hollywoodtone.blogspot.com Chapuis leads French sweep in ski cross
hollywoodtone.blogspot.com Chapuis leads French sweep in ski cross
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) - Jean Frederic Chapuis won freestyle skiing cross gold to lead a stunning French podium sweep in the "roller derby on snow" at the Sochi Olympics on Thursday.
Arnaud Bovolenta took silver, while Jonathan Midol won bronze after the fourth finalist, Canada's Brady Leman, crashed out on the penultimate jump.
Midol's ski made contact with that of Leman before the fall, though the Canadian had earlier similarly taken out Swiss favorite Alex Fiva in the first round of heats.
Switzerland's defending champion Michael Schmid, who has had three serious knee injuries since winning gold in Vancouver, sustained another last Sunday and did not start.
(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Peter Rutherford)
hollywoodtone.blogspot.com Chapuis leads French sweep in ski cross