Cross-country team sprint at the Olympics live today: German women confident in the final - what are the men doing?

Created: 02/16/2022, 09:43 am

By: Antonio Jose Riether

Kathaina Hennig can take care of the next medal today together with Victoria Carl.

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Olympia: In cross-country skiing today the decisions are made in the team sprint.

The women make the start, two German athletes qualified confidently for the final.

• Olympic Winter Games in Beijing: The classic team sprints for women and men in the ticker.

• The German cross-country skiers Katharina Hennig and Victoria Carl start at 10.15 am.

• The decider in the men's competition begins at 10:45 am.

Zhangjiakou - On Wednesday morning German time, the qualification of the cross-country skiers took place first.

A German duo was able to qualify in the first semi-final for the decision at 10.15 a.m.

Katharina Hennig and Victoria Carl were the fastest team among the first four of the 13 teams and will definitely take part in the final.

The 25 and 26-year-old athletes confidently prevailed over the teams from the USA, Austria and Switzerland.

Olympia: cross-country team competition in the live ticker - Hennig and Carl qualified confidently

There were some complications before qualifying, because Victoria Carl replaced Katherine Sauerbrey in the team sprint at short notice.

Although Sauerbrey was actually nominated by team boss Peter Schlickenrieder for the two-man team, the Thuringian is said not to have felt one hundred percent fit.

Due to the load control, she decided against the start and left it to Carl.

Both had surprisingly won silver in the relay on Saturday together with Katharine Hennig and Sofie Krehl.

In today's team sprint, the task is simple and clear: both participants each run a 1.5-kilometer lap three times, Sauerbrey probably didn't feel up to it.

Olympia: cross-country team competition in the live ticker - men's qualification from 9.40 a.m

In bright sunshine and freezing cold in the Chinese city of Zhangjiakou, which is around 100 kilometers northwest of Beijing, the men will also contest their final at 10.45 a.m.

Here, too, the German men must first survive the qualification.

This takes place at 9.40 a.m., Germany has to assert itself here against the USA, Russia, Austria or Switzerland, among others.

The two German cross-country skiers would also have to finish in the top four teams in their Olympic semi-finals in order to secure their place in the final.

In addition, the two teams that finish behind them with the best times take part in the final run.