Quentin Fillon Maillet on pursuit hopes to extend the crazy series of biathlon, the French relay in cross-country skiing hopes to distinguish itself this Sunday morning.
Cross-country skiing, 4x 10 km men’s relay (8h). In Pyeongchang, in 2018, the French team (Jean-Marc Gaillard, Maurice Manificat, Clément Parisse and Adrien Backscheider) won a meritorious bronze medal in an event dominated by Norway before the Russian Olympic Committee. Two teams still capable of dominating the debates. Richard Jouve, Hugo Lapalus, Clément Parisse, and Maurice Manificat will be the Blues lined up.
Biathlon, pursuit women 10 km (10h). 9e of the sprint Anaïs Bescond, maintains the hope of a medal, unlike Julia Simon finished 29th, almost two minutes away.
Biathlon, men’s pursuit 12.5 km (11.45 a.m.). « I will approach this race in the same way as the individual, as if nothing was won. I’m in too good a position to let things go. It can still largely play for gold if the circumstances want to smile sums up Quentin Fillon Maillet after 3 medals in 3 races during the Beijing Olympics. Émilien Jacquelin, Simon Desthieux and Fabien Claude will also be on the track.
Short track relay women 3000 m. The Dutchman Suzanne Schulting, with her medals (in gold over 1000m, as in 2018, and in silver over 500m behind the Italian Arianna Fontana will be the Dutch locomotive). South Korea and China will be formidable adversaries.
Short track (500m men). With the Frenchman Sébastien Lepape engaged in the quarter-finals (Quentin Fercoq himself stopped in series). The Shaoang brothers (bronze medalist in the 1000m in Beijing, behind the Chinese Ren Ziwei and Li Wenlong) and Sandor Liu (gold medalists with Hungary in the men’s relay in Pyeongchang in 2018) are aiming for gold.
