Olympic victory out of nowhere!

This skeleton gold for Germany is a real sensation

Created: 02/13/2022, 11:55 am

By: Marius Epp, Antonio José Riether

Hanna Neise sensationally won the gold medal.

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Medal Alert in Skeleton!

The German starters were given good chances of winning precious metal, and in the end one of them surprisingly won gold.

• Beijing Winter Olympics: Women's Skeleton

• After the first three runs it looked like two medals, but in the end only Hannah Neise was able to celebrate.

• All information about the race in the National Sliding Center of Yanqing.

Olympia: Women's Skeleton Final - Result after 4 of 4 rounds:

Hannah Neise causes a sensation in the women's skeleton competition.

The 21-year-old, who could not reach a podium in 14 World Cup races, takes the Olympic victory.

The surprising podium was completed by Australia's Jaclyn Narracott and Kimberley Bos from the Netherlands.

The fourth run ended disappointingly for Tina Hermann, who ended up only fourth.

The German double victory like the day before with the men is therefore missing.

Hannah Naise (Germany), 4th run:

The leader gets on the track well, remains flawless at first and doesn't hit the rails.

She picks up more speed than Narracott - and finishes her run!

Naise gets her first podium in her first big races, and then right at the Olympics.

Narracott (Australia) 4th round:

The Australian

Jaclyn Narracott maintains her lead over Bos and Hermann, securing the silver medal with a time of 4:08.24 minutes!

Tina Hermann (Germany), 4th run:

Now Hermann comes onto the track, but she doesn't get any speed in her run.

With that, Kimberly Bos gets the bronze medal, the German probably falls back to fourth place.

Very bitter for the woman from Ehringhausen.

Kimberley Bos (Netherlands), 4th run:

The Oranje driver didn't set in an optimal run either, but with 4:08:64 minutes she was ahead of Rahneva.

Rahneva (Canada), 4th run:

The fifth after three rounds was Mirela Rahneva.

The Canadian can't do a good run, she can only defend eight hundredths on Uhlaender.

The Canadian's time: 4:09.15 minutes.

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Jacqueline Lölling (Germany), 4th heat:

The German, who was sixth, cannot beat Uhlaender's time and falls behind Anna Fernstädt.

Only eighth place for the winner.

4th run:

We are approaching the last six runners.

The thirteenth is Anna Fernstädt's turn and sets a new mark, even if her passage is very bumpy.

The American Katie Uhlaender sits down shortly afterwards in front of the Czech.

4th run:

After the runs of China's Li Yuxi and Belgium's Kim Meylemans, Kanakina is still first.

The Austrian Janine Flock finished ahead of the Russian with a time of 4:10.04 minutes, but the Chinese Zhao Dan took first place from her again for the time being.

New best time: 4:09.52 minutes.

4th heat:

Italy's Valentina Margaglio sets a strong time of 4:10.38, with Brazilian Nicole Rocha Silveira finishing behind her.

The Russian Alina Tararychenkova has to be classified after her fourth round behind Margaglio and Rocha Silveira.

Her compatriot Julija Kanakina, however, takes the lead after a remarkable run and after all is the best Russian.

4th run:

The starters are now beginning, the British Laura Deas finished in 20th place and starts, has a final time of 4:11.55 minutes.

Next up is 33-year-old Latvian Endija Tērauda, ​​who has to let Deas pass him, but shortly afterwards Canada's Jane Channell grabs the temporary lead with a total time of 4:10.950 minutes.

The Russian Jelena Nikitina from Russia just trumped her predecessor and set a new record with 4:10.87 minutes.

But there are still 16 other athletes in their turn.

Update from 2:45 p.m .:

Ten minutes until the last and decisive round in the women’s skeleton competition.

Germany is ahead in the person of Hannah Neise, Tina Hermann is in third place.

Olympia: Women's skeleton final - standings after 3 of 4 rounds:

Olympia: Women's skeleton final in the live ticker - third run with three strong German starters

3rd heat:

Britain's Brogan Crowley, USA's Kelly Curtis, South Korea's Kim Eun-ji and U.S. Virgin Islands starters Kellie Delka and Katie Tannenbaun from Puerto Rico are eliminated.

The top twenty participants will compete against each other

2:55 p.m. CET , then Hannah Neise and Tina Hermann will fight for precious metal.

