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What a great Olympics it was for Swiss skiers! They have won four out of five men’s alpine events.
downhill: Franjo von Allmen (Switzerland)
Team combination: Franjo von Allmen & Tanguy Neff (Switzerland)
Super G: Franjo von Allmen (Switzerland)
Giant slalom: Lucas Pinheiro Braaten (Brazil)
slalom: Loic Meillard (Switzerland)
You really have to feel for McGrath. When he stepped through the gate, the Swiss coaches were right in front of him and couldn’t hide their joy.
Mr. Attle Lee McGrath from Norway Having lost his grandfather on the night of the opening ceremony, he walked toward a tree line, collapsed to the ground, took off his gloves, and stared at the sky. Oops.
🏅 Loïc Meillard (Switzerland) wins the men’s slalom!
Attle Lee McGrath straddles the pole for the final run and it’s all over! Meillard wins gold medal for Switzerland. McGrath, distraught, veered off course and hurtled across the snowy mountainside toward a secluded area.
gold: Loïc Meillard (Switzerland) 1 minute 53.61 seconds
silver: Fabio Gustrein (Austria) +0.35s
bronze: Henrik Kristoffersen (Norway) +1.13 seconds
Men’s rotation: Loïc Meillard (Switzerland) put in a great run and set the fastest time, 0.35 seconds behind Atre Lee McGrath, posing a challenge. The Norwegian leader in the first race is in last place…
Men’s rotation: Fabio Gustrein (Austria) dethroned Henrik Kristoffersen as the leader and secured a medal with the fastest time by 0.78 seconds. Loic Maillard and Attle Lee McGrath remain. Will they be able to drive out the Austrians?
Men’s rotation: I’m now in the final five. Armand Marchand (Belgium) was unable to keep up with Kristoffersen’s pace, falling 0.87 seconds behind. Silver is good enough…for now.
Men’s rotation: The top is very tight – well, it was. Marco Schwarz (Austria) is only 0.16 seconds off Neff’s top time, but his result is good enough for fifth place. Two-time Olympic medalist Henrik Kristoffersson (Norway) makes an excellent run to cut the lead by 0.89 seconds as he chases the elusive first gold medal.
Men’s rotation: If Michael Matt (Austria) takes the provisional bronze medal, 2022 gold medalist Clement Noel (France) will go next. “I have to give 100%,” he said over the team radio, but his run ended almost immediately after he stumbled and stuffed himself in the early gate. Still, Neff is in the lead.
Men’s rotation: Tanguy Neff won gold in the men’s combined event last week with his Swiss teammate Franjo von Allmen, setting the pace with the fastest time of 0.11 seconds. There are still 10 elite skiers coming down.
The only Italian, Tommaso Saccardi, had a great first run, finishing in the top 10 with number 37. This time, he did not lose to Neff and finished in 5th place.
Men’s rotation: Britain’s Billy Major, who was in 12th place after the first run, is aiming for a top-10 finish here. The 29-year-old neuroscience graduate achieved his first top 10 finish at the World Cup in Hafjell last year.
The second run of the major was not enough to threaten the podium, and he finished in sixth place, 1.51 seconds behind new leader Eirik Histad Solberg (Norway), who ended up biting his tongue and bleeding from the mouth after the run.
Men’s rotation: “I’ll miss you,” Switzerland’s Daniel Juhl told him as he followed his rider down the course. Juhl set the fastest time by 0.58 seconds, but was replaced by Sweden’s Fabian Ax Schwarz and Matthias Itten.
Men’s rotation: Britain’s Dave “The Rocket” Riding’s next run could be the last of his career. The 39-year-old is Britain’s most successful skier in history, having won seven World Cup medals (including his first gold in Kitzbühel in 2022), and this will be his fifth and final Olympics.
…Stay stylish while riding! He ran smoothly between the poles, setting the fastest time by 0.11 seconds. He bows to the lowest fan. Good skiing, sir.
Men’s rotation: Shiro Aihara (Japan), Xavier Cornella Guitarto (Andorra), and Andrei Dorkalov (Lithuania) are currently keeping their places on the podium. The leaders will fall within about 30 minutes.
Men’s rotation: Fast runners go downhill. One of them is Richardson Viano, who represented Haiti for the first time in the Winter Olympics. He lived in a Haitian orphanage as a baby, but was adopted by an Italian couple at the age of three. They moved to France and he fell in love with skiing as his father was an instructor.
It would be great if other Haitians could ski. Regardless of the sport, I want to give them a message of hope and strength. The important thing is to never give up and fight. Anything can happen if you believe.
