning of freedom of speech among the country’s athletes. It was the beautiful story of the Pyeonchang Games: five […]
the French bronze relay in cross-country skiing – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier 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 […]
Quentin Fillon Maillet, Olympic pursuit champion in biathlon, first Frenchman to win four medals at the Winter Games – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier Starting in second position behind
in biathlon, Quentin Fillon Maillet wins the silver medal in the sprint – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier After individual gold, Fillon Maillet brings France its seventh Olympic charm. He will line up in pursuit on Sunday, with a new medal goal. At the Beijing Winter Games, the men’s biathlon is held almost entirely in two names. The first has the merit of conciseness. Boe, first name Johannes Thingnes. […]
Winter Olympics not so green – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier Wind turbines, solar panels, electric coaches… China wants to show its ecological goodwill at the Olympic Games. But one month before the start of the tests, all means are good to make people forget that the country is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases. On paper, China has pledged to […]
Norwegian Marte Olsbu Roeiseland continues her raid in biathlon – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier While the French women missed out on Friday’s sprint, the 31-year-old Norwegian hangs a second gold medal around her neck. White day for the French biathlon. The fourth race on the program for the Beijing 2022 Games, the women’s sprint (7.5 kilometers) turned into a collective sinking. Four Bleues at the […]