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Germany Poised for Key Olympic Night: Hase/Volodin Lead Pairs, Nolte Ahead in Monobob

All eyes shift to finals where early leads could translate into gold for Germany.

Overview

  • Hase and Volodin carry a 4.55-point advantage into tonight’s pairs free skate after posting 80.015 in the short program.
  • Fellow Germans Hocke and Kunkel scored 67.52 despite a clean, crowd-pleasing skate, drawing on-air criticism from ARD expert Daniel Weiss of a judging error, and they start the free skate from 11th.
  • Laura Nolte tops the monobob standings at halfway with a 0.22-second margin over Elana Meyers Taylor, with the final two runs scheduled this evening in Cortina.
  • The two-man bobsleigh opens today with the season-long duel between Johannes Lochner and Francesco Friedrich under the spotlight ahead of Tuesday’s medal decider.
  • The men’s ski jumping Super-Team event makes its Olympic debut tonight, with Austria, Japan and Norway tipped as favorites and Germany viewed as an outside contender.