World Championship second Kalicki improves to fifth place
Jamanka, 2018 Olympic champion from Oberhof, was also faster than on Friday with the German 100-meter champion from Burghausen in 1:00.98 minutes. However, there was no cure for Nolte’s perfectionism. Elana Meyers Taylor/Sylvia Hoffman are third. The US crew set a start record in 5.30, but lost the advantage on the 1,615 meter track. Your gap has already grown to 1.17 seconds – that’s worlds in bobsleigh. The third German bobsleigh with World Championship runners-up Kim Kalicki/Lisa Buckwitz (Wiesbaden/Potsdam) moved up from sixth to fifth place (+1.94). 77 hundredths are missing for bronze.
A fall by Cynthia Appiah/Dawn Richardson Wilson ended lightly. The Canadians slid through the finish line with the overturned sled. You are eighth. The fourth run will be at 2:30 p.m CET started.
Nolte excited at the debut, but good
In the first two races on Friday, Olympic debutants Nolte/Levi set the best time twice with a time of 132.2 km/h also set the top speed. At half-time that meant half a second ahead of Jamanka/Burghardt. On the sports show microphone, she admitted how “shaky” she was before the start of the race. However, she was not afraid of a sleepless night: “I can’t get more excited than today anyway.”
Incredible medal yield on the Olympic track
To date, the German runner specialists have notched up seven victories in eight races on the spectacular “Dragon” course in the Xiaohaituo Mountains. Tobogganists and skeletonists had won all competitions. There was even a triple success in the men’s two-man bobsleigh. Only in the monobob had Nolte missed a medal in fourth place.