The essential
- Silver medal for Johan Clarey! The 41-year-old French descender surprised everyone to take 2nd place behind the Swiss Beat Feuz.
- Tessa Worley is in ambush before the second run of the giant slalom, in 7th place. She can hope to hang a medal, at 7:30 am.
- Tess Ledeux climbed quietly into the big air final, taking 2nd place in qualifying, despite a fall without consequences on her third run.
Follow the day’s events live:
6:55 a.m. First mixed leap for Adelisse. With 79.50, the Frenchman is only 8th, after a fault at the reception. Everything is still playable on his next jumps, a little later in the morning.
6:53 a.m. Antoine Adelisse in big air qualifying. The Frenchman wants to imitate his compatriot and get his ticket to the final. But he is not in the best of shape: he had to give up his last training sessions for a back injury. The first of his three jumps is imminent.
6:50 a.m. Both solid tonight. Earlier in the night, Tess Ledeux made her first two appearances to take second place in qualifying and reach the big air final (Tuesday at 3 a.m.). The Frenchwoman fell on her third jump, but without gravity.
6:44 a.m. IT’S DONE, JOHAN CLAREY OFFICIALLY IN SILVER! All competitors have now arrived. The Frenchman wins the first Olympic medal of his career, at 41! Second podium for the Blues with silver in the mixed biathlon relay on Saturday.
6:41 a.m. The ranking of other French downhillers. The three other Frenchmen engaged in the descent had mixed fortunes. Maxence Muzaton is currently 11th, Blaise Giezendanner 26th and Matthieu Bailet 27th, after having been in the game for a long time for a medal. Only three runners left to formalize Clarey’s medal.
6:39. It may give ideas to Tessa Worley. As a reminder, the Frenchwoman is 7th after the first round of the giant. Enough to hope for a podium in the second round (at 7:30 a.m.), while Mikaela Shiffrin gave up.
6:37. It’s not moving now! We are still monitoring the last competitors but all end up far behind.
6:28. MEDAL FOR CLAREY! Huge feat for Johan Clarey, who will surely win Olympic silver in the downhill, at 41 years old. There are only 13 second-class competitors left to start, we do not see two people chasing him from the podium.
6:26. Sound like Clarey? After several non-runners, the first 30 bibs set off. Clarey is promised a medal!
6:24 a.m. The point on the podium. For now, the Swiss Beat Feuz is leading the way, 0′10′’ ahead of Johan Clarey and 0′16′’ ahead of the Austrian Matthis Mayer.
6:23 a.m. Giezendanner far from the account. No medal for the Frenchman, who takes the provisional 24th place.
6:21 a.m. Already a chance of a medal for Clarey! The French descender is currently 2nd in the provisional classification, while there are only a few competitors left to start. It feels good for the medal.
6h20. Hello everyone. Welcome to this live from the third day of the Beijing Games.
