After Tess Ledeux’s silver medal in big air, the French delegation is now hoping for good performances in cross-country skiing and biathlon on Tuesday at the Beijing Olympics.
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The Beijing Olympics continue on Tuesday, February 8, and the day began with a new medal for the tricolor delegation thanks to Tess Ledeux in big air (freestyle skiing). In cross-country skiing, Lena Quintin, on the other hand, is eliminated at the end of the qualifications in the free sprint event. “I’m really disappointed. There was a little lack of it today”, she commented to France Télévisions. At men’s, Richard Jouve and Lucas Chanavat will try in a few minutes to go to the final. Follow our live.
• Continue harvesting in biathlon. The French have their eyes turned towards biathlon. In the 20 km men, Quentin Fillon Maillet and Emilien Jacquelin can hope for a place on the podium. The biathlon has already brought two silver medals to the tricolor delegation (mixed relay and 15 km women).
• Ledeux, so close to gold… Frenchwoman Tess Ledeux (20) won silver in the big air final. Despite two huge jumps, Ledeux was beaten by China’s Eileen Gu by… 0.75 points. This is the fourth medal (each time in silver) for France.
• Mayer and Ledecka double the bet. Like in Pyeongchang, Matthias Mayer won super-G gold. The Austrian king is ahead of the American Ryan Cochran-Siegle (2nd) and the Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (3rd). The first French Blaise Giezendanner, is ninth. In snowboarding, the Czech Ester Ledecka also retains her Olympic title in parallel giant.
• The French ensure in figure skating. The nice tricolor surprise of the day comes for the moment from Kevin Aymoz in figure skating. With a tenth place on the short program, the French qualified for the free program, which will take place on Thursday. The other tricolor skater, Adam Siao Him Fa, 14th, also continues on his way. Among the leaders, the American Nathan Chen finished first, with a new world record in the short program.