Gigantic violinist brings Germany another medal: Frenzel was missing after dramatic moments at the award ceremony

Created: 02/18/2022, 09:49 am

By: Marco Blanco-Ucles

Thanks to an incredible energetic performance by Vinzenz Geiger, Germany secured the silver medal in the team competition.

There are concerns about returnee Eric Frenzel - he was absent from the award ceremony.

Olympics in Beijing: Final result Nordic Combined after the team competition

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Update from February 17, 1:35 p.m .:

The other silver medalists are also overjoyed.

Julian Schmid: “It was a really cool day, very exciting.

We are all very happy with the silver medal.

We have to celebrate!” Manuel Faißt: “The last two weeks have been like a trance for me.

It'll be a while before I've processed it.” Vinzenz Geiger: “I'm looking forward to going home.

Those were perfect games for me.

I'm over the moon with two medals in my luggage.

I'm glad Eric is back now.”

Update from February 17, 1:30 p.m .:

The interview of the German season on ARD – with Eric Frenzel, who has a tear or two in his eyes.

The 33-year-old is doing well again, as he reveals on the microphone: "Now I'm fine again.

I just found out that we still won silver and I'll have to watch Vinzenz's run again.

I didn't notice anything about it.

I'm glad the three fixed what I screwed up.

It was a tough run.

I had to work really hard to get to the finish.

I'm over the moon right now.

I'm arguing a bit with myself. But the boys pulled everything out."

Update from February 17, 1:15 p.m .:

National coach Hermann Weinbuch comments in the ARD interview on Eric Frenzel’s state of health and the race: “Eric has completely exhausted himself.

But now he's doing better.

He fought hard but didn't have enough seeds at the end.

It was a very tactical race.”

1:11 p.m .:

Concerns about Eric Frenzel!

The 33-year-old, who was completely exhausted after the race, is absent from the award ceremony.

The three of Faißt, Geiger and Schmid accept the mascots.

I hope it's nothing serious with Frenzel!

12:56 p.m .:

It remains the same: Germany has always won a medal in this competition since 2002.

Congratulations to the DSV quartet!

12:54 p.m .: Fifth place

for France, the USA is sixth ahead of the Czech Republic.

12:52 p.m .: Geiger and Yamamoto collect the Austrian.

The final sprint.

Geiger defends second place!

Silver for Germany, bronze for Japan!

The big loser in fourth place is Austria.

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12.50 p.m .:

Is that a fight for silver and bronze.

What is going on here in the final sprint for Geiger?

Graabak is on target, gold for Norway!

12.48 p.m .:

1.5 kilometers to go.

Norway can already be congratulated on gold.

Behind them, the fight for the medals is open.

Currently silver for Austria, bronze for Germany and brass for Japan.

12.45 p.m .:

Geiger passes Yamamoto, is second!

However, the gap to Graabak is too big.

12.44 p.m .:

Graabak is doing his laps alone in the front, it smells strongly of gold for Norway.

Beyond that, however, everything is open.

Violinist with a great performance!

He has already conceded the Austrian and is now in third place!

12:42 p.m .:

Geiger is catching up.

Only eight seconds to Bronze!

12.40 p.m.: Last handover.

Norway and Graabak are now ten seconds ahead going into the final two laps.

Germany is 23 seconds behind third, 38 seconds behind Norway.

Eric Frenzel collapses completely exhausted.

Can Geiger launch another attack here?

12:38 p.m .:

The backlog is growing and growing.

Germany is 21 seconds behind the leading Norwegians.

12.35 p.m .:

Again Frenzel has problems with the ascent and loses a lot of meters here!

Germany is now ten seconds behind the top.

Fight Eric!

12:32 p.m .:

The first of two rounds of the third group is over.

And Eric Frenzel is back in the top trio!

Just a second behind, what a feat of energy.

How long will the 33-year-old's strength last?

12.30 p.m .:

Austria, Norway and Japan are almost level at the front.

Three seconds behind Frenzel, who doesn't let the gap get bigger here.

12:28 p.m .:

Eric Frenzel has slight problems at the beginning and falls back to fourth place.

