LE GRAND RENDEZ-VOUS: the last chance for Mikaela Shiffrin?
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Because, even if the sensations of the champion are much less good than usual, Shiffrin will not have to fight with her biggest rival, Petra Vlhova, who has already returned to Slovakia after winning gold in slalom. In 2018, the American was adorned with silver behind the Swiss Michelle Gisin, who will defend her title.
Lucid about his race, Shiffrin relativizes: “I have learned a lot in recent days”
WE HATE TO KNOW
At what level Kevin Rolland will evolve during the halfpipe event, three years after his serious accident which had earned him several days of coma. Returning to competition last December, the skier from La Plagne told L’Equipe, before leaving for Beijing: “I’m not going there to be an Olympic champion, but a chance exists. And that is the most important.“His best result remains 9th place this winter, but taking part in this Olympiad already has the taste of victory.
Rolland: “I had a serious accident, I was in a coma… being a flag bearer is revenge”
If Kamila Valieva will pocket Olympic gold despite doping suspicions. Despite a small error, the 15-year-old Russian champion, who tested positive for a banned substance, concluded her short program with the best score. In tears at the end of the performance, Valieva has every reason not to approach the free program calmly. She who takes care to avoid any press conference since the start of this controversy.
WE ALSO WONDER
If Canada will get its 2018 revenge in hockey. Unbeaten since the start of the tournament and relying on a fiery attack, the Canadians intend to bring down the Americans, who took gold from them four years ago in PyeongChang. Thursday’s final (5:10 a.m.) will pit the two best enemy nations against each other for the second time in the competition in Beijing. In the first clash in the preliminary round, “Team Canada” won 4 goals to 2.
If the French women will bring back a medal in skicross. With the start of the women’s event at 4.10 a.m. and the finals at 8 a.m., ski cross is making its debut in this edition of the Games. France has not won an Olympic medal in women’s skicross since Marion Josserand’s bronze in 2010. An expectation that Alizée Baron intended to end on Thursday, but which cannot be of her doing since the 29-year-old skier had to forfeit a few hours before the event for lower back pain. France now relies solely on Jade Grillet-Aubert.
THE NUMBER TO KEEP IN MIND: 15
The number of the day: Kamila Valieva Olympic champion at 15?
The French in the running
Skicross
Alizée Baron and Jade Grillet Aubert
freestyle skiing
Halfpipe – Kevin Rolland
Alpine skiing
Combined – Laura Gauché, Romane Miradoli
Nordic combined
Team event – Matteo Baud, Gael Blondeau, Antoine Gerard and Laurent Muhlethaler
Thursday’s finals
Alpine skiing
3h30: Women’s Alpine Combined – Downhill
7 a.m.: Women’s Alpine Combined – Slalom
Ice Hockey
5:10 am: Women’s Final (Canada – United States)
Freestyle Skiing
8:10 a.m.: Women’s Skicross Finals
Speed skating
9:30 a.m.: 1,000m women
Figure skating
11 a.m.: Women’s Individual Free Skating
Nordic combined
12:00 p.m.: Large Hill by Men’s teams – 4x5km
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