Overview
- Germany’s skeleton squad added individual medals with Susanne Kreher taking silver and Jacqueline Pfeifer winning bronze at the Cortina Sliding Centre.
- Two German pairs start in the first Olympic mixed-team skeleton at 18:00, with Kreher/Axel Jungk and Pfeifer/Christopher Grotheer entered after their individual podiums.
- Germany is viewed among the contenders for mixed-team gold, with Britain led by men’s champion Matt Weston highlighted by outlets as a major threat.
- Philipp Raimund, the normal-hill gold medalist, placed ninth on the large hill after a late ski and grind change; Andreas Wellinger was 15th as coach Stefan Horngacher delays naming the Super Team partner.
- Organizers advanced the snowboard slopestyle qualifications from Monday to Sunday due to poor weather forecasts, tightening preparation windows for athletes.