Olympia: sensational biathlon coup by Herrmann - ski jumping scandal shocks Team Germany

Denise Herrmann caused a golden sensation in the women's biathlon singles. In ski jumping, the competition ends in a farce, and Julia Taubitz's intended gold medal in tobogganing is gone. Dominik Schwaiger's fall has meanwhile overshadowed the Olympic downhill. You can follow all the decisions and the most important news live on All about the Olympics.

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3:42 p.m .: That should have been it for today. Tomorrow night the action continues early, including the Super-G, figure skating and then biathlon again in the morning. I'm back at the start too. Until then!

3.40 p.m. - Ski jumping: The disqualified Katharina Althaus has finally spoken up. "We were so happy that we have a second competition here at the Olympics. The FIS destroyed that with this campaign. I think they destroyed women's ski jumping," said the 25-year-old: "I don't know what they intend to do with it."

Althaus continues: "Our names are all there now, we just played the arse card. That destroys nations, subsidies, and the whole sport unfairly." And: "I've been checked so many times in eleven years of ski jumping, and I've never been disqualified. I know my suit fit."

2:54 p.m.: Phew. With that, all decisions of the day have been made and all competitions have been completed from a German point of view. We have a sensational gold medal to report in the biathlon, but also a bitter loss in tobogganing - and a competition in ski jumping that will have consequences, I'm sure.

After today, Germany is in the medal table with two gold and one silver, which means fifth place.

2:52 p.m. – Tobogganing: Things must be going better for Nathalie Geisenberger now, right? Yes! Best time so far in the second run, of course that means the lead.

2.44 p.m. - Tobogganing: And now the drama in tobogganing! Julia Taubitz, after a track record in the first run, makes a mistake shortly before the end of her second run - and falls! She falls off the sled and slides across the finish line with it. Of course that puts her out of the medal race! After all, she doesn't seem to have really hurt herself, but of course she's shaken.

2:35 p.m. - Ski jumping: "It wasn't advertising for the sport," says Austrian Stefan Kraft on ZDF. "I don't know how the women have handled the controls so far. It was much stricter for us this year than in previous years. It's now very fair for the men. I don't know if the women were suddenly being checked very strictly and Not before. I've already lost a kilo here, but I just sewed it up and made it tighter. You have to check almost every day that everything fits. It's very bitter for us."

2:31 p.m. - Ski Jumping: And now the competition is over. If no one else is qualified - IF! -, the medals go to Slovenia (gold), Russia (silver) and Canada (bronze). The Canadians in particular can hardly believe their luck. Yes, I still don't get it...

2:26 p.m. - Ski jumping: Further statements by Stefan Horngarcher, transmitted by the SID: "The new inspector has tightened the controls extremely - also feels very tightened for the German ski jumpers. The measurement procedure has not gotten better from the FIS, but worse." , explained the national ski jumping coach. During the winter, Severin Freund was disqualified from the tour in Oberstdorf and Markus Eisenbichler in Bischofshofen. "Compared to the other nations, we had to endure a lot more controls. We are really haunted by these controls," said Horngacher. What else can I say?

2.20 p.m. – Short track: Shaolin Sandor Liu saves himself from the men – from Hungary, why do you ask? - Crossed the finish line on the home stretch ahead of China's Ziwei Ren and won gold. That was centimetres. UPDATE It's vinegar with gold for Hungary! Liu is disqualified! So gold goes to China. Was also a bit of Greco-Roman on the home straight ...

2:13 p.m. - Curling: Quick look over into the ice cube. Great Britain leads Norway 4-2 in mixed doubles, Italy has Sweden 6-0. So tomorrow the final could be Great Britain versus Italy.

2:09 p.m. – Ski jumping: Norway is out too! Anna Odine Stroem got it. Yeah, are you all kidding me? How can she have got through in the first round???

2:08 p.m. – Short track: The women’s 500 meters go to the Italian Arianna Fontana. Curious: she fell early in the final because she was tripped by another athlete. Then the race was stopped and restarted.

Ski Jumping: Disqualifications cause excitement

2:00 p.m. - Ski jumping: The sporting director Horst Hüttel on ZDF: "We were up there with Austria and Japan and are pissed off. They say in unison that they jumped in the same suit. It's about three top athletes, not a young one, who overlooks something. That is incomprehensible to us. We spoke to Katha, she says she was thoroughly checked out like never before. She had the feeling: until something was found. Material, suits, shoes. You was in there for over 20 minutes. I don't understand what that's supposed to be about. Of course, the rules have to be observed. But the FIS has to question itself. That's real crap for our sport." And further: "Something must have gone differently today. Today the Finn Mika Jukkara was there, otherwise he wasn't there. All three girls say they had the same suits as in singles. That's scandalous, we're shocked because we do that "We can't classify it. We have to accept that, but nobody can understand that. The FIS can't measure a team event differently. I can't classify what exactly happened yet. That's how you destroy a sport. That was a specific one I think that's the issue with the girls. That a procedure was used that hadn't been used before. Katha was totally distraught. If that's the case, you have to question the whole process. It didn't get a single man. The two race directors are asked . You have to sit down together."

