The French team experienced a mixed day on Monday at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, winning no medals but showing promising performances in figure skating. Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry led the rhythm dance program, while Valentin Foubert nearly reached the podium in ski jumping. The tricolor delegation slips to 8th in the medal table.
On Monday, February 9, 2026, the third day of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, the French team did not add to its tally of two medals (gold in mixed biathlon relay and silver in skiathlon on Sunday). The French alpine skiers finished 5th in the new team event, an unprecedented non-mixed combination of downhill and slalom. Nils Allègre clocked the 6th fastest downhill time (1:52.71), but Clément Noël, the 2022 slalom Olympic champion, failed to close the gap in the second run, posting the 9th time (around 52 seconds). Switzerland takes gold with Franjo von Allmen and Tanguy Nef, ahead of two silver pairs: Odermatt-Meillard (Switzerland) and Kriechmayr-Feller (Austria). The other French duos, Muzaton-Rassat (15th) and Alphand-Amiez (16th), stayed far from the podium.
In normal hill ski jumping, young Savoyard Valentin Foubert, 23, caused a stir by finishing 5th with 263.3 points, narrowly missing a medal (266 points for 3rd). It's the best French male performance in the discipline since Steve Delaup's 6th at Albertville 1992. Germany's Philipp Raimund wins gold. Foubert, provisional leader after qualifications, told France TV: “I chained good jumps in training, I gained confidence [...] a fifth place isn't every day. I tried to enjoy the moment.”
In figure skating, Guillaume Cizeron and his new partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry, teamed up a year ago, shone in the rhythm dance with 90.18 points, leading by a hair (0.46 point) over Americans Evan Bates and Madison Chock (89.72). Their 'voguing' program, blending urban dance and technical challenges, impressed the judges. Everything will be decided on Wednesday in the free dance. Cizeron, 2022 Olympic champion with Gabriella Papadakis, reacted: “This program is goldsmith's work. There are many technical difficulties. [...] We felt the crowd and the support of our loved ones, it helps us a lot.” The Brissaud-Lopareva pair is 8th.
The women's ice hockey team loses 2-1 after overtime to Germany, eliminated without a win in four matches (losses to Italy 4-1, Japan 3-2, Sweden 4-0). Clara Rozier: “It's a bit hard to find satisfaction, but [...] participating has already been very enriching.” Elsewhere, Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud defends her title in slopestyle with gold (86.96 points), ahead of Eileen Gu (silver). France slips to 8th in the medal table, tied with Czech Republic and Netherlands. Switzerland joins Norway at the top with three golds.