Viano placed 44th in the giant slalom the other day and will finish in the top 30 at this event, bettering his 34th place finish in his first event in 2022. That’s wonderful.
It’s finally time for the second men’s slalom. These are the first run standings, with Norway’s Atre Lee McGrath leading by more than half a second.
1. AL McGrath (Noll) 56.14 seconds
2. L. Meillard (Switzerland) +0.59
3. F. Gustrein (Aut) +0.94
4.T. Haugan (Noll) +0.96
5. Merchant (Bell) +1.20
6. H Kristoffersen (Noll) +1.59
7.M Schwarz(Aut) +1.96
7.C Noel (Hula) +1.96
9. M Matt (Aut) +2.20
10. T. Saccardi (Italy) +2.23
Clement Noel is the defending champion but has everything to get into the medals. GB’s Billy Major (13th) and Dave Riding (19th) are further back. Poor visibility caused a number of DNFs this morning, with the main casualties being Italy’s Alex Binazza and Brazil’s Lucas Pinheiro Braaten.
2-person bobsled results After finishing the first two heats. Germans take the lead:
1. J. Lochner & G. Fleischhauer (Germany) 1 minute 49.90 seconds
2. F Friedrich & A Schuller (Germany) +0.80 seconds
3. A Amour & A Schaller (Gel) +1.24s
Other notable runners:
8. B Hall & T Lawrence (GB) +1.64 seconds
23. S Pitter & J Harris (Jam) +3.50 seconds
24. E Bindiratti & L Bacca Gonsalves (Bra) +3.86s
25. A Brown & DA John (Try) +4.29s
A word to Edson Bindiratti Brazilparticipating in his sixth Olympics at the age of 46. Harrogate-born Axel Braun is also an international player. trinidad and tobago (his mother’s country) with De Andre John. The Trinidadian pair said it was a “last man’s mission” in these competitions. So far I’m 25th out of 26. Jamaica In 23rd place.
summary
Thank you Daniel. Here’s a summary of today’s events so far:
For the Netherlands, Zandra Beelzeboul won the gold medal in speed skating, earning her 12th medal at the Games. Women’s 1000m short track. Home favorite Ariana Fontana finished fourth.
Norway’s Atle Lee McGrath is leading the way in this field. men’s rotation After my first run this morning. The second and final run begins approximately 20 minutes later.
Great Britain defeated Denmark 7-2 to keep their semi-final hopes alive. women’s curlingCanada and Sweden also recorded wins.
Germany’s one-two-three. Men’s 2-person bobsled The first two heats are over and the final two will take place tomorrow.
Well, I’m going to take a break. Billy Monday will be with you for a little while. All that’s left is a second round of men’s slalom and a bunch of men’s curling. enjoy.
back to bob Germany’s Amour came in second place, 0.80 seconds behind Friedrich. Either errors or perfect execution will be the key to these two not winning gold and silver.
Of course, Versebois also won gold in the 500 meters. She was having fun and to be honest, there was no question at all about the outcome of that race.
🏅 Zandra Beelzeboul (Netherlands) wins the women’s 1,000m short track race
Canada’s Thurlow won the silver medal, and South Korea’s Kim won the bronze medal. Fontana finished fourth, missing out on a medal in this event for the first time in her career.
Beelzebul leads the way with the sound of a bell, Fontana is in 4th place, but I don’t think she can get there!
Versebourg takes second place and Fontana is buffeted. In the end, Versebourg takes the lead with two laps left and Fontana has work to do!
Led by Canada’s Mr. Thurow, Fontana hid in the back.
Mr. Mito, the women’s 1000m short track final is ready to go. Can Fontana win his 14th Olympic medal?
Germany’s Friedrich has powered down and is now 0.5 seconds behind the leader… And he maintains that gap and gradually takes the lead.
Italy’s Confortola won the 1000m B final. Racers aiming for A show up and the arena goes wild for Ariana Fontana.
South Korea’s Jinsu follows next, but he slides into the chicane, hits the wall and has to escape in 9th place. American Del Duca then also has a mix-up, with Romanian Tentea still in the lead by the time he passes the second checkpoint…but catches up with him in the lower section and moves into the lead.
back on the ice The women’s 1000m B final is underway. There will be some main event.
Italy’s Baumgartner got off to a good start after being yelled at by his coaches, but all we see is how good Tentea’s time was. The Romanian was still in the lead, with the Italian in fifth place, 0.20 seconds behind. Hall of GB is number 4, but I don’t know. But the fastest five are yet to come.