Published on : 19/02/2022 – 18:35 While some events were turned upside down due to extreme cold and wind on Saturday February 19, skaters Sui Wenjing and Han Cong offered their fifteenth medal to China, a record for the host country of the Games. The Beijing Olympics are almost over, but the weather has decided … Read more
American skater Timothy LeDuc became the first non-binary athlete to participate in the Winter Olympics on Friday, starting and qualifying for the free program with his partner Ashley Cain-Gribble. New IOC guidelines aim to make future Olympics more inclusive. Timothy LeDuc, who uses the neuter pronoun “iel” (“they” and “them” in English), qualified in a … Read more
Published on : 17/02/2022 – 16:58 Russian skater Kamila Valieva, at the heart of a doping case, failed at the foot of the podium on Thursday during the free program. It was her compatriot Anna Shcherbakova who was crowned Olympic champion. Kamila Valieva skated her worst performance of the Olympic winter, with two falls. Favorite … Read more
Published on : 16/02/2022 – 07:40 Frenchman Clément Noël won the title of Olympic slalom champion on Wednesday in Yanqing ahead of Austrian Johannes Strolz (2nd) and Norwegian Sebastian Foss-Solebagg (3rd). This is France’s 13th medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Clément Noël slalomed towards Olympic gold on Wednesday February 16 in Yanqing. Sixth after … Read more
Published on : 15/02/2022 – 10:13 French biathletes Fabien Claude, Émilien Jacquelin, Simon Desthieux and Quentin Fillon Maillet became Olympic vice-champions in the relay after a mad race ended behind Norway, bringing the tricolor delegation its 12th medal at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing. One for all! All for one. By going for the silver … Read more
Russian skater Kamila Valieva was authorized on Monday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to participate in the Beijing Olympics after a positive doping test at the end of December. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), however, has announced that it will await a decision on the consequences of the positive doping control of … Read more
Published on : 14/02/2022 – 06:14 Beijing (AFP) – Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron were crowned Olympic champions in ice dancing on Monday February 14, 2022 at the Beijing Games, the only title that was still missing from the huge list of the French duo, in silver four years ago in Pyeongchang. On Chinese ice, … Read more
Published on : 14/02/2022 – 05:58 This is the 11th medal for France, and the third in gold: Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron won the ice dance event at the Beijing Olympics on Monday. They took the opportunity to set a new world record. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron were crowned Olympic champions in ice … Read more