Olympic slalom: drama about Munich!

Only a blink of an eye is missing to gold - in the end the tears flow

Created: 2022-02-09 13:07

By: Marius Epp

At the Olympic slalom, Lena Dürr experiences a rollercoaster ride with a very bitter end.

The drama in the ticker to read.

• Olympics: women's slalom, second round

• Top favorite Mikaela Shiffrin failed again in the slalom

• The German Lena Dürr was in the lead after the first round.

  In the end, she missed a medal by a hair's breadth.

  The race in the ticker to read.

+++ UPDATE +++

Women's Olympic slalom: Final score after two runs

8 a.m.:

It couldn’t be much more bitter!

Of course, Lena Dürr showed a great competition here.

The top is extremely close together - the victim is the German.

She deserved a medal, but sometimes the sport is cruel.

Only seven hundredths are missing on bronze.

Petra Vlhova from Slovakia is Olympic champion in slalom, silver goes to Katharina Liensberger (Austria).

Wendy Holdener from Switzerland wins bronze.

Lena Dürr showed a great Olympic slalom - but in the end there was sheer disappointment.

© Michael Kappeler/dpa

7.56 a.m .:

Lena Dürr cries in an interview: “If it were a World Cup race, everything would be okay.

But now it really hurts.

That's just bitter, it's just a little missing on gold.

You can't afford to make any mistakes, I made one on the steep slope.

But it was so tight.

I can certainly be proud of myself tomorrow, but at the moment it's just bitter."

Olympic slalom in the live ticker: DSV ace Lena Dürr experiences a bitter final

1 - Lena Dürr (GER): Good start!

Extended lead, but now she has to step on the gas!

That wasn't quite optimal... another 26 hundredths!

Is it enough?

No!

This is incredibly bitter.

Dürr misses gold, silver and bronze by a hair's breadth.

In the end it is only 19 hundredths behind the winner Vlhova.

It really hurts, the German throws her hands over her head at the finish and can't believe it.

Tears flow immediately.

There is so little missing from first place - and in the end it's not even a medal.

Sport can be so tough.

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2 - Michelle Gisin (SUI):

ZDF expert Marco Büchel "can't sit anymore" with excitement!

What is the Swiss doing?

That's too timid!

She doesn't find the right set-up and was beaten at the finish.

Crazy, now the athletes are showing nerves!

It's Lena Dürr's turn.

Do it, Lena!

She is seven tenths ahead of Vlhova from the first round.

3 - Sara Hector (SWE):

It's all at stake now.

She already has the gold medal in the giant slalom in her luggage - will the next medal follow?

What a ride!

Big lead in the middle of the run, but then she's eliminated!

Threaded, that's it.

It can go so fast in slalom, that would almost certainly have been a new best time.

That means: Petra Vlhova has bronze for sure!

4 - Andreja Slokar (SLO):

The Slovenian wants to heat up the first three again, will she succeed?

She was eliminated in the giant slalom.

That looks good!

The split times fit, but then the edge pushes them too hard into the snow!

From the medal dream, Vlhova stays on top.

5 - Wendy Holdener (SUI):

Her lead melts and melts - then she picks it up again, but it's not fast enough!

Is she already out of the medal race?

6 - Paula Moltzan (USA):

Shiffrin is out, now it's up to her colleague!

But the pressure is too great.

Not a round trip for Moltzan, the gap is large.

fourth place.

It tingles more and more.

Lena Dürr is getting ready, five more runners.

7 - Katharina Liensberger (AUT):

The ÖSV athlete drives smoothly and fights against the time of Vlhova... it's not enough!

Eight hundredths slower than the Slovak.

Still not a bad run.

8 - Petra Vlhova (SVK):

The Slovakian is leading the World Cup - but she's not coping well with the aggressive snow in China.

But she succeeded in this run!

She is seven tenths faster than Rast's time, but she also had quite a lead.

Olympic slalom in the live ticker: Swiss with an announcement

9 - Camille Rast (SUI):

Great run by the Swiss!

This is a first announcement.

She drove very cheekily and was rewarded with a half-second advantage over Swenn Larsson.

It is now a matter of beating this mark.

It's getting hot.

Man, is that exciting!

10 - Katharina Gallhuber (AUT):

What was going on there?

Completely messed up start by the Austrian, only then does she wake up.

She manages a committed drive as a result, but is already too far behind.

She stood on her skis in the start house.

11 - Anna Swenn Larsson (SWE):

It's the lead, but I expected more from the Swede.

It will have nothing to do with the top rankings.

12 - Katharina Huber (AUT):

The Austrian misses too many turns with the right move and pays the price in the flat part.

Third place for her.

13 - Aline Danioth (SUI):

The young Swiss is three hundredths faster than Bucik.

