Overview
- Minerva Hase and Nikita Volodin took bronze in pairs figure skating with 219.09 points after leading the short program with 80.01, securing their first Olympic medal and Germany’s first pairs podium since 2018.
- Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara surged from fifth after the short to win gold with 231.24 points, ahead of Georgia’s Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava on 221.75.
- Laura Nolte earned monobob silver, finishing 0.04 seconds behind U.S. driver Elana Meyers Taylor after leading through three runs; Kaillie Humphries took bronze for the U.S.
- The Olympic debut of the Super-Team ski jump was abandoned in heavy snow, with standings reverted to two rounds that placed Germany fourth by 0.3 points behind Norway.
- German team leaders sharply criticized the call to stop and fix the result, while FIS race director Sandro Pertile defended the move on safety and broadcast-time grounds; Volodin’s 2025 German citizenship had enabled his Olympic eligibility.