Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet takes a second silver medal in biathlon with the individual – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier The biathlete
freestyle skiing, well-ordered events – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier From big air to slope-style, from half-pipe to skicross, we explain everything about the discipline in which Tess Ledeux, Kevin Rolland and Chinese star Eileen Gu compete. Freestyle skiing, a whole universe. With multiple events and a few stars, including Chinese star Eileen Gu and French world champions Tess Ledeux and […]
the biathlon competition promises to be heckled by the blizzard – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier The snow and especially the wind blowing over the Zhangjiakou biathlon stadium are worrying the teams of the favorites. In particular the French who will try to retain their title in the mixed relay on Saturday. How to reach your target when gusts sweep across the launch pad and the cold […]
In Hong Kong, it is (also) forbidden to demonstrate against the Beijing Olympics – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier The demonstrators wanted to denounce the imprisonment of political activists on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, accusing the Chinese authorities of using the Olympics as a diplomatic screen. Koo Sze-yiu, a pro-democracy activist from Hong Kong, was arrested on Friday for ‘inciting subversion’ ahead of a scheduled protest against […]
the funny Russian ballet at the Beijing Olympics – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier Shunned by the United States, which announced a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics, China prides itself on the visit of Vladimir Putin. But the Russian team is excluded from the competition for doping and the athletes will parade under a neutral banner. No American, Canadian or British officials, but still […]
Eileen Gu, very smooth headliner of Chinese sliding at the 2022 Olympics – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier Born and raised in California, the 18-year-old skier represents China at the Winter Olympics, where she is expected to be a pop star. In the streets of Beijing, you can’t miss it. His face is plastered on bus stops or storefronts. Proof of a new notoriety: at 18, Eileen Gu is […]
no diplomatic boycott for France, Roxana Maracineanu will go to China – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier Despite the many calls to boycott the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games because of the numerous human rights attacks perpetuated in China, the Minister of Sports will go to Beijing. Uyghurs or not, France will go. The Secretary of State for European Affairs, Clément Beaune, assured on RTL that the government […]
Two weeks before the Olympics, Beijing wakes up to snow – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier The very dry climate of the Chinese capital makes snowfall unusual in the city center. The Olympic Games (February 4-20) will thus largely depend on artificial snow. The city of Beijing woke up Thursday covered in an unusual white blanket of snow, as the Chinese capital prepares to host the Winter […]
temporary laptops for British and Dutch athletes, for fear of espionage – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier Some athletes have been dissuaded by their authorities from carrying their personal phones, Britain worrying about possible espionage attempts by the Chinese government. It is agreed that British officials and diplomats will not travel to Beijing for the Games, due to China’s abysmal human rights record. Many of the mobile phones […]
Denmark will not send an official representation to Beijing – Liberation
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier The country joins the list of states that have decided on a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics, including the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan. And now Denmark. The Scandinavian state announced on Friday that it will not send official representatives to the Winter Olympics in Beijing to protest […]