She is considered a huge talent, which she proves today.

Is it maybe even enough for the top ten?

14 - Ana Bucik (SLO):

We have a new leader!

But she won't be at the top for long, now more and more top athletes are coming.

15 - Charlie Guest (GBR):

The Briton can't really get into the difficult course and can't find her rhythm.

Only ninth place.

Olympic slalom in the live ticker: Everyone is waiting for Dürr

7.09 a.m .:

The pulse is slowly increasing.

Lena Dürr must be incredibly nervous before her second trip.

This is a historic opportunity for the German Ski Association.

Bring it down, Lena!

16 - Martina Dubovska (CZE):

"She lost her courage!" ZDF expert Marco Büchel quarrels with the Czech, although she sets a new personal best.

There could have been more, in the end she wasted some time.

17 - Erin Mielzynski (CAN):

Technically clean ride, the upper body remains calm - but the final aggressiveness is missing.

Second place, the Canadian is a touch slower than Stjernesund who is still in the lead.

18 - Mina Fuerst Holtmann (NOR):

Out!

She doesn't get any pressure on the outer ski when she turns left and has to say goodbye.

19 - Thea Lousie Stjernesund (NOR):

New best time!

It's very close at the top now.

Again it is only a few hundredths that decide on the placements.

The Norwegian leads.

20 - Federica Brignone (ITA):

Wild ride - too wild!

A narrow goal is the end for the Italian.

Eliminated.

Olympic slalom in the live ticker: DSV talent Aicher is convincing

21 - Emma Aicher (GER): Furious start for the Germans!

She quickly drives out seven tenths, but towards the end her ride becomes too cautious.

It's just not enough for the lead.

Nevertheless, a successful competition for the 18-year-old talent.

your time will come.

22 - Laurence St. Germain (CAN):

What a chaotic ride at the end!

The Canadian just manages to save herself and takes the lead.

Now comes the German Emma Aicher.

23 - Ali Nullmeyer (CAN):

It's not quite enough for the Canadian, although she shows a decent drive.

No big mistakes, but still slower than Noens.

24 - Nastasia Noens (FRA):

It's going to be very tight!

The French is fighting against Shkanova's time and in the end she has the upper hand, albeit only just.

Three hundredths ahead.

25 - Maria Shkanova (BLR):

The Belarusian is the first to use her lead from the first heat and takes the lead.

Clean ride.

26 - Zrinka Ljutic (CRO):

Popovic stays ahead!

Her compatriot Ljutic comes within two tenths, but has to admit defeat.

27 - Charlotta Saefvenberg (SWE):

The next Swede does better, second place.

28 - Elsa Haakansson Fermbaeck (SWE):

The Swede also has a hard time.

She is a blink of an eye slower than her predecessor and ends up in third place.

29 - Amelia Smart (CAN):

No chance of Popovic's time for the Canadian.

That was a really good run that the Croatian did.

Olympic slalom in the live ticker: is Dürr going to gold?

30 - Leona Popovic (CRO):

The Croatian opens the second round.

At the finish she looks happy.

Let's see how far they can go forward.

The second slalom run is on!

Lena Dürr has the best chance of a medal.

Even gold is possible - after the first run she is at the front.

Update from February 9th, 6.39 a.m .:

DSV ace Lena Dürr is in the lead after the first round tonight!

No athlete was faster than the German.

But a Swiss and a Swede are breathing down the Munich native's neck: Michelle Gisin and Sara Hector are only a few hundredths behind Dürr.

Superstar Mikaela Shiffrin was eliminated after the fourth goal - just like before in the giant slalom.

The second run is about to start.

First report from February 9th:

Yanqing - who would have thought it a year ago?

Lena Dürr has been involved in slalom for a long time - but the Munich native only made her breakthrough this season.

Just in time for the Olympics.

She has already climbed onto the podium three times in the current World Cup season.

The 30-year-old wants to crown her career with an Olympic medal on Chinese snow.

The chances of Alpine precious metals aren't exactly high in these games, and Dürr has the best of all on Wednesday.

Women's Olympic slalom in the live ticker - does Dürr use her chance?

Ex-Olympic champion Maria Höfl-Riesch sees her "psychological" advantage before the race in Yanqing.

The pressure is on the favorites Mikaela Shiffrin (USA), Petra Vlhova (Slovakia) and Wendy Holdener (Switzerland).

The latter all showed nerves in giant slalom, Shiffrin even dropped out at the seventh gate.

Dürr skipped the giant slalom and fully focused on her favorite discipline, the slalom.

"I gained security from day to day," she told

.

"Now I'm ready." Dürr herself doesn't like to talk about her chances of a medal.

But, she said, "I don't know that I've had so much fun and joy over the past few years" in what she does.

And that is still the best prerequisite for success.