On the Zhangjiakou site, Quentin Fillon Maillet won five medals, a first for a French sportsman for almost a century.
Gold in the individual (20 km) and pursuit (12.5 km), he also took silver in the sprint (10 km), with the men's relay and the mixed relay.
He is the third Frenchman to win five Olympic medals in a single edition of the Games, winter and summer combined, after archer Julien Brulé in 1920 in Antwerp, and fencer Roger Ducret in 1924 in Paris.
On Friday, "QFM" missed the opportunity to become the first Winter Games athlete to win six medals in a single edition, taking fourth place in the mass-start.
Four years ago, skaters Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, Olympic vice-champions in 2018 and Olympic ice dancing champions this year in China, were the flag bearers for the closing ceremony in Pyeongchang (South Korea) .
For the opening ceremony of the Beijing Games two weeks ago, France also chose two flag bearers, freestyler Kevin Rolland and skier Tessa Worley.
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