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Two golds for France on the Olympic Games.
by Milota Sidorova

Jason Lamy-Chappuis was a certain cause for celebration back in France. Only 23 years old half American half French athlete won a gold medal in Vancouver Olympic Games in the 10 km individual normal hill also called Nordic ski. The discipline is a combination of ski jumping and the cross country run. Lamy-Chappuis was considered a hot spot for a medal, although the difficulty of the track and the weather conditions messed the positions even among champions. He won two bronze medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championship 2009 in Liberec. He could hold the position in the 10 km individual large-hill and 10 km mass-start event. In 2007 he won 7.5 km sprint in Holmenkollen sk! i festival and won two World Cup at Kuusamo and Sapporo in 2006. Still he didn't succeed to make it to Torino Olympic Games the same year.Second golden victory for France was assured by Vincent Jay who despite of desperate weather conditions won in the 10 km men sprint biathlon event. As usually in occasions like this Jay profited from his early running number and clear shooting. The weather remained relatively sufficient for the two thirds of his ride. The third lap the heavy snow mixed with the rain started to fall and caused real troubles to rivals. 24 years old athlete is an Olympic debutant in this discipline. The silver went to Norwegian Emil Hegle Svendsen and bronze stayed for Croatian Jakov Fak. Jay finished in 24 minutes and 7.8 seconds. Hegle Svendson lost 12.2 seconds and Fak 14 seconds on the first position.

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