Tobogganing at the Olympics in the live ticker: Germany reaches for gold again

Created: 02/10/2022Updated: 02/10/2022 15:09

By: Alexander Kaindl, Marius Epp, Florian Schimak

Natalie Geisenberger fell in training.

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Germany is fighting for the next medals at the Olympic Games.

The most important decisions from Thursday in our news ticker.

3.05 p.m .:

From 2.30 p.m. the team relay competition of the lugers will run, Germany has a good chance of a medal.

The Polish team is currently leading the ranking ahead of Romania and the Czech Republic, and it is still the turn of the German quartet.

With Natalie Geisenberger, Johannes Ludwig and the doubles consisting of Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt, four gold medal winners will compete.

They are now hoping for their second precious metal in China.

1.50 p.m .:

Germany is hoping for the next medal!

Johannes Ludwig (Oberhof), Natalie Geisenberger (Miesbach) and Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt (Berchtesgaden/Schönau am Königssee) are about to start in the toboggan relay.

It starts at 2.30 p.m.

12:23 p.m .:

The German ice hockey fans are slowly tingling!

at 2.10 p.m. the German team takes part in the Olympic tournament.

Can the Söderholm squad get off to a good start?

We are in the live ticker.

11.34 a.m .:

What is actually going on with the German snowboarders?

Again it was nothing with a medal.

First Stefan Baumeister and Ramona Hofmeister in the parallel giant slalom, now top favorite Martin Nörl in snowboard cross: three hopefuls whose dreams of gold in the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou all burst.

Sports director Alexander Scheid found clear words for this.

"We don't get it right.

You need this self-image to start here and win.

We didn't have that," he said: "When things really get down to business at the Olympic Games, some people can add ten percent more."

For Nörl there is still a small chance of redemption with Jana Fischer in the mixed team competition on Sunday, but "giving the medal as a goal would be excessive," said Scheid.

For the battered snowboarders it would be little consolation anyway.

Olympic news in the ticker: cross-country skier Hennig just missed the medal – discussion about beauty Gu

08:59:

It wasn't enough for a medal, but at least 5th place for Katharina Hennig.

The Norwegian Therese Johaug won the gold medal over the 10 km classic cross-country skiing.

Katherine Sauerbrey was eleventh.

8.05 a.m .:

What’s up in cross-country skiing today?

The women's 10K takes place today.

A German medal is rather unlikely.

But let us surprise ourselves.

06:59:

Does it start or does it not start?

US superstar Mikaela Shiffrin has not yet decided whether she will compete in the Olympic Super-G on Friday.

The 26-year-old will train this Thursday and then decide whether she will compete in the first women's speed event.

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6.50 a.m .:

Skeleton world champion Christopher Grotheer from Oberhof is on course for gold after two runs.

With a track record of 1:00.00 minutes, Grotheer got off to a perfect start in the first round on Thursday.

Halfway through the race he is clearly in the lead and has a lead of 0.70 seconds over Axel Jungk from BSC Sachsen Oberbärenburg, who is second overall in the World Cup.

In the two final runs on Friday there is a chance for the first German men's medal at the Olympics.

06:32:

Olympic snowboard champion Chloe Kim has voiced her support for Chinese ski freestyle star Eileen Gu.

"I know how difficult it is for her.

It's not fair how she's being treated," said the American on Thursday after becoming the first woman to win Olympic gold in the halfpipe for a second time.

Gu, who was born in California and won her first of up to three possible gold medals for China in the Big Air competition in Beijing, had recently received numerous hate comments on social media from the USA.

"I'm proud that she made her decision at 15," Kim said.

At the time, her friend Gu asked her about the reasons for her decision in favor of the USA.

Kim's father immigrated to the United States from South Korea in 1982: "My family and my fans made the difference.

But everyone has their own reasons," she said.

A comparison with Gu is "not fair".

Olympic news from February 10th: Goggia renounces Super-G - halfpipe champion Kim supports Gu

6:27 a.m .:

Downhill Olympic champion Sofia Goggia does without the Super-G on Friday (4 CET) at the Winter Games in Beijing.

This was announced by the Italian ski team.

Goggia (29) had injured his knee shortly before the Olympics at the World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Nevertheless, the dominant downhill skier of the season made the trip to China, where she absolutely wants to compete in the supreme discipline on Tuesday.

