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Beijing Olympics: farewell, the bubble

February 21, 2022

Farewell, bubble. A kind of relief has been floating in the air for the past few days for the participants in the Beijing Games,…

Beijing Olympics: the sports report reveals a growing specialization by country

February 21, 2022

Almost. A small medal is missing to equal PyeongChang’s record record in 2018, and no doubt this little nothing is enough to oscillate between…

Beijing Olympics: snowboards in the city

February 20, 2022

It’s a surreal atmosphere, as China has accustomed us to since the beginning of these atypical Olympic Games. A ramp of artificial snow, placed…

Beijing Olympics: the end of the Games locked in their bubble

February 20, 2022

China brilliantly succeeded in its Games, which ended on Sunday February 20, in sporting terms, ranking third nation against sixteenth place four years ago….

Beijing Olympics: in the shoes of technicians, these “magicians” of skiing

February 20, 2022

No formality that holds, we will go to “you” from the first minutes. Vincent Meilleur is a mountain dweller. “A Beaufortain. » At the…

Beijing Olympics: daunting conditions to finish the Games

February 19, 2022

This is a first in the history of Olympism. In Zhangjiakou, competitors in the mass start (mass start) of 50 km in cross-country skiing…

Beijing Olympics: in the bubble, pin fever

February 18, 2022

Tao, 21, with round glasses on his nose, dedicated his day off to it. If she made the trip between the mountains of Zhangjiakou…

Beijing Olympics: Kevin Rolland, the survivor, has “nothing to lose, everything to prove”

February 17, 2022

Bib number 7, Kevin Rolland. That his name is on the starting list, Thursday, February 17 in Zhangjiakou, is a fabulous achievement. That he…

Beijing Olympics: in the Olympic TGV

February 17, 2022

So there would be life outside the Olympic bubble. To see this, you have to leave the autarchy of the mountains and take the…

Beijing Olympics: athletes struggling with the cold weather

February 15, 2022

At 2,100 meters above sea level, on this tongue of artificial snow open to all the winds from which alpine skiers soar, the cold…