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Olympic Games 2022: the meetings not to be missed (above all) this Saturday morning

2022-02-19T05:21:15.134Z


The cross-country skiing marathon, the men's curling final and the mass start in speed skating are on the program this Saturday in Beijing.


Cross-country skiing, 50 km free men (7h).

The 50 km is the marathon of the Winter Games.

A test.

Recovered from a Covid-19 infection, Simen Hegstad Krueger will line up alongside his ambitious Norwegian compatriots Johannes Klæbo, Sjur Roethe and Hans Christer Holund.

The French Adrien Backscheider, Jules Lapierre, Maurice Manificat, Clément Parisse will be in the running.

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Curling, men's final (7:50 a.m.).

Defending world champion Sweden advanced to the men's curling final after beating Canada 5-3.

They will face Great Britain, who beat defending champions USA 8-4.

Speed ​​skating, mass start men (8h), women (8h45).

28 skaters, 16 laps with intermediate sprints every 4 laps.

The Dutchman Sven Kramer (triple Olympic champion, silver medalist in the 1,500m in Beijing; 35 years old), will complete his 5th Olympic Games there.

Figure skating, free program couples (12h08).

Silver medalists in Pyeongchang four years ago, Sui Wenjing and Han Cong, who have been skating together since 2007 (header at the end of the short program, ahead of the pairs from the Russian Olympic Committee Evgenia Tarasova-Vladimir Morosov, Anastasia Mishina-Aleksandr Galliamov and Aleksandra Boikova-Dimitrii Kozlovski) are hoping for gold.

Co-trained by former Olympic champion Zhao Hongbo, they are double world champions (2017 and 2019) and three-time silver medalists (2015, 2016 and 2021).

Bobsleigh with 2 women, 3rd and 4th rounds (1 p.m.).

The German sleds piloted by Laura Nolte and Mariama Jamanka occupy the first two places after the first two heats.

The French Margot Boch and Carla Sénéchal are in 17th place.

Source: lefigaro

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