Redemption time for Mikaela Shiffrin?
The Colorado skier is only a shadow of herself in these 2022 Winter Games, but she will benefit from a new opportunity to redeem herself, Thursday, February 17, with the alpine combined.
As for the Blues, there will be several of them on the freestyle ski slopes, starting with our second flag bearer, Kevin Rolland.
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Mikaela Shiffrin to finally redeem herself
She has already exhausted a lot of jokers.
The American Mikaela Shiffrin is struggling in these Winter Olympics and has still not won the slightest charm.
Worse, the triple Olympic medalist never really came close.
In giant then in slalom, she fell before landing a not very good 9th place in Super-G.
It was even worse on the descent finished in 18th position.
This Thursday, from 3:30 a.m., the 26-year-old skier will have yet another opportunity to put the church back in the middle of the village.
She will take part in the alpine combined, an event consisting of a downhill followed by a slalom.
Hoping to put an end to this Olympic nightmare.
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Romane Miradoli and Laura Gauché will be the two French representatives in this combined event.
But the chances of a charm are slim given the Swiss dominance in the discipline.
Michelle Gisin, crowned in Pyeongchang in 2018, then shared the podium with her compatriot Wendy Holdener.
Lack of luck for our Bleues, they will both be aligned this Thursday.
Nevertheless, and the example of Mikaela Shiffrin proves it, even the best can become disillusioned.
The first round is to follow from 3:30 a.m., the second around 7 a.m.
Kevin Rolland enters the dance
He is the second tricolor standard bearer with Tessa Worley.
Survivor of a terrible accident which plunged him into a coma for several days almost three years ago, the freestyle skier will compete in the halfpipe qualifications on Thursday morning.
World champion in Inawashiro in 2009, bronze medalist in Sochi in 2014, Kevin Rolland is a well-known figure in the discipline, but the podium remains hypothetical.
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The Americans David Wise and Alex Ferreira, respectively Olympic champion and vice-champion in 2018, seem above the fray.
Also watch out for the young New Zealander Nico Porteous (20 years old) 3rd in Pyeongchang at only 16 years old and winner of the last X-Games.
A test to follow from 5:30 am.
Ski-cross to imitate snow
And if Chloé Trespeuch had given some good ideas to our skiers engaged in ski-cross?
Alizée Baron and Jade Grillet-Aubert start their race this Thursday from 4:30 a.m.
Fifth in Pyeongchang and bronze medalist at the last two World Championships, Alizée Baron can do well in an event usually dominated by Canadians.
It looks more difficult for her colleague Jade Grillet-Aubert (24), who has never known the joy of a World Cup victory.
The skier from Évian-les-Bains is also competing in her first Olympics and has never taken part in any World Championship.
Final stand for the Nordic combined
Let's be clear, the medal is highly hypothetical in this discipline.
Mattéo Baud, Gaël Blondeau, Antoine Gerard and Laurent Mühlethaler will compete in the large team hill this Thursday (8 a.m.).
A ski jumping event, followed by a cross-country ski race where each participant must complete 5 km.
Victory seems promised to the Norwegians who will however have to be wary of Japan and Germany, rather comfortable in the two previous events.
On the French side, none managed to make it into the top 10 in these Games, whether on the large hill or the normal hill.