Crazy finish!

Gold in the Nordic combination - drama in the live ticker

Created: 2022-02-09 2:15 p.m

By: Marco Blanco-Ucles

Olympics: Nordic Combined NOW LIVE - Gold for Germany!

Completely crazy finish in the last few meters © Pierre-Philippe MARCOU / AFP

Numerous favorites in Nordic combined are in quarantine - including the German Olympic champion Eric Frenzel.

Here is the live ticker of the first medal decision.

+++ UPDATE +++

Update from February 9th, 1 p.m.:

Olympic champion Vinzenz Geiger in the ZDF interview: “You should never give up.

I don't know how it worked either, amazing.

I have to say I've never had such good skis, big thanks to the technical team.

The preparation sucked.

But I find it much worse that Terence and Eric are still in isolation.

We have a brilliant team.

Greetings also to my girlfriend, with whom I have been on the phone a lot in the last few days.

Some people in Oberstdorf are certainly happy for me, three times SC Oberstdorf here at the start is awesome.”

Update from February 9th, 12:43 p.m .: 

What a race!

Johannes Rydzek saw himself as an Olympic champion and suddenly found himself in fifth place.

Vinzenz Geiger and Joergen Graabak made the competition look like amateurs on the last climb.

In the end, Geiger has the most grains in the finish sprint and is crowned Olympic champion for the first time.

Olympic debutant Julian Schmid stayed in the leading group for a long time, but then the plug was pulled on the last lap.

Update from February 9, 12:55 p.m .:

Eric Frenzel speaks up: Frenzel, who is in quarantine, congratulates Instagram, posts a picture of Geiger and writes: “How awesome, I congratulate you.

What a hammer race.”

12:28 p.m .:

Geiger wins after an incredible finish.

Graabak takes silver, Greiderer bronze.

12:27 p.m .:

Rydzek is the tragic figure of this mad race, loses his title, his medal in the last few meters and only finishes fifth.

Schmid comes in eighth.

12:26 p.m .: Madness!!!

Geiger passes everyone in the last few meters.

Violinist is Olympic champion!!!!!!

12:24 p.m .:

Rydzek no longer seems to be able to be caught.

It smells like gold for Germany!

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12:22 p.m .:

Geiger in third place!

Schmid is losing more and more ground and is only seventh.

At the front, Rydzek still defends his lead.

12.20 p.m .:

Rydzek leads, drives at an incredible pace.

Greiderer can keep up, Schmid is losing ground.

12:18 p.m .:

It’s the last of four rounds.

It's going to be a very close race for gold.

12.16 p.m .:

Six out of ten kilometers are over.

The front three runners are just 0.8 seconds apart.

What excitement!

12.14 p.m .:

Vinzenz Geiger is fighting and is currently in tenth place.

Schmid has taken the lead at the front, followed by Rydzek and Greiderer.

Yamamoto has lost contact with the apex.

12.12 p.m .:

Half time on the trail: Rydzek ahead of Greiderer and Schmid.

As of now, Germany would have won two medals!

12.09 p.m .:

Rydzek has now taken the lead.

12.06 p.m .: Change of

leadership!

Greiderer, Schmid and Rydzek pass Yamamoto.

12:03 p.m .:

As expected, Yamamoto cannot maintain his lead and has already lost more than half the time.

12.02 p.m .:

Vinzenz Geiger is also on the way and blows to catch up.

Update from February 9th, 12:00 p.m.: It starts with the decision in the cross-country ski run!

Yamamoto, Greiderer, Schmid and Rydzek are on their way.

Olympic Nordic Combined: intermediate result after jumping

Update from February 9th, 9:59 a.m .: Germany can hope for a medal.

Julian Schmid in third place and Johannes Rydzek in fourth place start the cross-country ski run with a good starting position.

9.52 a.m .: The top favorite leaves something behind.

Johannes Lamparter finishes at 100 meters, fifth place and 1:04 minutes behind.

9.50 a.m .: Vinzenz Geiger is coming!

Only 98 meters for the best German this winter.

Tenth place and almost a minute and a half behind.

9.48 a.m .: It starts for Julian Schmid.

Or not.

Schmid has to get off the beam, the wind is too strong.

Second try, this time he's allowed to go.

103 meters for the 22-year-old, third place.

40 seconds behind Ryota.

9.45 a.m.: Hill record for Yamamoto Ryota!

