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Olympia in the news ticker: That's what Saturday brings in Beijing - the first gold medal goes to the favorite

2022-02-05T08:49:33.057Z


Olympia in the news ticker: That's what Saturday brings in Beijing - the first gold medal goes to the favorite Created: 2/5/2022Updated: 2/5/2022 9:43 AM By: Antonio Jose Riether Therese Johaug celebrates gold in cross-country skiing. © IMAGO/Xinhua The first decisions will be made at the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. Also on Saturday some German athletes will fight for a medal. Beijing -


Olympia in the news ticker: That's what Saturday brings in Beijing - the first gold medal goes to the favorite

Created: 2/5/2022Updated: 2/5/2022 9:43 AM

By: Antonio Jose Riether

Therese Johaug celebrates gold in cross-country skiing.

© IMAGO/Xinhua

The first decisions will be made at the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing.

Also on Saturday some German athletes will fight for a medal.

Beijing - The first decisions are already being made on the first day after the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

On Saturday, medals will be awarded in six disciplines: biathlon, speed skating, short track, freestyle skiing, cross-country skiing and ski jumping.

Some Germans are also there and hope to be able to use their chance in China.

In the cross-country competition, Therese Johaug won the first gold medal of the games, she was considered the favorite from the outset.

A live broadcast on Dutch TV caused an Olympic scandal.

Annika Morgan from Mittenwald made it into the final.

Beijing 2022 Olympics: All medal decisions on Saturday February 5th

  • 8:45 a.m., CET: Cross-country skiing - women's skiathlon

  • 09:30 CET: Speed ​​skating - 3000 meters women

  • 10:00 a.m., CET: Biathlon mixed relay 2 x 6 kilometers, 2 x 7.5 kilometers

  • 11:45 a.m., CET: Ski jumping - women's individual jumping on the normal hill

  • 1:40 p.m., CET: Freestyle - men's moguls

  • 2:20 p.m. CET: Short Track - Mixed Team Relay

Olympia 2022 in Beijing: Henning co-favorite in skiathlon - 49-year-old Pechstein in speed skating

The women's skiathlon will start at 8.45 a.m., with Germany's Katharina Henning being one of the favourites.

However, the cross-country skier and her trainer Peter Schlickenrieder do not have high goals, the 2026 Olympics is the long-term goal, but they have potential.

Pia Fink, Sofie Krehl and Katherine Sauerbrey also start for Germany.

A veteran is used in women's speed skating over 3,000 meters.

49-year-old Claudia Pechstein, the flag-bearer, who is taking part in the Winter Games for the eighth time, will be hunting for medals for Germany.

She already has many achievements, including five gold and two silver and two bronze medals.

The long-distance specialist starts at 9.30 a.m. and was highly motivated before that.

“That is pure emotion, that is pure motivation.

The legs may not be fresh, but the head is fresh,” said the Berliner, who has held the Olympic record over the distance of 3,000 since the Salt Lake City Games in 2002 (3:57.70 minutes).

Olympia 2022 in Beijing: ski jumper Althaus has hopes - biathlon mixed relay with a German quartet

The first biathlon competition with the mixed relay starts at 10 a.m., the German quartet with Denise Herrmann, Vanessa Voigt, Benedikt Doll and Philipp Nawrath wants to convince.

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Four German athletes will jump in the women's ski jumping competition.

The best known participant of the DSV is Katharina Althaus.

The 25-year-old is hoping for a chance of a medal after Austria's Marita Kramer was out due to the corona virus.

Selina Freitag, Pauline Hessler and Juliane Seyfarth are also among the participants.

Without German participation, a decision will be made in the freestyle on the mogul slope, and the mixed relay competition will also take place in the short track.

The new mixed competition over 2,000 meters will also take place without a German team.

(ajr)

Source: merkur

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