Michel Macedo,nfl news Jaqueline Mourão and Eduarda Ribera were not able to compute official results in the ski tests
There was more Brazil this Wednesday at the Beijing Olympics. Michel Macedo, Jaqueline Mourão and Eduarda Ribera took to the slopes at the Games, but were unable to complete their races. The three ended up disqualified and finished without a final placement. Check out how the day of competitions went in China, which also had the party of two-time
Olympic champion in short track speed skating.Michel Macedo falls on the second descent
Michel Macedo finally made his debut at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. After being isolated for more than ten days by Covid-19, he got the release to compete this Wednesday in the alpine ski slalom. The Brazilian made an encouraging first descent
Obviously I was a little disappointed with the result. I slipped on top and couldn't finish, but I was very happy to be able to compete after all this mess with Covid and get what I could out of this race. I was positive with this result because I know I'm skiing well - said the Ceará native.
For not having completed the race, Michel was without official classification. The gold medal went to Frenchman Clement Noel. Johannes Strolz of Austria took silver, and Norwegian Sebastian Foss-Solevaag completed the podium. Lucas Braathen, Norwegian son of a Brazilian and considered a sensation of the sport, did not even complete the first descent.
Jaque Mourão and Duda Ribera are left behind
The intense cold made the organization anticipate the race. With -15ºC on the thermometer and extremely harsh conditions at the Zhangjiakou Cross Country Center, Brazil competed for the first time in a team ski event at the Winter Olympics. The unprecedented feat, however, came to an end with frustration. Upon being reached by the sprint leaders by women's teams, Jaqueline Mourão and Eduarda Ribera were disqualified from the dispute.
The gold went to Germany, with 22min09s8, after a spectacular run by Victoria Carl on the outside in the final stretch. Sweden (+0s17), previously favorite, and the Russian Olympic Committee (+0s71) completed the podium.
This may have been the last Olympic event for Jaque, who played eight editions of the Games between summer and winter - however, she says that she will continue to evaluate her career year after year in an attempt to help Brazil qualify for Milan-Cortina 2026. At Beijing 2022, the veteran was 82nd in the 10km classic style and 84th in the sprint. Duda was the 90th and 88th placed in the respective tests.
South Korean party
Minjeong Choi woke up this Wednesday to make history in the 1,500m short track speed skating. After breaking the Olympic record in the semifinals, the South Korean dominated the decision and secured the gold with 2:17.789. She had already been champion in 2018, at home. The silver went to the Italian multi-champion Arianna Fontana, with a difference of just three thousandths to the Dutch Suzanne Schulting: 2min17s862 against 2min17s865.
Before, Minjeong Choi had already carved his name in this edition of the Games. A world record holder, she set the new Olympic record in the semifinals in Beijing, in 2:16.831
canadian gold
Canada won the short track speed skating 5,000m relay. In a mind-blowing finale, the Canadian team, led by Charles Hamelin, overcame South Korea with a time of 6min41s257, against 6min41s679 of the rivals. Italy completed the podium in the race. It was the farewell to Hamelin, one of the greats in the history of the sport.
Chinese dominance in the air
Five of the six finalists in the men's freestyle skiing aerials had the same jump, a Back Double Full-Full-Double Full. The Chinese Guangpu Qi was the one who best executed it, reaching 129 points to win the gold medal.
Ukrainian Oleksandr Abramenko was silver with 116.50 points. Ilia Burov, from the Russian Olympic Committee, was the only one to present a different jump, a Back Full-Full-Double Full, with a lower degree of difficulty. He received a score of 114.94 and took bronze.
soaring gold
In the fight for team sprint medals in women's cross country skiing, in an exciting final straight, Germany shot at the end and took the gold, with 22:09.85. Sweden, who led until close to the finish line, ended up with the silver, with 22min10s02, less than a second of the rivals. The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) closed the podium, with a time of 22:10.56.
Norway at the top
Country at the top of the medal table, Norway once again shined in the men's cross-country ski team sprint. The duo formed by Erik Valnes and Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, who closed the race, secured the gold with 19:22.99. Finland, with silver (19:25.45), and the Russian Olympic Committee, with bronze (19:27.28), completed the podium.
Unprecedented gold for Sweden!
Nordic country wins for the first time in the women's 4x6km biathlon relay. Gold for Linn Persson, Mona Brorsson, Hanna Oeberg and Elvira Oeberg with 1h11m03s9.
🥇 Sweden - 1h11m03s9
🥈 Russian Olympic Committee +12s
🥉Germany +37s4
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