Etiket: Athletes
At the Olympics, athletes torn between China and the United States
The Beijing Winter Olympics have had their share of controversy and debate. They were notably the scene of a new series of verbal clashes between China and the United States.…
mentalities are progressing but motherhood remains a taboo subject among top athletes
In the summer of 90, Maryse Éwanjé-Épée, 26, was by far the best French jumper. Finalist at the Seoul Olympics two years earlier, she is undisputed in the France team.…
Beijing 2022 | Athletes to watch on Thursday
PHOTO PAUL CHIASSON, THE CANADIAN PRESS MEN’S HOCKEY | CANADA v. GERMANYTHURSDAY, 8:10 a.m.We all know that NHL players are still in action on this side of the world. Still,…
Beijing 2022 | Athletes to watch on Wednesday
PHOTO BERNARD BRAULT, THE PRESS SNOWBOARDING | MEN’S SNOWBOARD CROSSSTART: WEDNESDAY, 10:15 p.m.FINAL: THURSDAY, 2:15 a.m.At 20, Eliot Grondin, pictured, will be having his second Olympic experience in snowboard cross.…
Beijing Olympics: extreme cold complicates the task of athletes
Skiers and snowboarders are usually fearless. But in the mountainous area of the Beijing Olympics, the wind and snow make them shiver. Zhangjiakou, a city 200 kilometers northwest of Beijing,…
COVID-19: the performance of athletes little affected by the disease
Athletes who contract COVID-19 come out of it little, if at all, confused in their path to performance. As proof, Canadian athletes participate in the Olympic Games at the top…
At the Beijing Games, the conditions of isolation are denounced by the athletes
In Beijing, athletes are using social media to denounce their quarantine conditions. The organizing committee of the Olympic Games said Sunday that it took note of the complaints. China has…
Beijing 2022 | Athletes to watch on Sunday
Women will lead the charge in Beijing The change was orchestrated at the Tokyo Olympics last summer. Increasingly, women are the big stars of Olympic events. The trend seems to…
Beijing 2022 | Athletes to watch on Saturday
Women will lead the charge in Beijing The change was orchestrated at the Tokyo Olympics last summer. Increasingly, women are the big stars of Olympic events. The trend seems to…
For our athletes | The duty
This fall, the series Turn, about the post-career of an Olympic athlete, was broadcast on Noovo. Then, on January 22, it was the turn of the documentary I believed in…
Repression of athletes | US sanctions Belarusians
(Washington) The US State Department announced in a statement on Thursday “to impose visa restrictions” on several nationals of Belarus for “their involvement in serious activities to suppress dissent abroad”,…
Artificial snow, sanitary bubble, Olympic village … the first reactions of athletes in Beijing
That’s it, they’ve arrived! The athletes from Savoie and Haute-Savoie set foot in Beijing, in an environment marked by the strict anti-covid health protocol. A health bubble has been put…
China | Newspaper accuses US of paying athletes to ‘disrupt’ Olympics
(Beijing) An official Chinese newspaper has accused Washington of “inciting” athletes to “create disturbances” during the 2022 Beijing Olympics, in particular by paying them, an accusation firmly denied on Saturday…
who are the 88 qualified French athletes?
For the first time in Olympic history, a city is hosting the winter games after having hosted the summer ones. The 2022 Olympics are being held in Beijing from February…
French athletes are preparing to experience the Beijing Olympics under a strict health bubble, being “careful not to become paranoid”
A week before the start of the Winter Games in Beijing, some French athletes are already there. The daily life of athletes will inevitably be turned upside down in the…
French athletes are preparing to experience the Beijing Olympics under a strict health bubble, being “careful not to become paranoid”
A week before the start of the Winter Games in Beijing, some French athletes are already there. The daily lives of athletes will inevitably be turned upside down in the…
Safety of Olympic Athletes | Minister St-Onge predicts that everything will be fine in Beijing
(Ottawa) Just over a week before the opening of the Beijing Olympics, the Minister of Sports, Pascale St-Onge, does not want to “minimize” the fears of some about the safety…
Olympic Games: Quebec athletes in force in freestyle skiing
The target will still be on the back of Mikaël Kingsbury during the moguls event at the Beijing Olympics, but the Quebecer does not seem to feel the pressure too…
who are our qualified athletes for the Olympic Games
Of the 87 French athletes who will fly to China for the Winter Olympics (February 4-20), 45 are licensed in Savoie or Haute-Savoie. La Plagne is the most represented resort…
Six licensed athletes in the Vosges selected for the Beijing Olympics
The official list of the French Olympic team has fallen, we know the names of the athletes who will take part in the Winter Olympics in Beijing at the beginning…