A gloomy day for the tricolor delegation in Beijing.
While coming to defend her title won in 2018 in Pyeongchang, French skier Perrine Laffont failed at the foot of the podium in the final of the moguls event.
A real disappointment
No metal but chocolate for Laffont
For a few hundredths of points, Perrine Laffont will leave China without the slightest medal around the neck.
The French was however one of the favorites of the event but she had to bow to the trio Smirnova / Kauf / Anthony simply stronger this Sunday.
Despite a first quality run, the Ariégoise made a few mistakes in the second before being penalized by the clock during the super final.
🙁 Disappointment for @LaffontPerrine, Olympic champion in 2018, at the foot of the podium four years later!
#Beijing2022 #ChaletClub pic.twitter.com/0vqT1dPuir
– Eurosport France (@Eurosport_FR) February 6, 2022
“I think we will have to digest all that.
We've been preparing for 9 months.
I'm going to need to cut a little though.
It's a lot of work for no medal at the end, ”she reacted to the microphone of France Télévisions.
Australian Jakara Anthony wins her first Olympic gold medal.
No miracle in skiathlon
A little earlier in the day took place the men's skiathlon event in which four French took part.
The most experienced of them, Maurice Manificat, had to settle for 23rd place.
It was finally Clément Parisse who did the best with an encouraging 10th place.
Difficult to speak of disappointment given that the tricolors were not favorites.
Russian Alexander Bolshunov won the race.
Downhill ski descent postponed to Monday
While several French people, including the dean of them Johan Clarey, were to take part in the descent in the night from Saturday to Sunday, we will have to wait 24 hours more to attend one of the queen events of the Olympic Games. winter.
Due to the wind, the descent was postponed to Monday (5 am).
Historic Medal for New Zealand
This is the first great story of these Olympic Games.
The New Zealand delegation won the first gold medal in its history at a winter Olympics.
𝐋𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐞́ 𝐝𝐮 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭, ladies and gentlemen 🥲
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, the first New Zealander in history at the Winter Olympics, was carried in triumph by her competitors 👏 Vibrate
👏 Vibrate! with #ChaletClub pic.twitter.com/Q9fTIv4BLw
– Eurosport France (@Eurosport_FR) February 6, 2022
At only 20 years old, Zoi Sadowski Synnott won gold in slopestyle snowboarding around 7 am in France.
Thanks to a marvelous final run, the young man has already marked the history of sport in his country.
The French clan feels aggrieved after the failure of Cavet
Like Perrine Laffont, Benjamin Cavet had failed at the foot of the podium in bump skiing on Saturday.
A decision which could seem surprising since the Japanese Ikuma Horishima, 3rd, had made several errors on his skis.
And the tricolor camp was not asked to say it loud and clear, even speaking of “incompetence” on the part of the judges.
🇬🇧 We believed it to the end after a crazy run, Benjamin Cavet finished at the foot of the podium, in 4th place in the mogul ski final
Thank you for the emotion 💙 #AllezLesBleus #Pekin2022
– Team France (@EquipeFRA) February 5, 2022
“With all the respect and gratitude I have for Horishima, because he is a magnificent skier, he does not deserve this bronze medal (…) we experienced an injustice on Saturday evening, we cannot go back on it unfortunately .
This is what makes the sadness of the French clan today.
We were clearly robbed of an Olympic medal, it is clear and net, ”said the coach of the Blues Ludovic Didier in the columns of L’Equipe.
Small earthquake in speed skating
Outrageously dominating the discipline, the Netherlands dropped a test en route with the 5000m of short-track.
The title goes to Swede Nils van der Poel.
Dutchman Patrick Roest still won silver ahead of Norwegian Hallgeir Engebraaten who completed the podium.