France wins two more gold medals – Liberation

Maxime Montaggioni in snowboarding and Benjamin Daviet in biathlon put France in fourth place in the country rankings.

Maxime Montaggioni in snowboarding, Benjamin Daviet in biathlon: the day was golden on Friday for the Blues in Beijing. Two days after being crowned in the cross-country sprint, Benjamin Daviet is definitely launched. The tricolor standard bearer this time largely dominated the individual (standing category) in biathlon to afford his second title.

Thanks to these medals, France now has nine medals (including six gold), which places it in 4th place in the ranking of countries.

«It was a perfect day, we had all the conditions. […] I felt so good on skis, so good at shooting that I don’t think anything could hurt me.” analyzed the 32-year-old Haut-Savoyard, who can still hope to win two medals on Saturday in cross-country skiing (medium distance) and on Sunday during the relay alongside Anthony Chalençon. ‘So relieved’ after gold on Wednesday, Daviet feels “fly a little on skis” and simply relegated Canadian Mark Arendz to 2 minutes 14 seconds.

The tricolor standard bearer even took advantage of it after the finish to follow the men’s banked slalom final which was held at the same time. And he was not disappointed, since Maxime Montaggioni imitated him by offering his side his first Paralympic title in Beijing, four years after the Pyeongchang Games missed due to injury. On the Genting snow park, he beat the Chinese Ji Lijia and Zhu Yonggang in the UL category.