Overview
- Germany completed a two-man bobsleigh sweep that drew 6.50 million viewers and a 28.7% share on Das Erste, with celebrations centered at the Deutsche Haus in Cortina.
- The four-man event will decide further medals on Saturday and Sunday, with Francesco Friedrich cautioning the race will be close against other nations.
- Biathlon officials decried a surge of online abuse after disappointing results, and the DSV confirmed Franziska Preuß will retire after these Olympics.
- The future of Nordic combined is under review, as DSV sport director Horst Hüttel warned the discipline needs a women’s event by 2030 to avoid being dropped.
- The FIS apologized after a snowblower struck U.S. athlete Benjamin Loomis during a jump, and a separate trial opened in Cologne over an alleged illegal A555 street race that killed a mother and daughter.