Overview
- Germany’s women finished fourth in the 4x6 km biathlon relay after Franziska Preuss missed in the standing stage, took a penalty loop and the team used eight spare rounds.
- It marks the first Olympics in which both German men’s and women’s biathlon relays failed to win a medal.
- France won the relay ahead of Sweden and Norway, with Julia Tannheimer opening strongly for Germany and Vanessa Voigt shooting clean at the finish but unable to close the deficit.
- In alpine skiing, Lena Duerr—second after the first slalom run—hooked the first gate of run two and was eliminated; Mikaela Shiffrin won gold as Emma Aicher placed ninth.
- Cross-country delivered a lift as Coletta Rydzek and Laura Gimmler claimed bronze in the team sprint, Germany’s first cross-country medal of these Games.