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Olympic Games: the shattered dream of Perrine Laffont, the fallen queen of mogul skiing

2022-02-06T15:20:09.443Z


Defending champion and favorite in Beijing, the Frenchwoman, too tense, failed at the foot of the podium this Sunday.


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Before being an immense champion, Perrine Laffont is, and will remain, a beautiful person. Concerned about others, even when her pain is immense. This Sunday, the Frenchwoman, queen of the moguls for four years and her Olympic coronation in Pyeongchang, was stripped of her throne. A failure that she saw coming over a foul-mouthed evening. However, in the finish area, she took the time to console the Japanese Anri Kawamura, 17, leader of the World Cup, but only 5th in this Olympic final. A notch just behind it finally. "

When I saw her find out about her result and started having her lips quivering, ready to cry, I could just try to console her

," says Laffont. “

I told him that what I had learned from my career and whichmade it stronger.

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"I think I'm going to console myself with my 2018 medal."

Perrine Laffont

For long minutes, the Ariégeoise with 24 World Cup successes tried to keep smiling.

Even dropping, in a joking tone: "

I think I'm going to go...

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Source: lefigaro

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