Austria won ahead of Germany and Norway.

"We're all disappointed that it's ending so soon, we had big ambitions, we have a great team," said Frenchwoman Tessa Worley.

Accompanied by Coralie Frasse-Sombet, Alexis Pinturault and Mathieu Faivre, Worley was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Norway by just two hundredths of a second, after the two teams won two sets each.

"The morning is relatively frustrating. Between yesterday and today, we were really keen to do something together, something beautiful, we have already managed to do it in the past at the World Championships, we were keen to do it here at the Olympics", reacted Mathieu Faivre, bronze medalist of the giant.

After the postponement of the competition from Saturday to Sunday due to the wind, several skiers including Pinturault had to postpone their return flights.

The leader of the Blues, world No.1 last year, therefore leaves the Games without a medal for the first time in his career (bronze in giant in 2014 and 2018, silver in combined in 2018).

"We can't blame anyone. Two hundredths frankly, it goes one way or it goes the other", philosophized Pinturault.

"I need to find the motivation, the desire, and I can't say when I'll be back on skis this summer (after the end of the season). I really want to give myself time".

Frenchman Alexis Pinturault answers questions from journalists, after training on the Yanqing track, February 12, 2022 at the Beijing Olympics JEFF PACHOUD AFP / Archives

Three medals for Strolz

Another cador without a medal, Mikaela Shiffrin could not save the failed Games when she was the favorite for several podiums.

The 26-year-old American had fallen in the giant, slalom and combined, and took 9th place in the super-G and 18th in the downhill before the team competition.

American Mikaela Shiffrin, at the finish of her heat in the quarter-finals of the mixed team parallel event at the Beijing Olympics, February 20, 2022 on the Yanqing track Fabrice COFFRINI AFP

In biting cold (about minus 19 degrees felt), aggravated by the wind, the event opposed teams of four (two women two men) in a direct elimination table, for matches consisting of four duels on two parallel courses. .

As is often the case in parallel, one of the courses proved to be much faster than the other, confirming the regular criticisms aimed at this format in the skiing world.

From the quarter-finals, no skier on the red course has won a round against the blue course, except when the opponent leaves the track.

Most of the matches therefore ended in a 2-2 tie, the teams being separated by the time of their two best skiers, it was above all necessary to be as fast as possible on the blue course.

The Austrians of Johannes Strolz, Stefan Brennsteiner, Katharina Liensberger and Katharina Truppe, seeded N.1, proved to be the most skilful to beat Germany in the final.

The joy of Austrian skiers Katharina Huber, Katharina Liensberger, Katharina Truppe, Stefan Brennsteiner, Michael Matt and Johannes Strolz, Olympic champions in the mixed team parallel at the Beijing Games, February 20, 2022 on the Yanqing track Fabrice COFFRINI AFP

Almost unknown before the start of the season, excluded from the Austrian team for lack of results in 2021, Johannes Strolz was the strong man and the big surprise of the Beijing Games.

He leaves with three medals including two titles (gold in combined and parallel, silver in slalom).

No respite for the skiers who will be competing next week in the World Cup, the women in Crans Montana (Switzerland) for speed, the men in Garmisch (Germany) for two slaloms.

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