3.30 / 7.00: Women’s Alpine Combined
In the slalom and in the giant slalom, she was eliminated as the big favorite – in the alpine combination of downhill and slalom, Mikaela won Shiffrin (USA) now the last chance to still win a medal at these Olympic Games. In the last downhill training on Wednesday (February 16, 2022). Shiffrin the fastest.
The 26-year-old was 0.93 seconds ahead of the two-time world champion Wendy Holdener (Switzerland) in the test run for the first sub-discipline. Holdener is considered the sharpest alongside her teammate Michelle Gisin Shiffrin-Rival. Petra Vlhova (Slovakia) has already left after her Olympic victory in the slalom. German athletes are not there.
5.10am: Canada Women’s Ice Hockey Final – USA
It’s the dream final in women’s ice hockey: Pyeongchang Olympic champion USA meets the four-time gold medalist at the Olympic Games and ten-time world champion Canada in the duel of the strong North American women. “Team Canada” wants to take revenge for the defeat in the final in Pyeongchang. In the preliminary round, this was already successful – in the end it was 4: 2 for the maple leaves.
8.15 a.m.: Ski free styleskis Cross the women
Daniela Maier from Vöhrenbach definitely has outsider chances of a medal Cross-Contest. As sixth-placed in the overall World Cup, there aren’t that many competitors who are faster than the 25-year-old from the Black Forest. But there are others who are the top favourites: Swede Sandra Näslund clearly dominated the discipline this winter, Fanny Smith (Switzerland) is most likely to be believed to annoy the Swede. With Johanna Holzmann (Memmingen) there is a second German at the start.
9:30 a.m.: Speed skating, 1,000 meters women
Japan, USA and the team of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) – the starters of these three nations are likely to share the medals in the women’s 1,000 meter final. World Cup leader Brittany Bowe (USA) is the nominal favorite for the second-shortest distance in speed skating. Pyeongchang Olympic champion Nao Kodaira, Miho Takagi (both Japan) and Angelina Golikowa (ROC) are considered the strongest competitors. And also the speed skating nation Netherlands has in Jutta Leerdam a medal candidate at the start.
From 11:00 a.m.: figure skating, freestyle for women
All eyes are on Kamila in the women’s free program Valiyeva directed. But unfortunately not primarily because of their sporting achievements, but because of the doping result after teamcontest. As the new York Times reported that three substances for the treatment of heart problems had been discovered in the 15-year-old’s doping test. Her start in singles is more than controversial.
Nevertheless leads Valiyeva after the short program. Her teammate Anna is on the seats Sherbakova and the Japanese Kaori Sakamoto. This trio has the best chance of winning an Olympic medal. Pleasing from a German point of view: Nicole Schott from Essen is in the final as 14th of the short program.
12.00 p.m.: Nordic Combined, Team Relay Men
Gold would be a dream, no medal is not an option: This is how the expectations of the German nordic combined athletes before the team relay can be summed up. After jumping off the large hill, it’s off to the cross-country ski run, where another 4 x 5 kilometers are run.
Eric Frenzel was nominated after surviving the corona quarantine. The 33-year-old forms the German quartet together with Vinzenz Geiger, Manuel Faißt and Julian Schmid. Geiger and Frenzel took part in the gold triumph four years ago in Pyeongchang.
The biggest competitors are the teams from Norway and Austria.
More competitions
after the boardern are now also showingfreestyler her tricks in the halfpipe. In the qualification, women and men fight for a place in the final, which then follows on Friday (women) or Saturday.
the curling-Preliminary round is over. In the round robin, the women and men are the last session on. In the evening, the men are already playing the semi-finals. So far, the teams from Great Britain, Sweden and Canada are sure to be there.
Source: red