The essential
- They finally have it! Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron won the Olympic ice dance title at the end of the free programme. With a score of 226.98, they dominated the test head and shoulders and won the third gold medal of the tricolor delegation.
- Yet tested positive for a doping product, the Russian skater, Kamila Valieva (15), will be able to continue her Olympic Games. She received the green light from the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday morning, which considered that eliminating the Russian without having examined the merits of the case would cause “irreparable damage”.
- Tess Ledeux qualified for the final of the slopestyle event. On the other hand, it does not pass for Lucile Lefèvre in the big air. On the bobsleigh side, no feat for Margot Boch, 16th in the final.
Follow the day’s events live:
7:20 a.m. Green light for Kamila Valieva. This is the soap opera of these Games, which this young skater, still immersed in adolescence (15 years old), would have done well without. Despite a positive anti-doping test, the new star of Russian skating, already crowned in these Games in the team event, was authorized to compete by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). She will therefore be able to compete in the individual event which is to be held on Tuesday.
7:10 a.m. The nice image of the night. After her entry elimination in slopestyle, the Frenchwoman Lucile Lefèvre had made no secret of her intentions for the rest of her career. These Beijing Games will be the last for the snowboarder. So might as well leave them with a smile! In an explosive tabby outfit, Lucile Lefèvre, who was competing in the big air qualifications, took the opportunity to greet the public during her last jump. No final for the tricolor but a little pleasure as a jubilee.
7am. And how better to start this day than with an Olympic title? The early risers among you have probably experienced it live. The Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron duo won Olympic gold in classical dance, the 3rd tricolor title in these Games. After the affair of the cracking of Papadakis’ dress in 2018, which had demoted them to 2nd place, the French couple finally climbed on the roof of Olympus.
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