Welcome to this live dedicated to the XXIVis Winter Olympics, which take place in Beijing.
What is it about ? From fourteenth official day of competition with five Olympic titles in play (if our calculations are correct). the freestyle skiing half-pipe (F) will open the Beijing day and the French night at 2:30 a.m. Freestyle skiing will follow again, but in its version skicross (H), from 4:45 a.m. The biathlon has two events on the program today, the 12.5 kilometer (F) mass start at 8 a.m. then the 15 kilometer (H) mass start at 10 a.m. Meanwhile, the speed skaters (1000 meters) will have set off (9:30 a.m.). And then, the Finns will compete with the Slovaks for a place in the final of ice Hockey (5:10 a.m.), while Americans and Canadians meet for bronze in curling (7 h 5).
What will we follow? As usual, we will have at least one eye on the French. On one in particular, Quentin Fillon Maillet, vying for a sixth Olympic medal in the 15 kilometer mass start. He will not be alone since Fabien Claude, Simon Desthieux and Emilien Jacquelin are also engaged. Four biathletes also among the ladies for the mass start 12.5 kilometers. Jean-Frédéric Chapuis, Bastien Midol, François Place and Terence Tchiknavorian take part in the ski cross qualifications. Blue, white and red finally in two-man bobsleigh (Margot Boch and Carla Sénéchal). And since it’s not just France in life, let’s remember that the Chinese born in the United States Eileen Gu, the star of these Games, will try to obtain a third Olympic medal. After gold in big air and silver in slopestyle, she tackles the half-pipe.
Where ? In China.
When ? Friday, February 18, from 2 p.m.
On which channels? On France Télévisions and Eurosport.
Who hosts this live? The Los Angeles office to begin with, then, from 7 a.m., the Austerlitz chalet.
What won’t we talk about? On the impact of certain daily pollutants on the cerebral development of the fetus analyzed by an American-European study
Some reading :
The gazette of the 2022 Olympics: Cursed games, successful bet and festival of falls
Olympic Games 2022: for the Midols, skicross is a family affair
Olympic Games 2022: the fall, a cumbersome specter of extreme sports athletes
Olympics 2022: the Chinese nightmare of skier Mikaela Shiffrin
Olympic Games 2022: at the Games, the return of the great Boe