Figure skating by teams, free program couples (2h15).
After two of the three days of competition, the Russian Olympic Committee was in the lead (45 pts) in the team event, ahead of the United States (42), Japan (39), Canada (30) and China (29).
The free program for couples (2h15), the free dance (3h30) and the free program for women (4h35) will follow.
To discover
The Olympic medal table: Norway already in the lead, France unlocks its counter
Full results of the 2022 Winter Olympics
The complete program of the Beijing Olympics 2022
Freestyle skiing, Big Air women, qualifications (2h30).
The entry into competition of the ambitious Tess Ledeux (the double world champion in slopestyle in 2017 and big air in 2019).
For the men in freestyle skiing (including Frenchman Antoine Adelisse, who is still suffering from a back injury following a fall in training during the recent X Games), the Big Air qualifications will begin at 6:30 am.
Women's giant slalom (1st run at 2:30 a.m.; 2nd run at 7:30 a.m.).
The Swedish Sara Hector (3 victories and 2 podiums in the last 5 Giants in the World Cup) and the American Mikaela Shiffrin (gold medalist in slalom in 2014 and in giant in 2018) will leave with the label of favorites of a Giant in which Tessa Worley, standard bearer of the French team (with Kevin Rolland) hopes to do well and win a first Olympic medal.
On the French side, Coralie Frasse-Sombet, Clara Direz will also be on the track.
Alpine skiing, men's downhill (4h).
On the menu of a mysterious 3 km track: three bumps, the 68% wall and the astonishing final canyon.
David Chastan, the director of the French alpine ski teams summarizes: “
the conditions are good, the track very beautiful.
The cold, -20°, -22°, -25°, we have already experienced.
But the wind, if it's contrary, if it's from the front, if it's regular, can have a direct impact, we can't control that.
Johan Clarey (2nd in Kitzbühel, ahead of Blaise Giezendanner) will be, at 41, one of the best French chances.
Chastan underlined:
He is in a discipline where experience matters and allows him to maintain a high level of performance thanks to his seriousness and his lifestyle. But there, nobody knows the track, it will be necessary to approach things a little differently, with a little more madness, the experience factor will count a little less.
The experience can, on the other hand, help to deal with the vagaries of the wind which, this Sunday, forced the organizers to postpone the descent. “
If it's just a little blowing and it's safe for us, then we have to ski with the wind and take what comes. It's an alpine sport
”, summarizes the world n°1 in downhill, the Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde.
Snowboard, men's slopestyle (6h19).
The most decorated male athlete in the history of the Winter X Games, Canadian Mark McMorris amassed 21 medals at this event between slopestyle and big air.
He has also won Olympic medals (bronze in slopestyle in 2014 and 2018) but he is still chasing his first gold medal.
He came out 2nd in qualifying dominated by the Chinese Su Yiming.
A few months after his silver medal in 2018, his compatriot Max Parrot put his career on hold to treat cancer of the lymphatic system: “
Giving up was never an option.
Coming back to participate in these Games was even a huge source of motivation to beat cancer
,” he told AFP.
He took 10th place in qualifying.
To be continued this Monday:
Women's 1,500m speed skating (9:30 a.m.), women's 15 km biathlon (10 a.m.), ski jumping, men's small hill in teams (12:45 p.m.), women's 500m short track, final (1:46 p.m.), 1000 short track m men (13:58).