the French team begins to dream of the podium
Although it denies it, the French delegation, 18 strong, including four guides for blind or visually impaired skiers, takes advantage of the exclusion of Russian athletes during the Beijing Paralympic Games which open this Friday, March 4. First admitted, then refused following a reversal of the Paralympic Committee after the threat of several delegations to […]
skier Arthur Bauchet wins the first French gold medal
Published on : 05/03/2022 – 08:25Modified : 05/03/2022 – 08:41 French skier Arthur Bauchet won the downhill title at the Beijing Paralympic Games on Saturday (standing category). He thus offers the first gold medal to the French team. His compatriot Hyacinthe Deleplace won bronze in the downhill in the visually impaired category. It is the […]
Marie Bochet, “the tigress has calmed down”
She carried the flag of the French delegation to the Paralympic Games in PyeongChang, in 2018. This Friday, March 4, she leaves the honor to her teammate and Nordic skier Benjamin Daviet for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Paralympic Games . Not sorry to remain anonymous, very relative for an eight-time Olympic champion, French […]
Paralympics: powder keg in Beijing – WORLD
Es started with curling. It wasn’t just the Paralympic world that was in turmoil at the time, because Russian and Belarusian athletes were surprisingly admitted to the Beijing event, albeit under a neutral flag. The criticism of Wednesday’s decision was immense worldwide, and the lack of understanding was huge. The Paralympics don’t start until this […]
Garcia qualified for the quarter-finals in Lyon
The French Caroline Garcia qualified for the third round of the Tournament in Lyon after her victory in three sets against the Italian Martina Trevisan. Caroline Garcia battled in the second round of the tournament in Lyon. The French won in three sets 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 against the Italian Martina Trevisan. The 70th in the […]
Russian and Belarusian athletes finally excluded from the Beijing Olympics
Published on : 03/03/2022 – 08:59 Russian and Belarusian athletes will ultimately be excluded from the Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced Thursday, March 3, on the eve of the opening of the competition. Captured after Russian invasion in Ukraine in which Belarus collaborates, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced […]
“I am devastated”, laments Azarenka, Belarusian tennis player
Messages of peace continue to flourish in professional sports. This time it was Victoria Azarenka, a Belarusian tennis player, who spoke out in favor of a ceasefire on her networks. “I am devastated by the acts perpetrated against and in Ukraine in recent days, lamented the world number 16. I have always seen Ukrainians and […]
another method of exerting pressure
In addition to the political and economic punishments against Russia, the world of sport has followed the wave of sanctions initiated by Western organizations. Without the World Cup, or international competitions of all kinds of sports, the Russians are excluded by boycotts that had happened before, but that have not always been applied to all […]
Major League Baseball – Collective bargaining failed: MLB season start burst
Jupiter (dpa) – After the failure of collective bargaining, the season in Major League Baseball does not start on the scheduled date of March 31st. That’s what MLB boss Rob Manfred said in Florida, where the representatives of the best baseball league in the world and the players have been negotiating for hours over the […]
Russia excluded from the Davis Cup and the Billie Jean King Cup, the players authorized on the circuit… under neutral banner
The International Tennis Federation has pronounced the exclusion of Russia from its two major competitions, but the players will be able to continue to perform on the circuit. And now… international tennis. Following the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to directly exclude Russia from international competitions, the Russian tennis team was excluded from […]