Overview
- Johannes Lochner leads the four-man bobsleigh after the first run by 0.39 seconds over Francesco Friedrich, setting start and track records with his crew in what he says will be his final race; Britain’s Brad Hall sits third.
- Friedrich struggled with errors in Cortina and now needs a turnaround to keep pace, even as a medal would make him the most decorated bob pilot by total medals.
- Italian biathlete Tommaso Giacomel, who abandoned the Antholz mass start with severe breathing and movement problems, posted from hospital that he feels better and will undergo medical examinations to determine the cause.
- Poland’s Kamila Sellier sustained a serious facial injury from a rival’s blade in a short-track crash, with reports that she may not be able to open one eye as her condition develops.
- DOSB performance chief Olaf Tabor called Germany’s many fourth places painful and conceded a top-three finish is out of reach, while biathlon director Felix Bitterling condemned a surge of online hate as totally unacceptable; Daniela Maier said she will continue after her ski-cross gold and Franziska Preuss confirmed today’s mass start will be her last race.