Neise in particular has a good chance of winning the gold medal after her third run.

3rd run:

With the exception of the Austrian Janine Flock, no athlete has managed to make it into the top ten.

Eight more participants are taking part in the third run.

The last five of the 25 starters are eliminated here.

3rd run:

The top ten is over, now 15 more athletes follow, but they probably won't pose a threat to Germany's medal dreams.

Li (China), 3rd run:

The second Chinese first hits the boards, hits the boards and stays in tenth place.

Rahneva (Canada), 3rd run:

The Canadian put her second fastest time on the track, she improved to 5th place.

Olympia: Women's skeleton final in the live ticker - three German starters at the front

Uhlaender (USA), 3rd run:

The US athlete improved from 8th to 6th place, but her gap to Hermann, who was third, is increasing significantly.

Anna Fernstädt (Czech Republic), 3rd run:

The Czech cannot bring the speed of her predecessors onto the track, but she can also position herself in front of Zhao.

Bos (Netherlands), 3rd round:

The Croatian Kimberley Bos drives a bit too wild, but catches up.

She pushes ahead of Lölling with 35 hundredths.

Lölling (Germany), 3rd run:

The third German is Jacqueline "Jacka" Lölling, she also makes a few mistakes, but overtakes her predecessor Zhao.

But now she is 47 hundredths behind Neise, previously it was 15 hundredths.

Zhao (China), 3rd run:

After a heavy drift, the Chinese is 16 hundredths behind Neise, the medal is already a long way off for the local hero.

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Olympia: Women's skeleton final in live ticker - German duo on course for medals

Hermann (Germany), 3rd run:

Now the current third Tina Hermann is in action!

The Hessian cannot match her time, with 1:01.90 min. she has to place herself back in third place.

But there is still one last decisive round in which she can submit.

Neise (Germany), 3rd run:

Hannah Neise comes out strong, is only 16 hundredths behind after the second measurement, and even overtakes her a few corners later.

The 21-year-old puts on a clean run and is fourteen hundredths ahead at the end!

Another new track record in Yanqing.

Narracott (Australia) 3rd heat:

The leader starts in the third of four heats!

She drifts slightly in the first exit, easily hits the barriers after the fourth corner, but stays fast.

Even if the two mistakes from the beginning cost her some time, she sets a new track record with 1:01.79 min. Strong performance by Jaclyn Narracott!

Olympia: Women's Skeleton Final - standings after 2 of 4 rounds:

Update from February 12, 1:05 p.m .:

Another quarter of an hour until the German women start in the skeleton competition.

The German starters want to underpin their medal ambitions from 1:20 p.m. in the Yanqing National Sliding Center.

Update from February 12, 12:39 p.m .:

After the men’s double medal win, the German women are challenged in the individual skeleton competition.

Hannah Neise and World Champion Tina Hermann could each grab a medal, the third of four rounds will start at 1:20 p.m.

Olympics: Women's skeleton final in the live ticker - Germany always victorious in Yanqing

First report from February 12th:

Yanqing - The German tobogganists have made the 2.5 billion expensive and brand new ice track at the foot of the Xiaohaituo Mountains their own - there is no other way to express it.

Johannes Ludwig, Natalie Geisenberger and Co. take home four gold and two silver medals, it is already a unique success story.

But in addition to the tobogganists, the German bobsleigh and skeleton drivers are also among the world's best.

On Friday the skeletons Christopher Grotheer and Axel Jungk made history and won gold and silver.

In the women's skeleton, Hannah Neise and world champion Tina Hermann have their sights firmly set on a medal.

After the first two rounds, the two will go into the final on Saturday in second and third place.

Olympia: Women's skeleton final in live ticker - Germany, China or Australia?

The third German pilot, Jacqueline Lölling, still has a chance of a medal in fifth place.

Somewhat surprisingly, Australia's Jaclyn Narracott took first place at half-time.

With Zhao Dan, China has also brought a top athlete into the race who had hardly made an appearance before.

She's fourth at halftime.

So medals are firmly planned for Team Germany - even the golden one is absolutely within the realm of possibility.

It would be a premiere, because there has never been a German Olympic champion in skeleton.

The third heat starts at 1.20 p.m., a little later (2.55 p.m.) the decision about the medals will be made in the fourth and final run.