The final of the Olympic Giant Slalom must be postponed in Yanqing due to persistent snowfall. The second pass is not started before 15.00 local time (8.00 o’clock mez). Originally the medal fight should start at 13.45 pm (6.45 o’clock mez).
The German hope Alexander Schmid is no longer there anymore, for him the race was already enough for him only 20 seconds: the Allgäu was on the road with start number nine and intermediate visit with starting numbers, as he threaded after a driving error. Disappointed he drove to the edge of the trail and sank into the snow.
“That annoys me, of course I made something else,” Schmid said in the ARD. He could be “just so explained that it was a bit smooth. I just slipped away.” The borderline conditions on the “ice flow” slist should but not be an excuse, everyone has to go through “.
Slalom-Ass Linus Strasse, who wanted to enter the race in his special discipline on Wednesday, remained unhurt in his fall. Julian Smoke Foot came with a residue of 5.30 seconds on the leading pot favorites Marco Odmatt (Switzerland) on the disappointing 30th place.
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On Sunday, it is strengthening the first time during the games really thick flakes in the Alpine Center, the second departure training of women was therefore canceled. Numerous athletes complained about the bad view. Odermatt, who also allowed a Patzer, is 0.04 seconds before Stefan Brennsteiner from Austria. World Champion Mathieu Faivre (France) is another 0.04 seconds back third.