1:55 p.m. - Ski jumping: And now the second round starts, the disqualified Sara Takanashi jumps anyway - and can no longer hold back the tears in the outrun. Why she is still jumping at all, or has to jump... a real farce. UPDATE I have to correct myself. Guess Takanashi's second jump counts after all. So with reservations... you never know.

1:51 p.m. – ski jumping: Karl Geiger on ZDF: “I didn’t even notice, I was just happy after my jump. Wow, that’s really a tough number. We were really good, Katha’s jump was very good. I don’t know , what didn't fit. That's super bizarre. I don't understand that, they will have jumped the same material as usual. I don't know what was checked there.

1:45 p.m. - Ski jumping: The German trainers on the ZDF microphone. Women's trainer Maximilian Mechler says: "At Katha it was the suit that was apparently too big." He has no further information yet. "It was really bitter," says men's coach Stefan Horngacher. "For me, it's slowly becoming a puppet show, they start measuring again at the Olympics. From my point of view, that's no longer in the interest of sport. In the end, the suit is also stretchy material. I find that a bit ridiculous and I'm very disappointed with this decision." You have to think about whether you can still take part in this Punch and Judy show next year. "We didn't have any problems this year," says Mechler, "but then suddenly there were also male inspectors at the inspection, which caused unrest. Suddenly everything was different." You always jump with the same measurements, everything was fine in the individual.

1:39 p.m. - Ski jumping: Well, I'm not in the mood for the final anymore.

1.34 p.m. - ski jumping: The first round is over, a short break is taken. And we're hoping for some replies in the meantime. If one woman is disqualified per jump here, there are not many left in the end. I could also imagine one or the other protest... Officially now Slovenia with a huge lead over Norway and the Russians. Germany and China are in ninth and tenth place and are not allowed to jump in the final because only the eight best teams qualify.

1.30 p.m. - Ski jumping: What kind of aerial number is this? According to ZDF, three jumpers have already been removed due to faulty suits. Everyone got the wrong material at the same time or accidentally grabbed the XXL suit? Nobody can tell me that.

Ski jumping: Althaus disqualified - dream of a medal in the team burst

1:28 p.m. – ski jumping: And now comes the news that Katharina Althaus was also disqualified. This can not be true!

1:26 p.m. - Ski jumping: Karl Geiger goes down - and there comes the scream! 101.5 meters, he finally seems to have made his peace with the hill!

1:22 p.m. – Short track: The men’s quarterfinals over 1,000 meters are now through. Among other things, it caught the World Cup third Pietro Sighel, who was put back. World champion Shaolin Sandor Liu was handicapped - and the jury pushed him into the semi-finals. Crazy, this sport. I'm already looking forward to ski and snowboard cross, because things always get down to business.

1:15 p.m. - Ski jumping: Whoa, Katharina Althaus! An enormous jump on 104 meters - and the Slovenian Ursa Bogataj countered with 106 meters! No telemark, but the world champion fought back brutally here. Means: Germany is second after three jumps, but there are almost 26 points over Slovenia.

1:14 p.m. - Ski jumping: What's going on here? Daniela Iraschko Stolz from Team Austria was also disqualified, again the suit. Potential medal teams are knocked out of the competition en masse...

1:09 p.m. - Tobogganing: Today the women complete their first two runs individually. And from a German point of view, things are off to a great start! Old champion Natalie Geisenberger starts with a track record and takes the lead - and then comes world champion Julia Taubitz and improves the track record again. That's how I want to see it! Incidentally, the third German Anna Berreiter was fourth.

1.05 p.m. – ski jumping: Timi Zajc loses something to Schmid with 97.5 meters. Means: After two rounds Slovenia leads (247 points) ahead of Norway (227.7) and Germany (223.1). And: Japan is already out of the race, because the first jumper Sara Takanashi was disqualified due to discrepancies with her suit.

1.03 p.m. - ski jumping: Now Konstantin Schmid. Zieeeeh! The jump fits! 101 meters, that's something to be proud of. First of all, that means leadership.

12:51 p.m. - ski jumping: Unfortunately, Selina Freitag did not start particularly well, she is only fourth after the first round and 88 meters with 95.4 points - a proud 30 points are missing on Slovenia.

12.48 p.m. – Shorttrack: The first favorites have already been hit. The women's Selma Poutsma and Xandra Velzeboer are out, the former due to a fall, the latter due to disqualification. In this sport, the jury is always in demand, physical contact is part of it.

12.40 p.m. - Ski jumping: The first mixed team in Olympic history is coming up. One nation competes with two men and two men, Germany was able to secure the world championship title four times in a row in the mixed team. Silver medalist Katharina Althaus, Selina Freitag, Karl Geiger and Constantin Schmid start for Germany today. Ten nations are there. Slovenia is probably the favorite, but of course a lot could happen there in the near future. We also have our own live ticker at the start.

12.30 p.m. – Shorttrack: It’s all about the fast ice now, the women’s quarterfinals run over 500 meters. Unfortunately without German participation.