What can the veteran do here after his corona infection?

12:24 p.m.: Halftime in Zhangjiakou!

Lamparter shows his class, Austria hands over in first place with a narrow lead over Norway.

Germany, four seconds behind, in third place.

Now comes Eric Frenzel!

12:21 p.m .:

After almost eight of 20 kilometers, Germany is in the lead!

However, the lead is minimal.

12:18 p.m .:

It’s damn tight at the top.

Austria is currently leading ahead of Norway, Germany and Japan.

12.15 p.m .:

As expected, it will be a four-way battle for three medals.

The other nations are already too far behind to be able to start the race for the podium again.

12:13 p.m .: Faißt is in front!

Incredible final sprint of the German.

Watabe also pushes past Rehrl.

Germany is just in the lead at the first change!

What can Julian Schmid deliver now?

12.09 p.m .:

Rehrl seems to run out of breath.

Faißt is only two seconds behind the Austrian.

Watabe can follow the German, Bjoernstadt has had to let go.

12.07:

Half time for the first group.

Rehrl is currently 19 seconds ahead.

Can the Austrian keep up this pace?

Faißt has moved up to second place.

12.06 p.m .:

Rehrl sets a crazy pace here.

The chasing group with Faißt is finding it extremely difficult to gain time on the Austrian.

12.03 p.m .:

The athletes have to complete five kilometers each.

At the beginning, Franz-Josef Rehrl was able to extend Austria's lead to 17 seconds.

The three pursuers are close together.

12:00 p.m.: The race is on!

The first four teams are on their way, the race for the medals is on.

Update from February 17, 11:57 a.m .:

Manuel Faißt will be the first to start for Germany.

Julian Schmid and Eric Frenzel follow.

Vinzenz Geiger should then bring home the German medal with a spirited final sprint.

Update from February 17, 11:35 a.m .:

The tingling is getting bigger and bigger!

In just under 25 minutes, the decision for the Nordic Combined starts in the cross-country ski run.

The German quartet is in a promising position in third place.

What's in it for Frenzel, Geiger, Faisst and Schmid?

The answer is right there!

Update from February 17, 9.48 a.m .:

A thriller is emerging on the trail.

From 12:00 noon, gold, silver and bronze will be decided there in the 4 x 5 kilometer relay.

Austria leads just ahead of Norway and Germany.

Everything is in it for the DSV quartet!

9.45 a.m .: Julian Schmid has to let something tear off.

131.5 meters for the Oberstdorfer.

But Germany is fully involved.

Third place, eleven seconds behind Austria.

The field is damn close together.

9.44 a.m .:

Coach Tom Hilde cheers.

133.5 meters for Espen Andersen, second place for Norway.

9.43 a.m .:

Where is he flying to?

Franz-Josef Rehrl misses the hill record by one meter, landing at 141 meters!

leadership for Austria.

9.41 a.m .:

Now it’s about winning the team jump.

The Japanese continue to be strong.

135 meters for Ryota Yamamoto.

9.40am:

Troubled flight for Eero Hirvonen, landing at 123.5 metres.

9.38 a.m .:

France temporarily takes the lead.

127 meters for Laurent Muhlethaler.

9.36 a.m .:

123.5 meters for the Czech Tomas Portyk.

However, the Czechs have no chance going forward.

9.33 a.m .: Germany stay tuned!

133 meters for Vinzenz Geiger.

Fourth place for the DSV team.

The gap minimal: 11 seconds to the top.

9.31 a.m .:

Lukas Greiderer, bronze medalist on the normal hill, jumps 130 meters.

And then the Norwegians cheer!

133.5 meters for the Riiber replacement Espen Bjoernstad.

Guide for Norway.

9.30 a.m .:

The Japanese deliver a strong jump here.

It is 128.5 meters for the experienced Nagai Hideaki.

9.28 a.m .:

Strong jump by the young American Jared Shumate, who lands at 128 meters.

9.25 a.m .:

125.5 meters for Antoine Gerard.

The French are currently in second place.

9.22 a.m .: The moment everyone has been waiting for.

