Due to a warning of extremely low temperatures, the Olympic mass start for biathletes has been brought forward from Saturday to Friday. This was announced by the world association IBU.
Thus, the final races of the Skijäger in Zhangjiakou will take place on the same day, first the women run (3:00 p.m. ET/8:00 a.m. CET), then the men (5:00 p.m. ET/10:00 CET) fight for a medal .
While temperatures of around minus 13 degrees Celsius are expected on Friday, it is expected to cool down to less than 18 degrees below zero on Saturday.
The German relay quartet around individual Olympic champion Denise Herrmann, Franziska Preuss, Vanessa Voigt and Vanessa Hinz only has one rest day after winning the bronze medal on Wednesday.
A DSV quartet will also start for the men. Benedikt Doll, Roman Rees, Johannes Kühn and Philipp Nawrath are hoping for an Olympic medal in China in their last attempt.