The main thing
- Among the favorites in the combined, Alexis Pinturault is only in 11th place at the end of the descent. The Frenchman will have to pull out the big game on slalom in the second heat, at 7:15.
- In snowboard cross, France is hoping for a medal with Merlin Surget, who is qualified for the quarters, as are Léo Le Blé Jaques and Loan Bozzolo.
- Meanwhile, American Nathan Chen took gold in figure skating, following flying over the competition. The favorite of the women’s event, the Russian Kamila Valieva would also have tested positive.
Follow live the events of the day :
07.26. Strolz is holding up the good end. The Austrian is clinging to his best time, with only four competitors left before Pinturault.
07.21. Strolz takes the controls. Johannes Strolz, 4th following the descent, has just completed a big slalom to take the best time, +0’59” ahead of Kilde.
07:19. For now, Kilde is holding up. The Norwegian is in the lead following the first three competitors.
07.17. In cross country, it also goes for Jaques Wheat. There will be three Frenchmen in the quarterfinals!
07:14. Kilde, first time reference. Leader following his impressive descent, the Norwegian sets a first reference time, in 2m32’02.
07.12. Let’s go for the handset! The events are superimposed: the combined slalom will start shortly. The route, very technical, might benefit Pinturault.
07:10. Pinturault’s reaction following his first round. “I didn’t think that my mistake in the middle of the course was going to cost me so much, following I hoped to be still high enough in the wall to be able to bring speed before the flat, unfortunately it was in my dreams that… The reality is that it costs me a lot and I’m a lot behind. »
07.05. And two! Loan Bozzolo qualified for the quarterfinals, once more in a very hot race where it was necessary to call for the photo-finish.
07.03. It’s Loan Bozzolo’s turn. The second Frenchman involved will start in his eighth.
07.02. It was very hot for Surget but it passes. It took the photo finish to separate the Frenchman and his Australian competitor, but he managed to take the second place synonymous with quarters, in a few minutes.
07:00. Let’s go for Merlin Surget in snowboard cross! The eighth-seeded Frenchman, who is playing for a medal, has just started.
06.55. The spectre of doping hangs over Russia. Kamila Valieva, a 15-year-old outstanding and great craftswoman of her country’s gold medal in the team event, reportedly tested positive for trimetazidine.
06:40. Alexis Pinturault badly boarded handset. In the first heat, that night, the Frenchman took 11th place in the downhill, 1″92 behind the leader, the Norwegian Aamodt Kilde. The slalom will start at 7:15 a.m.
06:40. Hello everyone! Welcome to this live dedicated to the 2022 Winter Olympics. It is already the 5th day in this Olympiad.a