Jean-Charles Rolland is particularly proud. This Lozérien who lives in Meyrueis is the father of Kevin Rolland, flag bearer of France and bronze medalist in Sochi in 2014. Freestyle skier Kevin Rolland enters the running this Thursday, February 17 (5:30 a.m.) for the half-pipe skiing qualifications. “I am very, very, very, very proud and I hope he will make us a small medal. If he has a medal, it will be like for Sochi, as he had the bronze medal, it was a party. Moreover, the town hall organized a party with the presentation of the medal of the City and we hope that it will start again.
The story is all the more beautiful as Kevin Rolland could have died after a terrible accident in 2019: “He has come a long way. Two years ago he had a very, very serious accident. He broke his pelvis. I was present when he had his accident. We really thought he was going to die, stay in a coma for a week, it was awful. And to see that he’s gone again, it’s great. But it’s still scary. When we saw the bowl, we don’t want it to happen again.”