108 meters, lead for the Japanese.

9.43 a.m .: Johannes Rydzek drives off with a smile on his face.

And he delivers!

104 meters, an amazing jump!

Second place for the German!

9.41 a.m .: There are still ten jumpers at the top.

Things are about to get serious for the German trio!

9.40 a.m .: Strong set by Lukas Greiderer: 103.5 meters, just as far as Yachi.

It's enough for leadership.

9.37 a.m .: 102 meters for Franz-Josef Rehrl.

Second, four seconds behind Yachi.

9:33 am: Sora Yachi's exclamation mark!

103.5 meters, clear record and lead for the Japanese.

9.31 a.m .: The Finnish coach waves Eero Hirvonen off with an ice hockey stick, which you don’t see every day.

93 meters, fourth place.

9.29 a.m .: About ten minutes left, then the three German starters come with Rydzek, Schmid and Geiger.

+++ Change of leadership!

97.5 meters for Matteo Baud, the Frenchman takes the lead +++

+++ The level is slowly increasing.

Vid Vrhohnik jumped 91.5 meters, fifth place.

Lukas Danek landed at 97 meters, best distance and second place for the Czech +++

+++ There are strong updraft conditions on the slope.

Again and again jumpers have to come down from the beam +++

+++ A lot of wind means 96 meters for Ondrej Pazout, lead for the Czech +++

+++ The Italian Iacopo Bortolas, who sailed 93.5 meters +++, is in the lead

+++ A good 90 meters from Jeun Park.

Third place for the South Korean +++

+++ The jumping has started.

The first athletes have significant problems jumping over 85 meters +++

Olympia: Nordic combined in the live ticker – Corona puts Olympic champions out of action

Update from February 9th, 9:00 a.m.:

Even without the infected Frenzel and Weber, the German athletes are not without a chance when it comes to medals.

The best chances are given to Vinzenz Geiger, third in the overall World Cup.

But Johannes Rydzek and Julian Schmid can also squint towards the podium.

Especially since several favorites are in quarantine.

Austria's Johannes Lamparter is the top favorite for gold.

Update from February 9th, 8:57 a.m .:

ZDF shows the emotional pictures from Pyeongchang 2018, when the German athletes Johannes Rydzek, Fabian Rießle and Eric Frenzel celebrated a historic triple success with ranks one, two and three.

Update from February 9, 8:42 a.m.:

Bitter news from the German camp: In addition to Olympic champion Eric Frenzel (see first report), Terence Weber also missed the competition.

After Weber's CT value improved a lot on Tuesday, he was entered for the normal hill competition.

Today, however, the role followed backwards, as the German team doctor Stefan Pecher explained on ARD: "Unfortunately, Terence's values ​​have deteriorated a little again.

So, unfortunately, we can't get him out of isolation just yet.” At least Frenzel's value improved a lot this morning, which increases hopes that the Olympic champion will start in the other competitions.

First report from February 9, 6:37 a.m .:

Beijing – It is not only when looking at the Nordic combined that it becomes clear that these Olympic Games can hardly be compared to their predecessors – keyword Corona.

In the other sports, however, it is usually only a few athletes who are affected, but numerous top athletes are doomed to watch from the normal hill in the combined event at the first medal decision (9 a.m., ZDF).

Among them the German Eric Frenzel.

The three-time medalist from the past Pyeongchang Games has been in isolation since arriving in Beijing.

If things get serious this Monday, Frenzel will be zapping through the Chinese TV channels to be able to follow his colleagues' competition.

In a press round of the German Ski Association, the 33-year-old said: "I really hope that the competition will be broadcast.

That's how it's been over the last few days that I've watched as many competitions as possible via the various broadcasters."

Olympia: Nordic combined today in the live ticker - numerous corona failures

Frenzel won't be the only prominent name to have to follow what's happening on TV.

With the Norwegian world champion Jarl Magnus Riiber and the Estonian Kristjan Ilves, other top favorites are missing.

Frenzel's teammate Terence Weber, who also tested positive on landing in China, has now been allowed to leave isolation, but his assignment is still uncertain.

Frenzel believes in a high-quality competition in the first individual competition of the games, but also emphasizes: "Of course, the chances of victory or medals for others increase a lot." After jumping from the normal hill (9 a.m.) it's up for the combined athletes at 12 p.m the 10 km long trail.

(mbu)