Olympia 2022 live: How to watch the men's downhill skiing in Beijing live on TV and live stream

Created: 2022-02-07 05:13

By: Tim Althoff

Romed Baumann is Germany's hope on the downhill.

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The first medal decision for the downhill skiers is on Monday.

Here you can find out where the men's downhill can be seen on TV and live stream.

Update from February 6, 7.49 a.m .:

The wind on the Olympic mountain Xiaohaituo caused the first cancellation on the first day of competition for the ski racers.

After several postponements due to the strong gusts over the artificial snow belt in Yanqing, the men's downhill was postponed to Monday.

It is now clear when the race will be rescheduled: It starts at 12 noon local time (5 a.m. German time) on Monday, February 7th.

Before and after the first and second run of the women's giant slalom (2.30/7.30 CET) will be held.

Men's departure shifted from Sunday to Monday

Update from February 6, 6:03 a.m .:

There is a decision – and ski fans should not like it at all.

This Sunday's departure has been cancelled!

The race is scheduled to start on Monday instead, but the exact time is not yet clear.

The downhill skiers may have to run between the two women's giant slalom runs, then probably between 4 and 5 a.m. on February 7th.

Update from February 6, 5:03 a.m.:

Now it's fixed: No start at 6 a.m.!

The race will start at 7 a.m. at the earliest.

If it is still not possible to ski, the men's downhill will be held on Monday.

Update from February 6, 4:58 a.m .:

New information from China!

At 6 a.m. German time, a decision is said to be made as to whether the race will be postponed by another hour - i.e. 7 a.m.

If it is still not possible to drive, the race will apparently be postponed to tomorrow!

So it remains exciting on this Sunday morning - but of course we would have wished for a sporting excitement.

Update from February 6, 4:12 a.m.:

Now it's official: The departure will not start at 5 a.m. German time either!

The wind on the Olympic mountain Xiaohaituo continues to shake up the program.

Because of the strong gusts over the artificial snow band in Yanqing, the men's downhill will not start before 1:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. CET).

The jury announced this.

At 12:00 p.m. (5:00 a.m. CET), a decision is to be made as to whether the two-hour shift is sufficient.

Even then, the race will not be completely unaffected by the wind.

"It's a difficult mountain, it's never windless here," said race director Markus Waldner.

Update from February 6, 4:05 a.m.:

"Starting now would be an absolute no-go," said FIS race director Markus Waldner a few minutes ago. At 12 o'clock they want to decide when the men's downhill can start here today - the start may even be postponed by another hour. Then the ski aces would only fall down the slope at 6 a.m. German time.

Update from February 6, 3:59 a.m .:

The start of the men’s Olympic downhill has been postponed due to strong gusts of wind.

The race at the Olympic Winter Games in China, which was scheduled for 11:00 a.m. (4:00 a.m. CET), was initially postponed by one hour by the race jury, as announced by the World Ski Association Fis on Sunday.

The wind had already led to delays and cancellations during the training days.

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First report from February 4, 2:47 p.m .:

Munich / Beijing – Since the Olympic Games are taking place in Asia for the third time in a row after Pyoengchang and Tokyo, German viewers have to be prepared for long or short nights.

Fans of the alpine disciplines will feel this on the first Sunday of the games.

So the descent (here in the live ticker), the first medal decision of the men, is scheduled for 4:00 a.m. German time.

If you don't have any other plans for the weekend, you can definitely watch the race.

It is unclear whether an Olympic medal will also result for the German drivers.

None of the DSV athletes are among the permanent favorites, but a surprise is always possible.

However, who will make out gold hopes is the Swiss Marco Odermatt, who has been leading the World Cup so far.

Behind, the Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde should insist on his chance.

Olympia 2022: men's downhill on unfamiliar snow

Driving is at the new National Alpine Ski Center Xiaohaituo, which is located north-west of the Chinese capital Beijing.

Since there is usually no snow on the mountains there, because there is hardly any precipitation despite the freezing cold, the Chinese help out with 200 snow cannons and snow lances from South Tyrol.

Nevertheless, the slopes make a good impression for Josef Ferstl: “If it snows here, something is wrong.

But the slopes are excellent, really cool.

Everything is in perfect condition," he explained to the

.

Colleague Romed Baumann, however, had a slightly different assessment.

The snow can hardly be compared with that from Europe, the dry snow is difficult to describe due to its own grain.

After all, the athletes have three training sessions before the competition early on Sunday morning to get used to the slopes and the unfamiliar conditions.

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Olympia 2022: The downhill of the men live on TV

If you want to beat yourself up in the morning and don't feel like waiting for the repetition, you can follow the descent live on ZDF.

Rudi Cerne and Kathrin Müller-Hohenstein will moderate from the studio in Mainz.

Eurosport will also run the Olympic coverage at any time of the day and show the descent.

Olympia 2022: The downhill of the men in the live stream

If you don't have TV access, you can alternatively rely on the live stream offers of the broadcasting stations.

Each competition is streamed simultaneously on zdf.de and the corresponding apps.

If you want to watch the Eurosport stream, you can either use the Joyn streaming service or DAZN – but a paid subscription is required for this.