Overview
- Great Britain’s Tabitha Stoecker and Matt Weston won the inaugural mixed-team skeleton, with Susanne Kreher/Axel Jungk taking silver and Jacqueline Pfeifer/Christopher Grotheer bronze for Germany.
- The two German pairs were split by just 0.01 seconds and finished 0.17 behind the British winners in the event’s Olympic debut.
- Germany’s women missed the podium on the large hill in Predazzo as Agnes Reisch placed 10th and Katharina Schmid exited in 42nd.
- Germany lost 5:1 to the USA in men’s ice hockey, but Denmark’s 4:2 win over Latvia secured Germany second in the group; under the format, only group winners and the best runner-up receive quarterfinal byes.
- Germany’s cross-country coach Peter Schlickenrieder condemned a FIS decision allowing a waxing machine during sprint finals, and Christopher Grotheer said the mixed-team race would be the last of his career.