Overview
- Linus Straßer sat 2.35 seconds off leader Atle Lie McGrath after the first slalom run in Bormio, with heavy snowfall contributing to 11 DNFs among the top starters and leaving the German outside realistic podium range.
- Skeleton Olympic champion Christopher Grotheer announced his retirement after securing bronze in the men’s event and another bronze in the new mixed team race with Jacqueline Pfeifer.
- Germany’s women ski jumpers finished the Games without a medal, and head coach Heinz Kuttin acknowledged tension within the squad, noting athletes’ internal rivalry was complicating the situation.
- Biathlete Franziska Preuß said recurring focus problems at the shooting range have cost her medal chances, as Germany’s team totals only a mixed relay bronze while rivals from France, Norway, Sweden and even Bulgaria show gains.
- Multiple controversies continued to shadow the Games, with reports of disputed figure skating scores, a curling altercation that drew a warning, and renewed concerns over ski jumping equipment and body manipulation loopholes.