The only German starter in the Super-G is Kira Weidle.

The World Championships second in the downhill is only one of the contenders for a medal in the second speed race.

Olympic news from February 9th: luge doubles win gold and silver

3:34 p.m .:

The German doubles Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt have won gold in the Olympic luge race for the third time in a row.

The duo from Bavaria prevailed on Wednesday just ahead of their long-time rivals Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken.

After two runs, the gap was 99 thousandths of a second, meaning the world champions from Thuringia won Olympic silver for the first time.

Bronze went to the Austrians Thomas Steu/Lorenz Koller.

"Anyone who knows us knows that we are fighters and biters," said Wendl on

: "You can count on us at the climax every four years, and that's how it was again now." Because apart from the Winter Games, in the World Cup and at World Championships, Eggert/Benecken had always been stronger recently.

"Olympia has its own laws," said Eggert: "We can be proud of silver, but of course we wanted this gold."

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3:13 p.m.: Yes!

The next toboggan gold for Germany!

Tobi Wendl and Tobias Arndt get the Olympic victory in the doubles.

1:42 p.m .:

Is there two golds for Team Germany today?

In the Nordic combined, Geiger sensationally stormed to Olympic victory (see 12.31 p.m.) - and in the doubles in tobogganing, things are looking really good after the first run!

The 2nd run starts at 2.35 p.m.

From then on it's time to keep your fingers crossed again.

12:31 p.m.: Wow!

What kind of finish is that in Nordic Combined?

Johannes Rydzek was on course for gold a few meters before the finish, but then Vinzenz Geiger flew past him and snagged the Olympic victory!

12:16 p.m .:

Russia’s ice hockey team started the tenth Olympic gold operation with a win.

The 2018 gold medalist won 1-0 (1-0, 0-0, 0-0) against Switzerland at the start of the men's tournament at the Winter Games in Beijing.

The favourite, who competes in China under the name of his Olympic Committee ROC because of the doping scandal in Sochi in 2014, triumphed 4-3 after extra time in the final against the German team four years ago.

9.44 a.m .:

Snowboard crosser Jana Fischer was eliminated in the round of 16 when American Lindsey Jacobellis won the Olympics.

The 2019 Junior World Champion had no chance in her knockout run at Zhangjiakou's Genting Snow Park after a driving error at the start and finished fourth.

Only the top two of each heat advance to fourth.

Jacobellis (36) won the final ahead of Chloe Trespeuch (France) and Meryeta Odine (Canada).

9:22 a.m .:

While the successor to Eric Frenzel, who is not allowed to start due to a corona infection, has been sought in Nordic combined since 9 a.m., there was already an Olympic drama in the morning.

Munich's Lena Dürr missed a medal by a hair's breadth - and then burst into tears.

Olympic decisions and news from Tuesday February 8th

3:17 p.m .: Pressure?

Difficult turn 13?

Natalie Geisenberger doesn't seem to know these words!

The mother of a son from Miesbach is an Olympic champion and is even expanding her lead.

This is the German double victory!

Gold for Geisenberger, silver for Berreiter.

Russia's Tatyana Ivanova takes bronze.

Geisenberger gets her fifth Olympic gold.

After her fall, Julia Taubitz moved up to seventh place.

Anna Berreiter from Berchtesgaden was still in tears on the sled, for her it is her first Olympic medal.

Lena Dürr wants to win a medal in alpine slalom on Wednesday.

3.15 p.m .:

Tears at Anna Berreiter at the finish!

The German has silver for sure!

Will she maybe even become an Olympic champion?

Since the Miesbacherin Geisenberger will have something against it.

The leader is at the top at the start.

3.10 p.m .:

The top German driver Julia Taubitz fought her way up a number of places after her fall in the second run.

But it won't be enough for a medal.

At the moment the Austrian Madeleine Egle is leading, but now the German double pack of Anna Berreiter and Natalie Geisenberger is coming.

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2.50 p.m .:

The fourth run in tobogganing is already underway, the excitement is rising!

Do the German athletes keep their nerves?

Natalie Geisenberger and Anna Berreiter are on course for gold and silver respectively.

Bring it down girls!

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 already failed in the qualification.

"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!

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.