Winter X Games Europe Tignes

Do you like extreme sports?

Winter X Games took place last month, from the 10th to the 12th of March at Tignes in France. It was the first time this event took place in Europe.
More than 66,200 spectators in 3 days, 150 skiers and snowboarders from all over the world, around 875 televising hours, more than 41 hours of radio, 400 press articles and nearly 550,000 web publications…
The total budget devoted to this event reached 8 million euros including 2 million provided by the town of Tignes.

Without a doubt, the first edition of Winter X Games Europe was a real success!

For the first time, Winter X Games, the must-see event in the ski freestyle world, took place outside of the United States. Indeed, Tignes was chosen by the organizers ESPN and CANAL+ EVENTS to welcome this great sporting event and give it its experience concerning the international events sliding organization.
For the first edition, Winter X Games Europe included 8 events over 3 days including the SuperPipe Ski and Snowboard, the SlopeStyle men and women as a demonstration of Snowmobile.

Here are the results and the medals obtained:

SuperPipe Men (Snowboard)

1- Louri Podladtchikov (SWI)
2- Mathieu Crepel (FRA)
3- Louie Vito (USA)

SuperPipe Men (Ski)

1- Kevin Rolland (FRA)
2- Xavier Bertoni (FRA)
3- Justin Dorey (CAN)

SuperPipe Women (Snowboard)

1- Kaitlyn Farrington (USA)
2- Torah Bright (AUS)

3- Sophie Rodriguez (FRA)

SuperPipe Women (Ski)

1- Jen Hudak (USA)
2- Roz Groenewoud (CAN)
3- Anais Caradeux (FRA)


Slopestyle Men (Snowboard)

1- Eric Willett (USA)
2- Sage Kotsenburg (USA)
3- Marko Grilc (SLO)

Slopestyle Men (Ski)

1- Tom Wallisch (USA)
2- Bobby Brown (USA)
3- Jossi Wells (NZL)

Slopestyle Women (Snowboard)

1- Jenny Jones (GBR)
2- Kjersti Oestgaard Buaas (NOR)
3- Sina Candrian (SWI)

Slopestyle Women (Ski)

1- Kaya Turski (CAN)
2- Keri Herman (USA)
3- Ashley Battersby (USA)

Here is a short video from you tube which illustrate well the concept of "X Games": Enjoy it !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3dcG5pocK8

Did you watch Winter X Games Europe Tignes on TV?
Which sport do you prefer? Share your opinion about extreme sports…

Vancouver Olympic Games 2010

How can we not talk about the Vancouver Olympic Games 2010 on a ski blog!

It seems to be impossible because this event is so important all over the world…
That is why, through this article we want to retrace the French athletes' team and show how we are proud to be French, drawing up France’s results.
Moreover, Franche-Comté being our region, we will take a special look at the Franc-Comtois skiers’performance during biathlon and Nordic Combined events.


With 11 medals especially thanks to the biathlon, French people are proud to see their country get the 8th place tied with Sweden and China.

Let’s start with gold medals, both obtained by two young Franc-Comtois men:

Vincent JAY (biathlon- 10km men’s sprint)

Jason LAMY CHAPPUIS (Nordic Combined-10km).

Congratulations to our “Doubiste” and our “Jurassien” !

Concerning the silver medals, they have been won in different sporting events:

- The first one was awarded to the women's team relay 4x6 km which is composed of Marie-Laure BRUNET, Marie DORIN, Sandrine BAILLY and Sylvie BECAERT.

- The second one was attributed to Deborah ANTHONIOZ, the woman's snowboard cross champion who avoided the recurrent falls of this spectacular sport.

- Martin FOURCADE, faster than his brother Simon Fourcade, also qualified for second place in the 15km biathlon.

With 6 medals, the bronze medals are the most numerous and in many snow sports:

- We can find Vincent JAY again for the men's 12,5km pursuit in biathlon.

- Marie-Laure BRUNET, his girlfriend followed him and also obtained the bronze medal in her event of biathlon 10km women.

- Keeping to biathlon, we can continue with Marie DORIN who has already obtained a silver medal with her relay women's team. She won a bronze medal thanks to her performance in the 7,5 km sprint.

- We have also Marion JOSSERAND in freestyle skiing who got the medal in ski cross.

- Another medal again in snowboard cross but this time by a young man, Tony RAMOIN.

- We will finish by the older man of 36 years-old, Mathieu BOZZETTO who brought the 11th French medal thanks to his rapidity and precision in the parallel giant slalom for men. His final medal before retiring.

We can be proud of these wonderful performances!

We can also thank our French athletes for such as an exciting Olympic Games…And also think about those who arrived in fourth place, particular the men’s relay team in biathlon who had an extraordinary competition.

What about you? Don't hesitate to share your opinions and feelings about these results!

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