relive the events of Sunday February 6 in Beijing

Make way for the second Olympic day, Sunday February 6. If the French expect a lot from Perrine Laffont in mogul skiing, the Russians are smiling at the end of the men’s skiathlon event. After winning silver and bronze in Pyeongchang in 2018, Alexander Bolshunov this time won gold, ahead of his compatriot Denis Spitsov. The first Frenchman, Clément Parisse, takes tenth place. Follow our live.

• Perrine Laffont impersonates Benjamin Cavet. Perrine Laffont defended her title acquired in Pyeongchang in 2018. The 23-year-old skier, who passed the qualifications with serenity on Thursday, who was among the favorites for the final of mogul skiing (12:30 p.m.) will not bring a new charm to France. In the final, the Frenchman did not repeat such a feat as in 2018 and finished fourth, like Benjamin Cavet 24 hours earlier.

• No tricolor medal in skiathlon. The founders of the French team were not among the favorites but two of them nevertheless distinguished themselves on Sunday. Clément Parisse finished 10th, but expressed his disappointment, ahead of Jules Lapierre (14th) and Maurice Manificat (23rd). Untouchable, it was the Russian Alexander Bolshunov who won the gold medal.

• Skiers will have to wait. The men’s downhill was supposed to open the ball of the alpine skiing events, but the wind changed the situation. Initially scheduled for 4 a.m. (French time), the start of the race was initially postponed three times, before the organizers resigned themselves to postponing the race to Monday. In 2018 at Pyeongchang, in 2010 in Vancouver or in 1998 in Nagano, the descent had already been postponed due to weather conditions.

• First gold medal in New Zealand history. Barely twenty years old and already in the history of his country. By winning the slopestyle final on Sunday, snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott gave New Zealand its first-ever Olympic title at the Winter Games. Only one other country in the southern hemisphere, Australia, has so far achieved this.