03:39
Curling (F): Japan extends lead
The Japanese secure a 7-1 lead over the Chinese team. The Russian Olympic team, on the other hand, can close the gap to the Canadians. They are 6-3 down before the sixth end.
03:35
Ski Freestyle (F): Ledeux with a fall
There is a fall from Tess Ledeux. She is already stumbling on the iron bars and then has to accept the fall at the fourth of six obstacles. She dissects it upon landing and she comes down hard on her lower back. She breaks off the run and will try to score the decisive points in the second attempt.
03:29
Ski Freestyle (F): Everyone is looking at Eileen Gu
The slopestyle qualification started a few moments ago. All eyes are on Chinese superstar Eileen Gu here. After gold in big air, the 18-year-old also wants to secure the title in slopestyle. She’s not perfect through the first three iron tubes and has to be content with a score of 57.28 for the time being. In the second attempt, she gets the chance to polish up the result a bit.
03:22
Monobob (F): 3rd run is over
The third runs are over. Kaillie Humphries and Christine de Bruin confirm their first two places. Behind them, Elana Meyers Taylor moved into third place, 1.73 seconds back. Laura Nolte loses enormously and is 2.05 seconds behind in fourth place. Can she fight her way back to bronze? The final round starts at 4 a.m.
03:22
Curling (F): USA equalizes
At the last stone of the fifth end, the Americans try to oust more than one stone from the South Koreans. Do they succeed? It doesn’t quite work. You push a stone out of the house and can use it to equalize to 2:2.
03:17
Big Air (F): Qualification started
The qualification in the Big Air has started and the first of three runs is coming to an end. Not much has come together for the German Annika Morgan. With just 12 points, she can be found at the back of the field. Things went much better for the Austrian Anna Gasser. With 73.25 points, she was already in a good starting position. The two Swiss women are currently in midfield.
03:12
Curling (F): Canada rushes away
Not much has happened in USA against South Korea. So far, the team that played the last stone has always won the point. In the fifth end it is played a bit more offensively by both teams. The team from Japan was able to extend the lead by one point. For Canada and ROC, the fourth end has just ended. Canada secure a solid 6-1 lead.
03:09
Monobob (F): Jamaica can do it!
Two-man bobsleigh Olympic champion Mariama Jamanka delivered a really good third run. With the fifth best time of 1:05.47 minutes, she improved by three positions and is even faster than Laura Nolte.
02:58
Monobob (F): Beierl remains in 12th place for the time being
Austria’s Katrin Beierl is hopelessly in twelfth place after the first two runs. In the third run she touched the rails several times and with a gap of almost four seconds to the leader Humphries she couldn’t make up any position.
02:54
Ice Dance (X): Couple from Armenia in front
Three couples were already allowed to present their freestyle. The duo Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx Senecal received the highest number of points. The elements performed received a score of 55.74 and the program received a score of 45.42.
02:49
Curling (F): USA equalizes
At the end of the third end, the curlers from the USA equalize against South Korea. The Japanese, meanwhile, lead 3-1 against the hosts from China.
02:44
Monobob (F): Hasler continues to lose ground
The Swiss Melanie Hasler again loses to her opponents in the third run. Although she was able to repeat a similar run as in the second run, those placed in front of her did a little better.
02:41
Curling (F): Third end running
The third end runs in all competitions. The team from Canada was able to extend the lead to 4:0. South Korea leads 1-0 against the USA and China has already scored a stone against the Japanese.
02:39
Monobob (F): Nolte with a blunder
However, Nolte also struggles with the train. She hits the barrier before turn two and then doesn’t get through turn four optimally. At the finish she is 2.05 seconds behind leader Kaillie Humphries. She also loses time compared to Christine de Bruin. Elana Meyers Taylor manages a time of 1:05.28 and even overtakes the German driver.
02:35
Monobob (F): Nolte’s door opens
Now it’s getting exciting for Laura Nolte. Canadian Christine de Bruin is currently in second place and submits. She’s behind the times of Kaillie Humphries. That could open the door for German Laura Nolte.
02:33
Monobob (F): 3rd run started
The 36-year-old Kaillie Humphries delivered an almost flawless ride in the ice channel in the third run. She briefly touches the barrier before turn two and remains a few tenths behind her time from the second run. However, she has a sufficient lead so that there will easily be enough time to lead into the decisive fourth race.
