Freestyle skiing, women’s slopestyle skiing final (2h30). 9e in the slopestyle qualifications dominated by Kelly Sildaru in front of the Norwegian Johanne Killi and the American Eileen Gu, Tess Ledeux (Big Air silver medalist) will try to distinguish herself (the counters are reset to zero in the final). The men’s preliminary round (5h30), without the Frenchman Antoine Adelisse (forced to forfeit) will see the Swiss Andri Ragettli, reigning world champion (who missed qualifying for the Big Air final), on the track, who is suffering from a lack of competition, he who had seriously injured his left knee last March at the Worlds.
To discover
Snowboard, Big air women final (2h30). New Zealander Zoi Sadowski Synnott (NZL) edged out Japanese Kokomo Murase and Reira Iwabuchi in qualifying. Four years following winning bronze in slopestyle snowboarding, Zoi Sadowski-Synnott covered in slopestyle gold in Beijing has become the first New Zealand Olympic champion in the history of the Winter Games. She aims for a brilliant ricochet.
Alpine skiing, women’s downhill (4h). The Sofia Goggia bet. The Italian (winner of 4 runs and 2 Super Gs this winter), reigning Olympic champion, suffering from a sprained left knee since January 23 in Cortina d’Ampezzo, has successfully completed a crazy chase to be at the start of the Beijing Olympics downhill. A first victory. 12e of the first training session, she took the 4e place of the second session. Failed in Beijing, the American Mikaella Shiffrin will be at the start. Like the French Romane Miradoli, Camille Cerutti, Laura Gauché, and Tiffany Gauthier.
Snowboard, Big air men final (6h). Canadian slopestyle winner Max Parrot dominated the Big Air qualifiers. On the road to a resounding double, the Canadian who had learned, a few months following his silver medal in Pyeongchang, that he was suffering from cancer of the lymphatic system was ahead of the Japanese Takeru Otsuka and the American Redmond Gerard.
To be continued this Tuesday morning: Speed skating, women’s team pursuit (7h30) and men’s team pursuit (7h52); Biathlon, men’s relay (7h30); Nordic combined, large hill ski jumping (9h); cross-country skiing 10 km (12h); Men’s two-man bobsleigh, 3e and 4e innings (1:15 p.m.).
