Olympia live: Next medal rain for Germany?

A double victory even beckons

Created: 2022-02-09Updated: 2022-02-09 13:07

By: Christoph Klaucke

Four-time Olympic champions Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt are also tobogganing for gold in Beijing.

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At the Olympics in luge, the decision is in the doubles.

Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt and Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken duel for gold.

The live ticker.

• Olympia: Tobogganing in doubles on Wednesday, from 1.20 p.m

• The four-time Olympic champions Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt as well as the world champion duo Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken fight for gold in the ice track.

• Will the German lugers bring a rain of medals again in Beijing?

  We accompany the decision in the doubles in the live ticker.

+++ UPDATE +++

Beijing - Tobogganing has been firmly in German hands at the Winter Olympics for decades.

Also at the Olympics in Beijing, the German lugers dominate the events and ensure a rain of medals for Germany.

Johannes Ludwig and Natalie Geisenberger have already triumphed in the single-seater.

The doubles are in action on Wednesday - and the German team can even look forward to a double victory.

Olympics: sledding in doubles - German teams duel for gold

Before the two runs for the medals, four-time Olympic champions Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt set the fastest time in the last training session on Tuesday.

In addition to the duo from Bavaria, the Thuringian world champion duo Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken would also like to take precious metal with them from China.

Four years ago it was enough for bronze.

A dramatic race for gold threatens to break out between the two teams from Bavaria and Thuringia.

We accompany the competition of the toboggan doubles here in the live ticker.