02:25
Curling (F): Canada leads
The Canadians have done well so far and led the second end 2-0 ahead of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team.
02:20
Ice Dance (X): The couples have arrived on the ice
The freestyle and thus the decision in ice dancing is imminent. The couples have arrived on the ice. After the rhythm dance, the French Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron are on course for gold. At the last Winter Olympics, the couple won the silver medal together. The final takes place without German, Austrian or Swiss pairings.
02:12
Curling (W): Tight start at USA – KOR
The Americans put their stone directly on the center line and challenged the South Koreans directly in the first end. However, these do not show any weaknesses and transport the stone directly out of the field.
02:08
Curling (B): Day 10 begins
The first of ten ends started in all three games. The women from South Korea want to build on their strong last Olympic Games, where they were rewarded with the silver medal. For that you need a win against the USA.
01:48
Look at the medals
Gold, silver and bronze will be awarded four times this Monday: First up will be the figure skaters (from 2:15 a.m.), then it will be the turn of the monobob specialists (from 4 a.m.), who will have a winner at the Olympic Winter Games for the first time. At midday in Germany, the medals will be awarded to the three best female ski freestylers (from 1 p.m.) and the three best ski jumpers (from 1:06 p.m.).
01:31
Qualification of the snowboarders in Big Air
Shortly before, from 2:30 a.m., the best female snowboarders in the world will fight in Big Air for a place in the final. Each athlete has three qualifying runs, the best twelve then have the chance to win a medal. Germany will be represented by Annika Morgan, Austria will be represented by Anna Gasser. Switzerland is represented by Bianca Gisler and Ariane Burri.
01:15
Ski freestylers can finally get started
Down the slope, then up the ramp and perform twists, somersaults, sliding tackles and other tricks at breathtaking heights – that’s aerials. Emma Weiß is there for Germany. First in the qualification (from 3 a.m.), which should have taken place on Sunday, but was thwarted by the wind and snow. If the 22-year-old makes it to the final, she can do it again.
00:58
Jamaica struggles, Nolte has his eye on the medal
For Mariama Jamanka, monobob is all about damage limitation these days. The European champion, who has little to gain from the individual discipline, failed several times in both the first and second run and is only 17th with a deficit of 3.69 seconds. “Unfortunately, my runs were catastrophic,” said the Olympic champion in two-man bobsleigh. Laura Nolte, who is in third place before the third run, has a chance for another German medal in the ice channel. She is 1.22 seconds behind the leading world champion Kaillie Humphries from the USA.
00:45
The curlers go first
Three games are on the program in curling: the Chinese challenge the team from Japan, the Canadians have to deal with the so far winless Russians and the USA wants to score points against South Korea. All three games start at 2:05!
00:28
Ski jumping decision at noon
The highlight of the day from 12:00 p.m. is the team competition of the ski jumpers from the large hill. There, the eagles from Germany and Austria want to reach for one of the coveted medals. At the same time, the women’s aerials competition starts. Before that, they still have to do the qualification, which couldn’t take place on Sunday due to the weather conditions. But apart from the medal decisions, it certainly won’t get boring. In the men’s bobsleigh (1:05 p.m.) it is important to position oneself in the first two runs and during the night the women and men in snowboarding and freestyle want to shine with spectacular jumps in their qualifications.
00:24
Monobob premiere the highlight of the night
Today’s competition day is a quieter day at the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, with a total of four medal decisions on the program. It starts with curling, followed immediately by the figure skating competition. From 2:15 a.m. there is freestyle in ice dancing, the German couple had already been eliminated in the short program. A little later, Laura Nolte is in demand in the monobob. After two rounds she is in a good third place behind Kaillie Humphries from the USA and Christine de Bruin from Canada. For bobsleigh star Mariama Jamanka, it’s all about cosmetic results, the 2018 Olympic champion in two-man bobsleigh didn’t get along at all in monobob. For the only Swiss starter, Melanie Hasler, the medals are also a long way off after the first two runs. Katrin Beierl from Austria is also knocked off.
Warm welcome!
The second Olympic weekend is now over, but that doesn’t detract from the spectacle. From 2 a.m. on Monday, over 14 hours of conference tickers are waiting for you again! Have fun!