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Olympic Games 2022: Kevin Rolland, the love of the Games stronger than anything

2022-02-17T16:26:06.375Z


STORY – Miraculously after a serious accident where he could have lost his life, the French flag bearer offers himself a final Olympic final in the half-pipe.


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The last Olympic lap of an extraordinary talent.

Boosted by the love of skiing and the adrenaline that goes with it.

At 32, Kevin Rolland is preparing to play his third final of the Games in half-pipe skiing (tricks and jumps on a ramp) on the night of Friday to Saturday in France (2:30 a.m.).

Without hope, a priori, of winning a new medal there like eight years ago in Sochi, where he circled his neck in bronze.

Even if, you never know, with him, the word impossible does not appear in his vocabulary.

Especially since, as he said himself after his 10th place in qualifying on Thursday,

“the bet is successful but I still have some under my feet.

There is margin.

In this final, I would have nothing to lose, everything to prove.

I want to play, have fun and then we'll see.

The pressure is no longer there.

The only one I have left is from a technical point of view, to pull off beautiful and big tricks (figures).

But I no longer have any pressure for the result.

A successful bet because a little…

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Source: lefigaro

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