The first day of competition is over and Germany has secured its first silver medal thanks to Katharina Althaus. The men’s ski jumping is now also about gold. t-online gives you an overview of where decisions are made.
Thanks to ski jumper Katharina Althaus, the German team secured their first medal on Saturday. The DSV athlete won silver in an exciting competition. On Sunday, the men’s ski jumping also face their first decision day of the Winter Games in Beijing. In addition, Germany could also win precious metals in tobogganing. Beijing is seven hours ahead of Germany.
t-online provides an overview (in German times) of the most important competitions on Sunday, February 6, 2022.
Snowboard women’s slopestyle decision, from 2.30 a.m.: In the qualification, the New Zealand snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott was able to convince in slopestyle. The German Annika Morgan also reached the finals at her first Olympic Games. However, your medal chances are likely to be slim.
Men’s downhill skiing, from 4 a.m.: The third training session on Saturday was canceled for safety reasons because of the wind. The Norwegian Aleksander Kilde and the Swiss Beat Feuz are the favourites. But the DSV team is also represented by Romed Baumann, Dominik Schwaiger, Andreas Sander and Josef Ferstl.
Cross-country men’s skiathlon, from 8 a.m.: Therese Johaug won the women’s race on Saturday. In the men’s category, her compatriot Johannes Kläbo is the favorite on the route of two times 15 kilometers. Lucas Bögl, Friedrich Moch, Florian Notz and Jonas Dobler will be at the start for Germany.
Men’s 5,000 meter speed skating, from 9.30 a.m.: Patrick Beckert and Felix Rijhnen want to attack for Germany. To do this, however, the two have to pass Nils van der Poel from Sweden and Patrick Roest from the Netherlands.
Men’s ski jumping on the normal hill, from 12 p.m.: The defending champion Andreas Wellinger is not there. In return, DSV eagle Karl Geiger has the best chance of a medal, including gold. His strongest competitors are the Japanese Ryoyu Kobayashi and the Norwegian Marius Lindvik.
One in the men’s tobogganing, from 12.30 p.m.: In the third and fourth run it will be decided who gets a medal. The German Johannes Ludwig is also doing well – he is on course for gold at halftime in the Olympic ice track. Felix Loch, on the other hand, needs to catch up for his third individual triumph.
The snowboarders on the mogul slope, from 12.30 p.m.: France’s Perrine Laffont is both defending champion and world champion and favorite to win. There are no German starters.