Events not to be missed

Saturday February 5

While the first medal of these Games was to fall on the side of cross-country skiing and the women's skiathlon, early this Saturday morning, the eyes, on the French side, will be fixed on the mixed relay in biathlon (10:00 a.m., French time, 7:00 a.m. more in Beijing), of which the Blues are defending champions.

Also to follow is the men's mogul skiing final (1:40 p.m.) with the star of the discipline, the Canadian Mikaël Kingsbury, in search of a second Olympic title.

To discover

• The Practical Guide to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

• The complete program of the Beijing Olympics 2022

Read also

Sunday February 6

The hour of the brave with the Olympic descent (4:00 am) which promises to be particularly open, due to the lack of reference points for each other on the Yanqing track.

At 29, the leader of the discipline in the World Cup, the Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, will aim for a first Olympic title, against a pack led by the Swiss Beat Feuz and Marco Odermatt or why not the Frenchman Johan Clarey.

In the women's mogul skiing final (1:40 p.m.), Perrine Laffont will try to keep her Olympic crown.

Monday, February 7

A battle of giants in perspective.

Between the Swedish Sara Hector, at the head of the World Cup, her French runner-up Tessa Worley, and the two monsters that are the American Mikaela Shiffrin and the Slovak Petra Vlhova, there will not be room for everyone on the women's giant podium (first run at 3:15 a.m. and second at 6:45 a.m.).

Read also

Tuesday February 8

A duel at high altitude between the French Tess Ledeux and one of the big stars of these Games, the Chinese Eileen Gu, during the big air final (3 h 45).

In luge (2:35 p.m.), the German Natalie Geisenberger will aim to write a new page in her legend by winning a 5th Olympic title, which would be the 3rd consecutive in individual.

The men's Super-G could offer a new duel between Aamodt Kilde and Odermatt (4:00 a.m.).

Born in the United States but Chinese by her mother, Eileen Gu will be one of the stars of these Games, where she will aim for gold in the three disciplines of freeskiing: slopestyle, half-pipe and big air.

MADDIE MEYER/Getty Images via AFP

Wednesday February 9

Always eminently spectacular, snowboardcross will begin with the women's final (8:45 a.m.), during which two French women will aim to get on the podium: Olympic vice-champion Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau and Chloé Trespeuch.

Thursday February 10

The Japanese Yuzuru Hanyu dreams of becoming the first skater to offer himself three consecutive Olympic titles since the Swede Gillis Grafström (from 1920 to 1928).

But beware of his sore right ankle and the reigning triple world champion, the American Nathan Chen (2:30 a.m.).

Alexis Pinturault will play a major card in his quest for a first Olympic title in the alpine combined (downhill at 3:30 a.m. and slalom at 7:15 a.m.).

Also to follow is a tasty United States-China in ice hockey (2:10 p.m.).

Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu could become the first skater in nearly a century to win three consecutive Olympic titles.

PHILIP FONG/AFP

Friday February 11

At 35, freestyle legend Shaun White will try to take on one last Olympic challenge by going for gold for the 4th time after 2006, 2010 and 2018 in the snowboard half-pipe final (3:25 a.m.).

Olympic champion in 2018 then world champion in 2019 and 2021, the American Chloé Kim is, at 21, the new star of her discipline.

EZRA SHAW/Getty Images via AFP

Saturday February 12

The Japanese phenomenon Ryoyu Kobayashi, nicknamed “Roy”, will aim for the title in the large hill final (1:00 p.m.) which will crown him king of the air.

Sunday February 13

The biathlon will go into pursuit mode with the women (10:00 a.m.), then the men (11:45 a.m.).

With the double world champion of the specialty Émilien Jacquelin and the leader of the World Cup Quentin Fillon Maillet, the Blues will not lack assets.

As well as during the men's giant (first round at 3:15 a.m., second at 6:45 a.m.) with Alexis Pinturault and Mathieu Faivre.

Monday February 14

Valentine's Day will be the occasion for the ice dancing couple formed by Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron to become Olympic champions (2:15 a.m.), and to take revenge on fate after the silver in Pyeongchang.

” READ ALSO –

Tuesday February 15

Who, Italian Sofia Goggia or Swiss Corinne Suter, will win the coveted downhill title (4:00 a.m.)?

Unless a surprise emerges from Yanqing's trail.

In biathlon, the men's relay will want to forget its failure four years ago and demonstrate that there is a (beautiful) life after Martin Fourcade.

Wednesday February 16

Both disappointing since the start of the slalom season, Clément Noël and Alexis Pinturault have the opportunity to come back to the fore at the best time between the Chinese stakes (first run at 3:15 a.m., second at 6:45 a.m.).

Thursday February 17

At 15 and for her first winter as a senior, the Russian skater Kamila Valieva, crowned European champion in mid-January, is undefeated and has seized the three world records for notes (short program, free program, total score) .

Will she confirm at the Games (11:00 a.m.)?

Read also

Friday February 18

Moment of history for the French bobsleigh with for the first time the participation of a women's two-man bob composed of Margot Boch and Carla Sénéchal (2:30 p.m.).

The men's mass start in biathlon (10:00 a.m.) will give Les Bleus one last opportunity to shine in Zhangjiakou.

Saturday February 19

Will the French standard-bearer (in the company of Tessa Worley) Kevin Rolland manage to win the Olympic gold he dreams of in the freeski half-pipe (3 h 25)?

In cross-country skiing, the traditional 50 km (7:00 a.m.) could crown the Norwegian phenomenon Johannes Klaebo, but beware of his Russian rival Alexander Bolshunov.

End of the biathlon with the women's mass start (10:00 a.m.) and figure skating with the pair final (from noon).

Triple Olympic champion at 21 in 2018, the Norwegian Johannes Klaebo appears even stronger than in South Korea and skis in the footsteps of legendary cross-country skier Björn Daehlie.

TERJE PEDERSEN/NTB via AFP

Sunday February 20

These Olympic Games will end as usual with the final of the women's curling and men's

ice hockey tournament.

Four years ago, Russia overcame surprising Germany in the final.

Will Canada and the United States, even without many of their stars, manage to shine?