Olympics 2022: Faivre and Favrot well placed in giant, Boch starts in monobob, the snow invites itself… What you have r – Franceinfo

The medal counter could well panic in the French clan, Sunday, February 13. While waiting for the continuation of the biathlon and the men’s 4×10 km relay in cross-country skiing, the French giants have a good opportunity for a podium. Mathieu Faivre and Thibaut Favrot are respectively 3rd (at 0”08) and 5th (at 0”19) in the first heat won by Marco Odermatt. In monobob, the French Margot Boch started her Olympic Games. After two descents, she is in 8th position. On the other hand, it will be necessary to wait one more day to see Tess Ledeux again. Due to snow falling in Zhangjiakou, slopestyle qualifying has been postponed to Monday. Here’s what to remember from the night.

Alpine skiing: Faivre and Favrot in the right car

Since Johan Clarey’s beautiful silver medal in the opening of alpine skiing, the French team has been chomping at the bit. Showered by the failure of Alexis Pinturault during the combined, she was impatiently awaiting the giant. At the end of the first round, the Blues responded. They are three in the first eleven of the classification. Reigning world champion Mathieu Faivre is credited with the 3rd time just 0″08 behind Marco Odermatt while Thibaut Favrot is in 5th place at 0″19. As for Alexis Pinturault, he took 11th place at 1”06 despite a still painful shoulder. Under a very present snow and embarrassing the visibility of the skiers, they are ten in less than one second. This promises a second suspenseful round from 8 a.m., after a postponement of just over an hour due to very complicated weather conditions this Sunday.

Monobob: Margot Boch already in history

This is a great first for women and for Margot Boch. The Beijing Games mark the entry of women’s monobob into bobsleigh competitions. For the 22-year-old Frenchwoman, who will also team up with Carla Sénéchal in two-man bobsleigh, there was no question of missing this event. “It feels like a dream, and you wonder when the alarm clock will ring“, confided to us Margot Boch before the start of the Olympic Games. Coming from a family of bobsledders, the former gymnast has been carrying her Olympic project for four years. After two rounds, La Plagnarde is in 8th place at 2”18 by the American Kaillie Humphries.

Slopestyle: the Ledeux-Gu duel postponed

Yes, we can have natural snow on the Olympic sites of the Beijing Games! Since that night, it has even fallen in abundance, prompting the organizers to cancel the second training session for the women’s downhill. In the slopestyle, we were salivating in advance at the idea of ​​attending the reunion between Tess Ledeux and the Chinese Eileen Gu, after their magnificent fight in the big air. Again, too much powder and poor visibility in the Genting Snow Park. The qualifying round was thus postponed to Monday, the day scheduled for the final which was postponed to Tuesday.