Olympia live today: Third gold for Germany just has to be bagged
Created: 2022-02-08 2:47 p.m
By: Alexander Kaindl
Will Natalie Geisenberger win gold in the toboggan single?
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Germany is fighting for the next medals at the Olympic Games.
The most important decisions from Tuesday in our news ticker.
12:52:
What a run by Natalie Geisenberger!
The German top favorite doesn't let anything burn in the third run either.
On the contrary: She masters the difficult Olympic track almost perfectly, at the end there is even a new track record!
What else could go wrong?
In the fourth and last run, he has to get through it again in one piece, then nothing stands in the way of the next German gold medal.
Silver will also go to Germany if nothing more surprising happens: Anna Berreiter is three tenths behind Geisenberger in second place and has a comfortable lead over third place.
At 2.35 p.m. the big luge final for women will take place.
We're ready for a medal shower!
Olympic news from Tuesday: No German medal in biathlon
12.40 p.m .:
Things are about to get serious for Natalie Geisenberger!
Is it enough for gold in tobogganing?
The third run starts at 12.50 p.m., the grand finale starts at 2.35 p.m.
11.28 a.m .:
No medals for the German biathletes!
The gentlemen could not repeat Denise Herrmann's stroke of genius, in the end Quentin Fillon Maillet secured gold.
Silver went to Anton Smolski, Johannes Thingnes Bø won bronze.
Benedikt Doll and Roman Rees finished sixth and seventh.
Update from February 8th, 8.43 a.m .:
Too bad, there was more in it!
The medal dream has burst for Germany's snowboarders.
Ramona Hofmeister, who won bronze in Pyeongchang in 2018, was surprisingly eliminated in the quarter-finals of the parallel giant slalom against Austrian Daniela Ulbing.
The World Cup leader Stefan Baumeister had previously failed to qualify.
"Everything was turbulent and not my day, it just didn't fit.
It's kind of all very crazy today," said the dejected Hofmeister.
In qualifying, she had driven the second-best time.
Baumeister, (Aising-Pang), who had been considered one of the favorites due to strong performances in the Olympic season, was only 18th in the qualification after a first weak run and a second good run. Elias Huber (30th / Schellenberg) also dropped out early .
Only the top 16 athletes progressed.
Lengdorfer Yannik Angenend narrowly lost his round of 16.
Olympia news from Tuesday: Third gold for Germany almost certain
First report from February 8, 6:04 a.m .:
Beijing – two gold, one silver: Germany is currently in fifth place in the medal table after 22 of 109 decisions.
On Tuesday you can now hope for the next precious metal at the Olympics, because: Today gold, silver and bronze will be awarded in tobogganing - and there the Germans are traditionally very strong!
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Natalie Geisenberger is close to her Olympic hat-trick.
After victories in Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018, the 34-year-old will be the leader in the last two races on Tuesday afternoon (final from 2:35 p.m.).
It could even be a German double success, because at halftime the Olympic debutant Anna Berreiter is in second place.
Bitter: Top favorite Julia Taubitz will probably remain without a medal after a fall.
Olympic news from Tuesday: Germany with chances in biathlon and snowboard
What else is important on Tuesday?
From 9.30 a.m., the German biathlon men are hoping for a similar coup as Denise Herrmann the day before: she had secured the gold medal in the individual over 15 kilometers.
The men are starting the 20 kilometers today, we follow the race in the live ticker.
In addition, the parallel giant slaloms in snowboarding will start at 8.39 am.
There had already been a few decisions in the morning, including in the men's Super-G.
Austria's Matthias Mayer secured a razor-thin gold ahead of Ryan Cochran-Siegle and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde.
(akl/dpa)