Next Olympic coup in the skeleton final!

Germany confidently fetches gold and silver

Created: 02/12/2022, 08:54

By: Antonio Jose Riether

Skeleton men at the Olympics: On Friday, two German athletes made a medal debut at the Olympic Games with gold and silver.

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

• With Christopher Grotheer and Axel Jungk, the skeleton men won Olympic medals for the first time.

• All information about the men's skeleton competition.

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Skeleton men at Olympia 2022: final result after 4 rounds

Update, 4:00 p.m .:

National coach Christian Baude was overwhelmed after the Olympic victory and his protégés’ silver medal.

"It's crazy, we have a great team.

Everyone worked hard.

Indescribable!

Christopher's rides were amazing.

Axel and he were very relaxed upstairs.

I knew nothing would go wrong," said the 39-year-old on the ARD microphone.

Olympic champion Christopher Grotheer (left) and second-placed Axel Jungk had every reason to celebrate.

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Grotheer (Germany) 4th run:

The man from Wernigerode stays true to his line and has his fourth strong run.

Given his lead, he doesn't have to risk much and wins gold at the Winter Games with a lead of 0.66 seconds!

It's the first-ever Olympic medal for men's skeleton.

Grotheer and Jungk ensure an unexpected premiere with gold and silver, the cheering of the German team is great!

Jungk (Germany) 4th round:

The 30-year-old Zschopauer drives quite cleanly, gets through the first corners well and extends his lead over Yan from China.

Axel Jungk makes it exciting, but with a lead of one tenth he will definitely win silver in the end!

Skeleton men at the 2022 Olympics: Chinese Yan secures medal

Tretiakov (Russia) 4th round:

And the Russian loses his podium place, so China already has the bronze medal for sure.

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Yan Wengang (China) 4th run:

 The Chinese sets a new best time, now the Russian Alexander Tretiakov follows.

Then it is the turn of the two leading Germans.

Martin Dukurs (Latvia) 4th run:

The older brother of the two Latvians makes several mistakes and falls back by two places.

Rukosuev (Russia) 4th run:

After a problematic final, the Russian is currently in second place.

Men's skeleton at the 2022 Olympics: Alexander Gassner in the top ten

Yin (China) 4th run:

The Chinese also attacked, he took the lead with a seven-tenth advantage, Alexander Gassner gave him applause.

T. Dukurs (Latvia) 4th run:

And indeed, Thomas Dukurs cannot get ahead of Gassner.

The German holds the lead for the time being.

Seven athletes are still missing.

Gassner (Germany) 4th run:

Strong run by the third German, who with a total time of 4:02.83 minutes is well ahead of Jung and attacks the Latvian Thomas Dukurs.

Jung (South Korea) 4th run:

The second South Korean is happy after his round, with his time of 4:03.74 minutes he is definitely in the top ten.

Facundo Bagnis (Italy), 4th heat:

The tenth athlete in the last round is the Italian Bagnis, who beats Yun by a hundredth of a second and is at least eleventh.

Skeleton men at the 2022 Olympics: Fourth round starts - German duo before a double victory

4th run:

Samuel Maier puts in a good run, the Austrian sets a new best time with a total time of 4:40.49 minutes.

But reigning Olympic champion Yun Sung-bin of South Korea can surpass him with his best run of the competition.

4th run:

With a total time of 4:05.03 minutes, Mattia Gaspari takes first place in the decisive heat.

Matt Weston from Great Britain can't pass him either.

Eleven athletes still have their turn before the successful German duo Christopher Grotheer and Axel Jungk go into the last round.

Heat 4:

Vladyslav Heraskevych of Ukraine is nine hundredths behind Schlintner.

The Austrian's lead is short-lived, with Great Britain's Marcus Wyatt holding his 16th place.

4th heat:

Canadian Blake Enzie

presents well with a reasonable attempt, his time: 1:01.54.

He is followed by Nathan Crumpton from American Samoa, who is ahead of Enzie with a better overall time.

The Austrian Alexander Schlintner in turn overtakes his two predecessors.

Update, 2:50 p.m .:

In the last round, the German skeletons have the chance of two medals, but before that they start from rank 20 and up.

