A historic day for French skiing.
Fifty-three years after Jean-Claude Killy, a French skier became world champion in giant slalom.
A consecration expected for a team of France extremely successful for a decade or so in the discipline.
And of course, in the role of the hero, everyone was waiting for Alexis Pinturault.
Winner of the three giants before these world championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, including a resounding double in Adelboden, with each time more than a second ahead of his runner-up, the skier from Courchevel had everything to win the gold that he won. taunted for years.
Best time of the first round with four tenths ahead of the surprising Italian Luca De Aliprandini, Pinturault had seen the disappearance of the Swiss Marco Odermatt - eliminated - or the Croatian Filip Zubcic and the Norwegian title holder Henrik Kristoffersen to disappear more than two seconds - his most serious rivals.
A boulevard opened in front of him ...
"Unreal" scenario
And then
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