Four years after his Olympic title in South Korea, the Pyrenean did not manage to ride on the podium on Sunday during the bump ski event final.
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There will be no doubled. Neither medal. Honding of the Olympic title, Perrine Laffont (23 years old), has not managed to ride on the podium during the Beijing Games Ski Test Finals on Sunday, February 6th. On the slopes of Zhangjiakou’s Genting Snow Park, she finished at the 4th place of the event, which was won by Australian Jakara Anthony, in front of American Jaelin Kauf and Russian Anastasia Smirnova. The other French engaged in the Olympic final, Camille Cabrol, finished at the 18th place.
“I will eat chocolate with Ben,” said Perrine Laffont at the end of the event, referring to the 4th place also offoted on Saturday by Benjamin Cavet during the Male Ski Final of Bosses .
Domination Contested this winter
Sovereign For four years, three times world champion and holding four crystal globes of the World Cup ranking, Perrine Laffont had seen his contested domination this winter. “Pépette” – His nickname – had to share, a little more than usual, the victories in the World Cup with the Australian Jakara Anthony and Japanese Anri Kawamura, only 17 years old.
“It’s true that in recent years I pushed my run, I won and I had margin”, admitted Perrine Loffont in visio-conference press, shortly after his arrival in Zhangjiakou. “It adds a little pepper in my discipline,” she added, half-fun, half-relieved to stop the pressure alone on his shoulders.
Before the start of the season, the evocation of a possible second Olympic title, Perrine Laffont confided to the world: “It would be the perfect career, even if mine is already very very beautiful. In four years, J ‘Succeeded to win everything in my sport. I have the chance to have been able to realize my craziest dreams. “
To listen to him, even before considering the possibility of a new medal at the games, she considered that his life was the one she had “dreamed of having had everything small”, when, at the mountains of ‘Olmes (Ariège), she jumped her first bumps at an age where others learn to cycle.
Perrine Laffont had entrusted before the start of the season, not having the memory of a perfect race in his career. She explained to find a reason and a permanent source of motivation to return to training. “These are small challenges like that I like, who push me to continue.”
She explained to the Beijing Games without “the pressure of results” which had plunged him into a small depression, one year after his Olympic title in Pyeongchang. She was just guided by looking for pleasure.
The Pyrenean now gives an appointment at the Milan-Cortina Games of Ampezzo, Italy. After all, the Pyrenean will only have 27 years in 2026, a young age to expand his reign on the bumps.