After a track record in the first run at the Olympics, toboggan favorite Julia Taubitz falls in the second run and has to give up her hope for gold. At half time, two Germans are still in the lead.
Painful belly landing for toboggan favorite Julia Taubitz: The overall World Cup winner initially opened the Olympic race with a track record, but fell in the second run in the notorious curve 13 at a good 120 km/h and had to bury all hopes for gold.
One day after Johannes Ludwig’s coup, however, Taubitz’s rival Natalie Geisenberger, as the half-time leader, is about to win the next gold medal. Second is the Olympic debutant Anna Berreiter from Berchtesgaden. Races three and four will be held on Tuesday.
Geisenberger before gold hat trick
The German supervisors clapped their hands in front of their faces in horror as Taubitz, lying on his stomach with the sled on his back, slid to the finish. The 25-year-old then put her hands on her knees and had to take a deep breath, digest the pain and shock.
Meanwhile, Geisenberger is completely satisfied and is close to her Olympic hat-trick after victories in Sochi in 2014 and in Pyeongchang in 2018. The lead over Olympic debutant Berreiter is 0.208 seconds.
Despite the fall: Taubitz is allowed to start on Tuesday
Taubitz and rival Geisenberger initially beat each other in record times on the 1,475 meter long track. The Olympic critic from Miesbach set a track record, Taubitz immediately countered and reduced the best time to 58.345 seconds. Taubitz was also fast in the second round before she lost control of her sled after the 13th of a total of 16 corners.
After all, she still made it to the finish with sports equipment, so she can compete again on Tuesday and hope for a small miracle. Because Taubitz is already 1.595 seconds behind Geisenberger, which is actually impossible to catch up in tobogganing.
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