03:47
Alpine skiing (M): Favrot mixes with the front
Thibaut Favrot makes you sit up and take notice. At the second timing, the Frenchman is a whopping six tenths ahead. This is a cushion that can be built upon as the process progresses. But it’s not quite enough. At the finish, almost two tenths are missing on the still leading Marco Odermatt. But Favrot is in the race for the medals.
03:43
Curling (M): intermediate standings for men
Now let’s have a look at the men’s curling. A clear thing is looming in the North American duel. Since the Canadians lead against the USA with 7:1. The game is in the sixth end. We also have a Scandinavian comparison where after six ends Norway are 3-1 ahead of Sweden. Great Britain builds on a narrow 4: 3 against China. And in the match between Italy and the Russian Olympic Committee the score is 6:6.
03:40
Alpine skiing (M): Meillard does not finish
Now let’s look at Loïc Meillard. The Swiss seems to find it difficult to find his rhythm in the still increasing heavy snowfall. It’s a fight for the line from the start. And that doesn’t last long. At some point it won’t work anymore. The 25-year-old is eliminated.
03:36
Alpine skiing (M): Brennsteiner at the front
Stefan Brennsteiner proves that there is a lot more to the slopes here. The man from Salzburg sets one interim best time after the other. Fast journeys are therefore still possible. The ÖSV athlete is only behind at the finish, but only by a touch of four hundredths.
03:33
Alpine skiing (M): Black too slow
Marco Schwarz didn’t have a particularly good run afterwards. Is that just for the heavy deficit of the Carinthian? The pack is more than two seconds long, throwing the 2021 World Cup third back to the bottom of the rankings. Immediately afterwards, the Swiss Justin Murisier is eliminated.
03:30
Alpine skiing (M): Schmid is eliminated
Gino Caviezel is also struggling, losing almost a second. How will the first German starter cope afterwards? Alexander Schmid is on the road – and doesn’t get far! The 27-year-old slides slightly, gets out of position and drives through the next gate instead of around to the left. So the DSV hope is eliminated early.
03:23
Alpine skiing (M): Feller not fast enough
Mathieu Faivre is good at the beginning, but doesn’t bring it down like that. On Odermatt, however, the Frenchman is only eight hundredths short. Then Alexis Pinturault is ready. The two-time Olympic bronze medalist in this discipline isn’t in the form for big things at the moment and is already out of business with a deficit of just over a second. Afterwards the Austrian Manuel Feller also loses quite clearly. Three-quarters of a second is what makes precious metal quite a long way away.
03:18
Alpine skiing (M): Odermatt in the snow flurry
Luca de Alipandrini is now struggling with the poor visibility. But maybe it’s just an attempt to explain why the Italian is almost four tenths behind the leading Henrik Krsitoffersen. Then Marco Odermatt makes his way into the first round. The favorite installs a slide early. The Swiss corrected him in terms of time, but in the end he only managed a good tenth of the Norwegian.
03:14
Bob (F): Pause in the ice channel
In the meantime, the first run in the women’s monobob has ended. Kaillie Humphries leads with three tenths in front of the best German Laura Nolte. The Swiss Melanie Hasler is still within reach of the medals in sixth place. Eighth is Katrin Beierl from Austria. So far it has been disappointing for Mariama Jamanka, who is almost hopelessly behind in fifteenth place. The second run is scheduled to take place at 4:00 a.m. CET.
03:11
Alpine skiing (M): Fresh snow also in Yanqing
Heavy snowfall in Yanqing. That’s why the women’s downhill training scheduled for today was canceled. For the giant slalom, which starts at 3:15 a.m. CET, these conditions do not pose such a big problem, although the athletes obviously have to cope with them somehow.
03:05
Bob (F): Beierl initially eighth
The only Austrian monobob pilot has just reached the finish line. Katrin Beierl catches a deficit of almost a second and finds herself in eighth place in the ranking. The rest of the 20 starters cannot go much further forward. The Jamaican Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian is nowhere near the front, arriving more than two seconds late.
03:00
Ski Freestyle (F): Shift
Originally, the slopestyle qualification was supposed to take place at 3:00 a.m. CET at Ski Freestyle. Because of the weather conditions, it is also snowing in the Genting Snowpark, the competition is postponed by two hours to 5:00 am. Until then, hard-working helpers want to get the fresh snow off the slopes.
02:58
Bob (F): Close classification
Melanie Hasler does it better. The Swiss still collects a few tenths towards the end, it is almost three quarters of a second at the finish. At the same time as the Chinese Mingming Huai, the Swiss ranks 5th. Incidentally, the Canadian Christine de Bruin and Elena Meyers Taylor are also tied and are third together. In between, on position 5, the second Chinese Qing Ying pushes up shortly afterwards.
