dantesque conditions to finish the Games

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

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

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

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 […]

Artificial snow saves Beijing

Artificial snow saves Beijing

From Zhangjiakou, Olympic venue, the news arrived this Saturday: a beautiful snowfall had finally fallen. Another has arrived this Sunday in Beijing. In times of global warming, the appearance of the main ingredient of some Winter Olympic Games. Artificial snow has solved the problem in recent decades, but experts warn that it will not be […]