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The Beijing Olympics will end on Sunday February 20, with the traditional closing ceremony. The opportunity for a first assessment on the French side. For two weeks, the tricolor athletes thrilled their fans: smiles, tears, a few disappointments but above all great moments of emotion.
He clearly broke the screen. The Frenchman of these Olympic Games in Beijing is a 29-year-old biathlete, Quentin Fillon-Maillet. Two gold medals, five medals during the fortnight, it had been a century since a Frenchman had achieved such an Olympic performance. In its wake, the French biathlon was full in Beijing: seven medals, a record, including four silver and three gold.
On skis, Clément Noël, 24, is a Vosges born to meander between the poles. He is now Olympic slalom champion, 20 years after Jean-Pierre Vidal, and 54 years after Jean-Claude Killy. Les Bleus’ fifth gold medal is shared between Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, who have been skating together since they were 9 years old. Tessa Worley and Alexis Pinturault, heavyweights in French skiing, have learned to fall, fortunately without gravity. In Beijing, France totals 14 medals, a few hours from the end of the competitions.