The Games continue on Sunday, February 13. After two white days, France finally regained the taste of the medal on Saturday with Quentin Fillon Maillet’s silver in the sprint. The Jura rider will once again be on the snow at Zhangjiakou with the hope of winning a fourth charm in as many races.
Before that, the day of the French clan will start at 2:30 a.m. with the start of the monobob, a new Olympic event in which we find the Frenchwoman Margot Boch. Tess Ledeux will be in line for the slopestyle qualifications, an event in which she is going for gold after her silver medal on the Big Air. The first big chance to get on the podium will be in the alpine skiing giant slalom with the first run at 3:15 and the second at 6:45.
2h30: bobsleigh: female monobob on France 2
You will have to get up early to see the first French representative in history in bobsleigh take to the track. At 2:30 a.m., Margot Boch will start the monobob competition, an event that is making its appearance on the Olympic program in Beijing. The Savoyard will then play the second round at 4 a.m., while the 3rd and 4th rounds are scheduled for Monday. Margot Boch is not one of the favourites, but with a victory in the European Cup in Innsbruck (Austria) this season, she will try to defy the odds. She will also be competing in two-man bobsleigh with Carla Sénéchal from February 18.
3h15: alpine skiing: men’s giant slalom on France 2
French alpine skiing is still waiting for a second medal in these Olympic Games. After that of Johan Clarey, the chances missed by Pinturault in the alpine combined and Worley in the giant slalom, new chances of medals with the men’s giant slalom. Alexis Pinturault, fourth overall in this discipline remains France’s best chance despite his shoulder pain. Mathieu Faivre, reigning world champion in the discipline could also do well. Cyprien Sarrazin and Thibaut Favrot are less expected. Second run at 6:45 a.m.
8 a.m.: cross-country skiing: men’s relay on France 3
Composed of Richard Jouve and Hugo Lapalus in classic as well as Clément Parisse and Maurice Manificat in freestyle, the French relay is in search of a third consecutive medal at the Olympic Games. In bronze in Sochi and Pyeongchang, the French founders will have a lot to do with the Russians and the Norwegians in particular.
10 a.m.: biathlon: women’s pursuit on France 3
After a disappointing sprint by the French biathletes, the pursuit looks complicated. Anaïs Bescond, who will start ninth at thirty seconds from the podium, is the best chance of a French medal. For Julia Simon (29th) and Justine Braisaz-Bouchet (48th), we will have to hope for an incredible recovery which could happen with difficult wind and snow conditions forecast.
11:45 am: biathlon: men’s pursuit on France 2
Fourth medal in four races for Quentin Fillon Maillet? The Frenchman will start in second position 26 seconds behind Johannes Boe. Winner of the last four pursuits of the season, Quentin Fillon Maillet arrives confidently in his favorite race. Emilien Jacquelin, ninth less than 30 seconds from the podium can hope for a first medal in these Games. for Fabien Claude (21st) and Simon Desthieux (24th), the task promises to be difficult.
12 p.m.: Short-track: men’s 500m
Sébastien Lepape will be the only tricolor representative at the start of the quarter-finals of the 500m in short-track. He must finish in the first two places of his race or have one of the two best times of the athletes classified third. Disappointed after his fall in the 1500m, the Le Havre arrives revengeful on the Beijing oval.
All the Games on France Télévisions
On this ninth day of the 2022 Winter Olympics, you can also follow or discover other sports such as ski jumping, ice hockey or curling… From Friday February 4 to Sunday February 20, 2022, discover the Beijing Winter Olympics daily program on france info: sports.
You can follow the Olympic Games live on France 2 and France 3, as well as on the france.tv platform from the beginning to the end of the events. Every day, you can also find the magazine JO Club from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on France 2, as well as TLS Journal des JO from 8:05 p.m. .
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