Olympia: Skeleton final live today - will Germany regain the lead in the medal table?

Created: 2022-02-11Updated: 2022-02-11, 12:31 p.m

By: Antonio Jose Riether

Skeleton racer Christopher Grotheer is in first place going into the final heats.

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Skeleton men live today: Two German athletes are hoping for medals at the Olympic Games in Beijing on Friday.

We accompany the two decisive runs in the live ticker.

• The German Olympic team has already collected nine medals, now the next ones could follow.

• With Christopher Grotheer and Axel Jungk there are two contenders for a podium place.

• The live ticker has all the information about the men's skeleton competition.

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Yanqing - After the disappointing performance of the DSV biathletes on Friday morning, the German Olympic team had to give Norway the lead in the medal table.

But there are still some decisions to be made at the Olympic Winter Games, including the men's skeleton event.

The competition in the newly built ice rink in Yanging in north-west Beijing could see the next medals for Germany.

Olympia live: skeleton men in the live ticker - Grotheer and Jungk on course for a medal

The German athletes already knew how to impress in the toboggan competitions, now the skeleton men should add the next precious metal.

To be more precise, the performances of Christopher Grotheer and Axel Jungk give hope for the next gold medal.

Before the two last and decisive runs, which take place from 1.20 p.m., the two athletes occupy the first two places in the ranking.

Before the third race, world champion Grotheer is 0.70 seconds ahead of his 29-year-old compatriot Jungk.

Both would probably only lose their promising positions in the event of gross blunders.

On the ARD microphone, Grotheer explained his two best times in the heats, which put him in a good starting position: “Everything was very tight in training, so I wanted to use the first run to shock the competition.

I did that very well."

Olympia live: Skeleton men in the live ticker - Jungk with a narrow lead in second place

His colleague Jungk started the first race with a fifth place and improved to second place in the second.

But the lead over third-placed Chinese Yan Wengang is just 0.05 seconds.

A third German is also there alongside Grotheer and Jungk: Alexander Gassner from BSC Winterberg is in ninth place.

He too could still end up in the top ten, which he previously said was his "primary goal".

"Now I want to build on that and tomorrow at the start I want to add a bit more," said the optimistic Gassner to ARD.

(ajr)