the French Cécile Hernandez and Arthur Bauchet gold medalists in snowboard cross and super-combined – Liberation

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier At 47, suffering from multiple sclerosis, Cécile Hernandez won her first Olympic title in Beijing. Arthur Bauchet, 21 and suffering from spastic paraparesis, won the gold in super-combined. A day with two gold medals at the Paralympic Games in Beijing. Arthur Bauchet won a gold medal at the Beijing Games on … Read more

correct mention for the French team, with fourteen medals – Liberation

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier Objective of fifteen medals almost achieved for the French team, tenth of the Games with five gold distinctions and half from biathlon. Adequate but perfectible, especially for freestyle skiing, while ice sports, left abandoned, raise questions. A final day without a podium, and here is the French team leaving Beijing with … Read more

a mixed record for Games under a bell – Liberation

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier The 2022 Winter Games ended on Sunday, to cheers from China. But between disappointment on the atmosphere and relief on the effectiveness of the health bubble, these Olympics sound like mixed according to the points of view. End of the Beijing Winter Games. Opened on February 4, the event lowered its … Read more

no 6th medal for Fillon Maillet, 4th on the mass start of biathlon – Liberation

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier White cabbage for the French on the last race. At the foot of the podium, Fillon Maillet fails in his quest for a sixth individual medal which would have been historic. Still a winner on Friday, Johannes Boe also leaves with five awards, including four Olympic titles. Quentin Fillon Maillet was … Read more

Justine Braisaz-Bouchet crowned Olympic biathlon champion on the mass-start – Liberation

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier At 25, the French offered her first Olympic title for the last race of her Games. This is the fourteenth medal for the tricolor delegation, the fifth in gold. This mass start (group start) was the last chance for Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, Julia Simon and Anaïs Bescond to shine solo. After several … Read more

Former biathlete Martin Fourcade takes over as head of the IOC Athletes’ Commission – Liberation

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympicsdossier The eminent French champion, retired from the circuit for two years, was elected to lead this Olympic body which represents athletes, along with the Swedish skier Frida Hansdotter. Martin Fourcade is tackling a new Olympic challenge. At 33, the multi-medal winning biathlete has just been elected to the Athletes’ Commission of … Read more