Canadian Blake Enzie will start at 2:55 p.m.

Skeleton men at the 2022 Olympics: intermediate result after 3 of 4 rounds

Update, 2.30 p.m .:

Germany could secure the next two medals in 25 minutes.

In the decisive fourth run of the men's skeleton competition, Christopher Grotheer and Axel Jungk are on the verge of a double victory, two good runs are missing for the medal.

Men's skeleton at the 2022 Olympics: German duo before the last round on medals Kus

Update, August 14th:

The last four skeleton riders Marcus Wyatt (Great Britain), Alexander Schlintner (Austria), Nathan Crumpton (American Samoa) and Canadian Blake Enzie are also in their previous positions.

At 2:55 p.m., the fourth and final round continues.

Then Christopher Grotheer and Axel Jungk can secure their gold and silver medals.

Heraskevych (Ukraine) 3rd run:

The young athlete from Kiev can't get past his previous 16th place either.

It probably won't get any better, the third run is probably no longer relevant for the German medal contenders.

Gaspari (Italy) 3rd run:

Mattia Gaspari is still six hundredths behind Weston after his attempt.

Weston (Great Britain) 3rd run:

Briton Matt Weston can't do it either and ends up behind Maier.

Maier (Austria) 3rd round:

Samuel Maier can't get past Yun, the 22-year-old is in 1:01.05 and is currently in last 13th place. Seven athletes remain until the break before the fourth round.

Yun (South Korea) 3rd run:

The 2018 Olympic champion also fell short of expectations in his third attempt and got stuck in twelfth place.

Bagnis (Italy) 3rd heat:

Amedeo Bagnis of Italy also has to place himself in the lower regions of the classification, he only manages a time of 1:00.83.

Skeleton men at the 2022 Olympics: Third German with a chance of being in the top ten

Jung (South Korea) 3rd run:

Jung cannot attack at the front either. Despite the best time behind Gassner, he ends up on the last place in this round for the time being.

Gassner (Germany) 3rd run:

The third German Alexander Gassner remains well behind the Latvian Thomas Dukurs.

Still, not a bad attempt by the 32-year-old.

T. Dukurs (Latvia) 3rd run:

Thomas Dukurs cannot get past the competition after his 1:00:74 run.

Yin Zheng (China) 3rd run:

The second Chinese has a time of 1:00.40, so it's probably not enough for a medal.

M. Dukurs (Latvia) 3rd run:

The Latvian Martins Dukurs is still fighting for the medals after his run, but he cannot catch up with the two German leaders.

Tretiakov (Russia) 3rd heat:

The Russian also has problems with the fourth turn, but he still sets a personal best of the day of 1:00.37.

Rukosuev (Russia) 3rd run:

The fourth-placed Russian does not present himself badly, but remains fourteen hundredths behind the Chinese Yan Wengang.

Now it's his compatriot Tretiakov's turn.

Skeleton men at the 2022 Olympics: German double victory possible - Grotheer and Jungk remain on course for medals

Yan Wengang (China) 3rd heat:

 The Chinese made his first mistake in the fourth corner.

With a time of 1:00.54 he is jeopardizing his current position on the podium.

Jungk (Germany) 3rd run:

Axel Jungk also had a great run at the perfect time and stayed on course for a medal!

1:00.31 is his result.

Now China has to follow suit with Yan Wengang.

Grotheer (Germany) 3rd

heat: As in the two previous heats, Groother has few problems, avoids treacherous barriers and sets a strong time of 1:00.16!

It smells like the medal!

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Update, 1:20 p.m .:

Now the time has come, the next German medals are on the way.

Christopher Grotheer and Axel Jungk lead the ranking.

Update, 1:09 p.m .:

Will the German skeletons get the next medal?

Ten minutes until the start of the third run!

Update, 12:48 p.m .:

In half an hour, the two skeleton athletes Christopher Grotheer and Axel Jungk will be fighting for a medal.

Grotheer in particular is on course for gold, Jungk has to shake off his competitors from the host country.

The third of four runs starts at 1.20 p.m.

Skeleton men at the 2022 Olympics: intermediate result after 2 of 4 rounds

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

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 Yanqing 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)