This is how the tenth day of the Olympics goes
Gold series in the ice channel threatens an abrupt end
2/13/2022, 5:57 p.m
Karl Geiger is already somewhat reconciled with the Olympic Games, but his individual bronze should be followed by a team medal. That is quite possible. So far there has always been gold for Germany in the ice track – but in monobob a different color could shine. After all, Laura Nolte is on course for a medal.
Bob: At the Olympic premiere in monobob, Laura Nolte was on course for a medal in third place – but she couldn’t keep the crazy German gold series from the ice channel with bronze. The woman from Winterberg is already 1.22 seconds behind world champion Kaillie Humphries from the USA, who is in the lead before the two final races (from 2.30 a.m. CET). Two-man bobsleigh Olympic champion Mariama Jamanka made several mistakes in both the first and second run and is only 17th, 3.69 seconds behind the leader.
“Unfortunately, my runs were catastrophic, the second one wasn’t any better, it’s annoying, I knew I could do better in training,” said Monobob European Champion Jamanka, who even won the test races on this track in October. So only Nolte has a chance to win a medal. The 2016 youth Olympic champion downplays the pressure from the German winning streak in the ice channel with six gold medals in the new discipline. “You’re just happy for the others, but you know that all eyes are on you now, because we’ll probably be the first discipline where it’s not the case,” said Nolte and classified the new discipline: “Neither Mariama nor I won a World Cup in monobob this season.”
Ski Freestyle: Down the slope, then up the ramp and perform twists, somersaults, sliding tackles and other tricks at breathtaking heights – that’s aerials. Emma Weiß is there for Germany. First in qualifying (from 3 a.m. CET), which should have taken place on Sunday, but was thwarted by wind and snow. If the 22-year-old makes it to the final, she can do it again. The final battle is on from 12 p.m. CET. An achievable goal for White, after all the German lone fighter belongs to the extended world elite. However, her preparation was anything but perfect: After a corona infection in November, her values are still too high, she had to tremble quite a bit that she was even allowed to enter Beijing.
ski jumping: After his Olympic bronze medal in the large hill competition, ski jumper Karl Geiger is confident about the team competition (12:00 CET). “I think the ambitions can rise again,” said the 29-year-old. “Our confidence has increased enormously in the last few days. Every day we have developed a bit as a team.” Geiger finished third in the individual on the large hill on Saturday, after he had hardly managed anything at the Winter Games. “Now I can stand up with a big chest and say: If I jump like this, I’ll help the team,” said the man from Oberstdorf. “We’ll do everything we can and we’ll try to make it difficult for the others – and we’ve got what it takes.”
Four years ago Germany won silver with Geiger and eight years ago even gold. The chances of another coup are not bad: In addition, the four DSV-Adlers came up with 1064.4 points on Saturday, only Slovenia (1078.4) was better, Austria (1062.8) was also strong. Unlike in the singles, Pius Paschke has to watch, Stefan Leyhe, who is going on a medal hunt together with Geiger, Markus Eisenbichler and Constantin Schmid, moves into the team.