DIRECT. Olympic Games 2022: follow the men’s and women’s biathlon mass starts, where the French are aiming for a new harvest of medals from 8 a.m.

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07:42: We also keep an eye on freestyle skiing. Bastien Midol and François Place have just won their ticket for the skicross quarter-finals. The 2014 Olympic champion, Jean-Frédéric Chapuis, and Terence Tchiknavorian failed in the round of 16. Follow our live.

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07:37: On the French side, we can hope for new medals today, especially on the biathlon side. From 8 a.m., Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, Anaïs Bescond and Julia Simon will set off for the female mass start. At 10 a.m., they will be followed by Quentin Fillon Maillet, Emilien Jacquelin, Simon Desthieux and Fabien Claude for the men’s event.

07:31: News from Zhangjiakou, where China’s Eileen Gu was crowned Olympic halfpipe champion. At 18, she became the first athlete to win three Olympic medals in three different disciplines in freestyle skiing, after gold in big air and silver in slopestyle. (If you don’t understand all these English terms, the site Olympics explains everything to you.)

6:02 a.m.: It’s Friday February 18, it’s 6 a.m., the news is waking up:

• Outdoor markets canceled, parks and gardens closed, walks not recommended… The prefect of the North calls for caution in the face of winter storm Eunice, which will reach “a crisis peak in the middle of the afternoon”. Five departments on the Channel coast are placed on orange alert.

• Mayhem in sight in Ile-de-France transport due to a wage strike at the RATP. Eight metro lines will remain closed and traffic will be greatly reduced on six others, as well as on RER A and B. The executive calls on companies to promote teleworking for their employees.

• After three weeks of hearing, the hour of the verdict. The Assize Court of Isère will retire this morning to deliberate, following the trial of Nordahl Lelandais, tried in particular for the kidnapping and murder of Maëlys De Araujo in 2017. The public prosecutor’s office requested the perpetuity.

• The Grand Slam for Quentin Fillon Maillet? If he finishes on the podium of the mass-start event, scheduled for 10 a.m., the French biathlete will sign an unprecedented feat in the history of the Winter Games, all sports combined, by winning six medals in six races. Follow our live.

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