After a new gold medal on the French side, Friday’s day is coming to an end in Beijing.
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They are among the pioneers. Margot Boch and Carla Sénéchal are the first French representatives to take part in the two-man bobsleigh rounds (at 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.), Friday February 18. If they are not among the favorites, they intend to look good. Follow our live.
• Figure skating: couples to conclude. They are the last to enter. Nineteen couples participate in the short program, while 16 will qualify for the freestyle. France has no representative. Among the favorites are the Chinese Wenjing/Cong, as well as the Russians Mishina/Galliamov and Tarasova/Morozov.
• Braisaz-Bouchet in gold on the mass start, Fillon Maillet at the foot of the podium. The day of glory has arrived for Justine Braisaz-Bouchet! The French biathlete won the gold medal in the mass start event. Stronger in shooting than her competitors and very fast on skis, she is ahead of the Norwegians Tiril Eckhoff and Marte Olsbu Roiseland. In the men’s event, Quentin Fillon Maillet finished just off the podium, in fourth place, and narrowly missed out on his sixth medal (in as many races) at these Games.
• the skater Thomas Krol crowned over 1,000 meters. The Netherlands triumph again in speed skating with a fifth Olympic title. Already world champion on this distance, Thomas Krol won the 1,000 meters against Canadian Laurent Dubreuil and Norwegian Havard Holmefjord Lorentzen. This is Krol’s second medal in Beijing (after silver in the 1,500 metres).
• Zero points for the Blues in skicross. A real disappointment: François Place, the last hope of the Blues, was eliminated in the ski cross semi-finals. He finished eighth after finishing last in the small final. Bastien Midol (beaten in quarters), Jean-Frédéric Chapuis and Terence Tchiknavorian (released in eighths) also disappointed. The victory goes to the Swiss Ryan Regez.