The Azzurri achieved 4/4 in the quarterfinals of the ski mountaineering sprint at the 2026 Olympics

SKI MOUNTAINEERING GU 2026 – The four French athletes competing in the sprint passed the quarter-final stage without incident this Thursday morning.

It’s the big day for ski mountaineering ! After several years of unbearable waiting, the discipline has made its official entry onto the scene Olympic. For the occasion, the individual sprint race took place this Thursday.

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In management, Harrop and Ravinel undoubtedly qualified

Unlike the World Cup competitions, this time there were no qualifiers and the 18 athletes, men and women, were immediately included quarter finalsthen composed of three series of six athletes. This allowed the top three in each series to immediately advance to the semi-finals, along with the other three fastest times.

Undefeated in the specialty for a year and reigning champion of the specialty globe and of the large general globe, Emily Harrop he didn’t miss his entry into the race. As with the rest of the winter, the Frenchwoman dominated her series, winning by almost 8 seconds Tatjana Paller. A promising showing for the rest of the day, especially since he also set the fastest time of the morning (3:03.34)!

Perfect start for Emily Harrop 🇫🇷 who wins her series and qualifies for the semi-final! 🤩

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Positioned in a tough second series with Alba De Silvestro, Marianne Fatton or even Marianna Jagerčíková, Margot Ravine it also didn’t tremble. With all serenity, the youngest of the French ski mountaineering selection was content to follow Fatton for the entire duration of the event to safely secure her place in the semi-final, in 2nd place.

Giner Dalmaso and Anselmet were also there

Even in the men’s rankings, no bad surprises for the Azzurri in the running. Engaged in the first series, Pablo Giner Dalmaso he was messy in his transitions. However, this did not prevent him from taking 3rd place in qualifying, behind the two Spaniards Oriol Cardona Coll et By Ferrer Martinez.

For his part, Thibault-Anselmet he also secured his place in the next round, but it was tough! As usual, the Frenchman started at a moderate pace in the diamonds, but then lost very long seconds in a transition. A scare that was ultimately uneventful given that he swallowed up his opponents on the stairs and in the climbing phase, obtaining 2nd place, behind Arno Lietha. In the end the most important thing is qualification.