Olympic Games 2022: Fillon Maillet takes silver, Cizeron and Papadakis beat their record … The results of the seventh day

And three for “QFM”! Thanks to biathlete Quentin Fillon Maillet, who won the silver medal in the sprint, the French delegation has seven medals at the end of the day on Saturday 12 February. The new prowess of the Franc-Comtois gives a little more relief to the French balance sheet of the day, but is not the only element to remember.

Biathlon: Fillon Maillet forces three

If some still doubted it, the French biathlon confirmed on Saturday its status as the main supplier of medals for the tricolor delegation. Quentin Fillon Maillet won the silver medal on Saturday in the sprint. After individual gold and silver in the mixed relay, the Franc-Comtois gleaned his third charm at these Games. 25 seconds behind arch-rival Johannes Boe, Fillon Maillet edged out Tarjei Boe, brother of the Norwegian Olympic champion, to win silver.

On his own, he now monopolizes almost half of the total of the tricolor delegation. Three was also the number of medals won by Martin Fourcade in Sochi (two in gold, one in silver) and Pyeongchang (three in gold). “QFM” could go down in the history of French sport in the event of new success. A record from the next pursuit event, Sunday at 11:45 a.m.? Fillon Maillet will attack him in any case in an ideal position. Emilien Jacquelin (9th, less than 30 seconds from bronze) will want to create a surprise. It will be less obvious for Fabien Claude (21st) and Simon Desthieux (24th).

Figure skating: in the race for gold, Papadakis and Cizeron break their world record

Will Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron win the only title missing from their list? The dancers are well on their way to winning the bet. At the end of the first test (the rhythmic dance) on Saturday, the two skaters are at the top of the test. With 90.83 points, they even had the luxury of beating their own world record.

On the night of Sunday to Monday, they will attack their free program with a two-point lead on Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov, European and world champions (competitions where the French were absent). Four years after the affair of the disjointed dress which had cost them the coronation in Pyeongchang, the French couple is more than ever favorite to win Olympic gold.

Snowboarding: it’s not waxing for the Blues

The French snowboard cross delegation was disappointed. The Habs engaged in the mixed event (scheduled for the first time in the Olympic Games) were deceived by the weather. While waxing, a key element for better sliding, was intended to work on artificial snow, the fall of (real) snow reshuffled the cards. Consequently, the two French duos Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau and Chloé Trespeuch as well as Loan Bozzolo and Merlin Surget, who were aiming for medals, stopped in the quarter-finals.

The images speak for themselves: we see French snowboarders much less comfortable. Luc Faye, director of snowboarding at the French Ski Federation, apologized for the incident on his Instagram account. “We will be able to learn from this failure to progress together. You are my silver technicians forever”for her part, put Chloé Trespeuch, individual Olympic vice-champion, into perspective.

Cross-country skiing: no feat for the French women

There was no miracle for the French women’s relay in cross-country skiing. The quartet made up of Léna Quintin, Delphine Claudel, Flora Dolci and Mélissa Gal, finished in twelfth place on Saturday. They finished more than five minutes behind the Russian Olympic Committee, victorious over Germany.