The essential
- Kevin Rolland finished sixth in the halfpipe final. New Zealander Nico Porteous was crowned Olympic champion ahead of Americans David Wise and Alex Ferreira.
- The mixed alpine skiing team event, initially scheduled for this Saturday, has been postponed to Sunday (2 hours), due to gusts of wind.
- With fourteen medals on the clock, France only needs one podium to do as well as in Sochi (2014) and Pyeongchang (2018).
Follow the day’s events live:
8h26. So far in the men’s curling final, Sweden is leading against Great Britain (2-1).
8h15. After 5.9km of racing, Maurice Manificat is in second place in the provisional classification (+0″6), behind the Russian, Artem Maltsev. Everything is still to play.
8h00. Let’s go for this 30km!
7h30. More than half an hour to wait before the start of cross-country skiing. Adrien Backscheider, Jules Lapierre, Maurice Manificat, Clément Parisse are the French people involved in this men’s 30km.
7h15. “A few years ago I would have cried, now I’m happy”, Kevin Rolland savors his 6th place. To learn more, click here.
7h00. Relive our flag bearer Kevin Rolland’s final performance last night.
6h50. The 50km rescheduled and shortened due to gusts of wind. Initially scheduled for 7 a.m., cross-country skiers will set off at 8 a.m. for 30km.
6:40 a.m. Hello and welcome everyone to leparisien.fr to follow this new day of the Beijing Olympics. On the program in particular cross-country skiing with French people in the running.