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Published on: 02/07/2026 - 1:28 p.m.
The Milan-Cortina Olympic Games experienced their first highlight with an unprecedented opening ceremony organized mainly in Milan and simultaneously at three other sites, in Cortina, Livigno and Predazzo.
At the end of the 2026 Olympics ceremony, the Olympic cauldrons were lit in Milan by alpine skiing legends Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni, and in Cortina by downhiller Sofia Goggia.
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For this edition, France, with a historic delegation of 162 athletes, will aim for a top 5 in the world thanks to its strengths in biathlon, alpine skiing, snowboarding and even skating.
Among the 92 nations represented, Benin is making its debut at the Winter Games with alpine skier Nathan Tchibozo, as is Guinea-Bissau thanks to Winston Tang, 19, competing in slalom.
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The first medal of these Olympics will be awarded in men's downhill on the famous Stelvio track in Bormio, with Marco Odermatt as the big favorite and the French Allègre, Alphand, Elezi Cannaferina, Muzaton as outsiders.
Also on the program for this first day: ski jumping, speed skating, cross-country skiing (women's skiathlon with the French women Perry, Pierrel, Pagnier, Claudel), snowboarding, slopestyle (with the Tricolores Dumont, Zanella, Roche, Sivignon) and speed skating (Braun will represent France over 3,000 m) and team figure skating (with Aymoz engaged in the men's short program).
In Ligue 1, Lille still can't do it: draw at Metz (0-0) after four defeats in a row in the league. LOSC displays, with Auxerre and Espanyol Barcelona, the worst 2026 record in the European top 5 (1 point in 5 matches). This Saturday, Lens faces a Rennes in crisis, Brest finds Lorient in a Breton derby and Lyon will go to Nantes.
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