02:51
Bob (F): Jamaica blunders
Now Mariama Jamaica is ready. After a decent start, the 31-year-old also takes boards with her early on, which means that the monobob is slightly askew. That costs speed. And so a lot of backlog accumulates dramatically. That’s a pretty botched run, which puts the German in 9th place, almost a second and a half behind.
02:47
Bob (F): The first German in monobob
After a botched run by Australia’s Breeana Walker, it’s Laura Nolte’s turn. The German, who is so strong in training, takes a few bands, it doesn’t look so clean. Only at the bottom does the 23-year-old hit the line very well. However, Nolte can no longer catch up on the lost three tenths – 2nd place.
02:41
Bob (F): Favorite in front
Then Kaillie Humphries clearly shows what’s inside the train. The world champion goes one better and improves the track record significantly. The cushion for the further runs is very generous with 68 hundredths. From now on, the favorite will clearly be at the top.
02:37
Bob (F): Lead change
At the latest now there is a first announcement in the ice channel. Elana Meyers Taylor starts well as usual, but then leaves reserves in the choice of line. Therefore, the American loses after an initially good lead. In the end it is enough to set a new track record. Meyers Taylor only manages six hundredths of a second to the Chinese Mingming Huai.
02:32
Bob (F): The 1st run in monobob
Olympic premiere: The first ever women’s monobob run has started. The South Korean Kim makes the beginning in the ice channel. After 1:06.68 minutes, the 29-year-old is down – of course with a track record. But what is your time worth?
02:21
Curling (M): Canada takes the lead
Both the Americans, the reigning Olympic champions, and the Canadians did not start the Olympic tournament optimally. In 2018 in Pyeongchang, both teams faced each other in the semi-finals, with the USA winning 5-3. After the first end, the Canadians lead 1-0.
02:08
Curling (M): It starts in the Aquatics Centre
The first games have just started. Can the Italians get their first points and write a success story again after the sensational gold in mixed? And will the Swedes remain undefeated in the fifth game?
02:02
Seven decisions about gold
Gold, silver and bronze will be awarded a total of seven times this Sunday. Which nation collects more precious metal? After 58 of 109 competitions, Germany is currently ahead in the medal table, followed by Norway and the USA. Austria is in sixth place, Switzerland in twelfth place. There will definitely be a lot of movement!
01:51
Bob (F): Exciting mono premiere expected
When the world’s best bobsleigh pilots fight for Olympic gold in the individual sled for the first time on Sunday, Mariama Jamanka can also have legitimate hopes of a medal. The second DSV athlete at the monobob premiere is Laura Nolte. Katrin Beierl will be at the start for Austria, Switzerland will be represented by Melanie Hasler. The first run starts at 2:30 am, from 4:00 am, the second run starts at Yanqing National Sliding Center!
01:45
Alpine skiing (F): Downhill training is cancelled
Kira Weidle only gets one more chance to get to know the Olympic downhill better. Because the second training session (11:00 a.m. ET, 4:00 a.m. CET) had to be canceled due to snowfall in Yanqing. Weidle drove the second fastest time on the “Rock” slope in the first training session, now she only has the final training session on Monday. The supreme discipline is about gold on Tuesday.
01:38
Curling (M): Four duels are pending
The Olympic day in Beijing will start with the curlers. Four games are scheduled for the men: Norway challenges Sweden, China meets Great Britain, the USA competes with Canada and Italy wants to score points against the Russian Olympic team.
01:32
Biathlon highlight in the morning
The next big highlight of the day is then at 10:00 a.m. In the biathlon, the women go into the pursuit first, then at 11:45 the men will determine their Olympic champion in the pursuit. Medals will also be given out on the ice again. In the short track, the men compete in the 500 meters, while the women complete the finals in the 3,000 meter pursuit. In speed skating, the medal decision over the distance of 500 meters is also pending. The German highlight in the afternoon is the ice hockey game between Germany and the USA.
01:26
First medal award in alpine skiing
The first medals will be awarded in alpine skiing on Sunday. In the men’s giant slalom, the first run starts at 3:15 a.m. The second round then begins at 6:45 a.m. The big favorite for gold is Marco Odermatt from Switzerland, who won five of the six giant slalom World Cups in the season. At night it is also the turn of the women in the monobob. In the first two races it is important to position yourself for the decision on Monday. In the early hours of the morning, the cross-country skiers then award their medals in the relay.
Warm welcome!
Good morning and hello to the 2022 Winter Olympics! There are almost 14 hours of winter sports again this Sunday. The curlers will start again from 2 a.m.!