Eric Frenzel is coming!

And he delivers!

132 meters for the 33-year-old.

Although Germany falls back to fourth place, the gap to the leaders Japan is only ten seconds.

9:21 a.m .:

Norway is also staying ahead.

Jens Oftebro lands at 131 meters.

9.20 a.m .:

Austria reports back – and how!

140 meters for Johannes Lamparter.

9.18

a.m .: Cream jump by Yoshito Watabe.

133.5 meters for the Japanese.

9.15 a.m .:

The athletes are currently struggling to get decent distances.

113 meters for US boy Taylor Fletcher.

9.13 a.m .:

Disappointing performance for Alessandro Pittin.

Only 104.5 meters for the Italian veteran.

9.10 a.m .: Germany leads!

Manuel Faißt sails at 128.5 meters.

Strong start for the German team, leading ahead of France and Norway.

9.09 a.m .:

The Olympic champion is coming!

Joergen Graabak lands at 125.5 meters, second place.

9.07 a.m .:

Now the favorites come.

Akito Watabe puts Japan in second place with 125 meters.

Austria has to be content with 121 meters in the person of Martin Fritz.

9.04 a.m .:

Matteo Baud sets the first scent mark for France here, 130 meters.

9:00 a.m.:

With light snowfall, we start here in Zhangjiakou.

98 meters for the Chinese Zihe Zhao.

Update from February 17, 8:55 a.m .:

The tension is increasing.

The ten teams will start their team competition in five minutes.

The German athletes start in the following order: Manuel Faißt, Eric Frenzel, Vinzenz Geiger and Julian Schmid as the final jumper.

Update from February 17, 7:34 a.m .: Are

the German combined athletes taking care of the next medal today?

The jumping starts here in about an hour and a half, we're already excited!

Olympia: Nordic combined in the live ticker – sensational comeback in the German team

First report from February 16, 10:12 p.m.:

Zhangjiakou – Eric Frenzel did it.

The veteran returns to the German team in time for the final competition of the Nordic Combined at the Olympic Games.

In the team competition, Frenzel will represent the German colors together with Vinzenz Geiger, Manuel Faißt and Julian Schmid.

Johannes Rydzek has to give way for Frenzel.

The jumping from the large hill starts at 9 a.m., at 12 p.m. the decision on the cross-country ski run begins.

I'm glad my trip here wasn't entirely in vain

Eric Frenzel

Frenzel, who had survived the stress tests yesterday, expressed his relief at the nomination to the SID: "I'm glad that my trip here wasn't entirely in vain." The 33-year-old national coach Hermann convinced with three decent jumps from the hill Wine book from a nomination.

Frenzel also withstood the examination by team doctor Stefan Pecher, explained Weinbuch: "We checked him out, did an ECG and listened to his lungs.

That was very positive.”

How Frenzel's body reacts to the corona infection and the subsequent long isolation remains to be seen.

The multiple Olympic champion would have been eligible to start in the individual on Tuesday.

However, for safety reasons, the DSV saw Frenzel's distance from a start - in contrast to the Norwegian association.

He let serial winner Jarl Magnus Riiber off the leash just one day after his release from the quarantine hotel.

After the race - Riiber was eighth - the Norwegian complained of cramps and pain.

"Maybe I shouldn't have started," Riiber explained after the competition.

Riiber is absent from the Norwegian squad for today's competition.

A warning example of not taking a corona infection lightly - even if there are no symptoms.

Olympics in Beijing: Nordic combined from Germany want to attack top favorite Norway

Even without Riiber, the Norwegian quartet around Olympic champion Jörgen Graabak is going into the competition as the favorite for gold.

Frenzel, Geiger - also Olympic champions this year - and Co. don't have to hide.

“We must try to attack Norway.

It's difficult and maybe it looks almost impossible at the moment, but we have a chance to fight for gold," emphasized Weinbuch.

If Norway or Germany win, sporting history will be written in any case.

It would be the fourth gold medal at the Olympic Games for both Frenzel and Graabak - no other Nordic combined athlete has ever achieved that.

(mbu/sid)