third gold medal for Arthur Bauchet
French skier Arthur Bauchet, 21, won his third gold medal at the Beijing Paralympics on Sunday, in the slalom (standing category), confirming the hopes placed in him for several years. On the slopes of Yanqing, in the mountainous suburbs of Beijing, the athlete licensed at the Briançon ski club beat the Chinese Liang Jingyi and […]
in the bubble, pine fever
Tao, 21, with round glasses on his nose, dedicated his day off to it. If she made the trip between the mountains of Zhangjiakou and the capital, Beijing, that day, it was for this sole purpose: “exchange pins with athletes and reporters”, she announces with a big smile. → CHRONICLE. Beijing Olympics: in the Olympic […]
imaginative Winter Games
For two weeks, the big air springboard, the first in Olympic history, has taken up a lot of space. But this behemoth of artificial snow installed in an industrial area of Beijing, intended as a witness to the modernity of these Games, actually hides a form of conservatism. The Winter Games have not seen much […]
Murray in the 700 club, the catastrophic Blues
Former world No.1 Andy Murray, who persists in wanting to regain his former level after long years of hardship due to injuries, was rewarded with the 700th victory of his career to reach the second round of the Masters 1000 d ‘Indian Wells Friday. The Scotsman, 88th in the world, is still far from his […]
dantesque conditions to finish the Games
This is a first in the history of Olympism. In Zhangjiakou, competitors in the mass start (mass start) of 50 km in cross-country skiing will have traveled… 28.4 km. This Saturday, February 19, they learned less than an hour from the start of the race that the queen event was cut by 20 kilometers, and […]
the end of Games locked in their bubble
China brilliantly succeeded in its Games, which ended on Sunday February 20, in sporting terms, ranking third nation against sixteenth place four years ago. But she knew she was being scrutinized on a completely different level: her management of the pandemic, as she never ceased to praise her “zero Covid” strategy. Here too, the results […]
the sports report reveals a growing specialization by country
Almost. A small medal is missing to equal PyeongChang’s record record in 2018, and no doubt this little nothing is enough to oscillate between satisfaction and slight bitterness when it comes to taking stock of the Blues at the Beijing Games: they bring back the same number titles (5), more silver medals (7 against 2), […]
Beijing Olympics: farewell, the bubble
Farewell, bubble. A kind of relief has been floating in the air for the past few days for the participants in the Beijing Games, happy to return home and leave the daily constraints and frustrations involved in life under a bell in China. The first of them being perhaps that of seeing the Great Wall […]
Why is the judo belt black? – You want a medal ?
3/8/2022 Why do F1 drivers benefit from being small? A few years ago, the best riders on the planet weren’t necessarily the tallest. Being small can be an advantage in Formula 1. Do you know why? Do you want a medal? is a Eurosport podcast, written and presented by Clément Lefebvre and produced by Bababam. […]
the Ladevant brothers, in fusion on the ice falls
The eldest, 24, is Tristan. The youngest, 21, is called Louna. It still happens that people on the circuit do not know their first names. But everyone knows it’s about “brothers”, the Ladevant brothers, not twins but it’s just like, always together, even on the catwalks. The proof at the end of January during the […]