Overview
- Athletes Sophia Weßling and Felix Gramelsberger have filed a criminal complaint in Traunstein alleging dangerous bodily injury and coercion; prosecutors confirmed receipt and are weighing whether to open a formal investigation.
- Accounts from athletes and a legal opinion obtained by ARD describe up to 60 ear‑lobe blood draws in hours, glove reuse and infection risk, including for minors, while the DAV says external partners conducted the tests, consent procedures apply and organizational fixes are underway.
- Weßling and Gramelsberger say they lost squad status, funding and sponsors after raising concerns, a claim the DAV disputes as it cites sporting reasons, even as internal messages reported by ARD questioned the decisions.
- Skimountaineering’s Olympic premiere in Bormio drew packed crowds and praise for the atmosphere, with Germany’s Tatjana Paller highlighting the rare scale of spectator support at the Stelvio Ski Center.
- German biathlon endured more narrow misses as Philipp Horn finished fourth in the men’s mass start and the women’s relay placed fourth, leaving the men without an individual medal again and raising pressure ahead of Franziska Preuß’s final race on Saturday.