Grotheer brings historic skeleton

Grotheer, world champion from Oberhof, did not take the Olympic victory in the Yanqing Sliding Center and won with 0.66 second ahead of teammate Axel Jungk (Oberbänburg), which further polished the DOSB balance with silver. Bronze went to Win Yan from the host country China.

• With 15 he wanted to become ski jumpers
• Medal elevations also for the women
• Olympia, men skeleton

Sochi Olympic champion Alexander Tretjakov slipped after a coarse carver in the fourth curve from Bronzang, the third German starter Alexander Gassner became aft.

With 15 he wanted to become ski jumpers

One day after the end of the toboggan festival with four gold medals, Grotheer had gone to the final run with 0.85 seconds in front of Jungk. The world champion had to drive in principle only error-free - and did so too. Two years after the Thuringian did not even qualify for the World Cup team, he now celebrated the largest triumph of his career. This is unusual enough anyway, because with 15 years Grotheer wanted to become ski jumpers. However, because he was too heavy for it, he moved to the ice channel where he has been on the World Cup since 2012.

Grotheer had become aft of his Olympic premiere four years ago in Pyeongchang. For the project Gold the experienced pilot went very own ways, even put his Olympic sled in the corner. With his old sledge, it ran much better for grotheers. With over 130 km / h he had already set the top speed on the old model on the first day and set up a railroad record in 1: 00.00 minutes.

Medal elevations also for the women

Already on Saturday it could give the skeleton pilotes the next German medal. After two out of four runs, the Trio Hannah Neite, Tina Hermann and Jacqueline Lilling on the places two, three and five. Olympic debutantic Neit from Winterberg has the second 0.21 seconds behind the leading Australian Jaclyn Narracott. World Champion Tina Hermann of the WSV Königssee drove on Friday in third place and lies only two hundredths of the city behind Neitze. The decision in the medal fight falls in the fourth run on Saturday (14.55 o'clock mez).

Olympia, men skeleton

Gold: Christopher Grotheer (Oberhof) Silver: Axel Jungk (Oberbänburg) Bronze: Yan Weggang (China) 8.: Alexander Gassner (Winterberg)

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