Overview
- Felix Maly finished second in the mass start in Salt Lake City behind Jorrit Bergsma in 7:40.17, with Fridtjolf Petzold placing sixth.
- Sportschau and MDR report Maly’s result secured an Olympic quota spot for the Winter Games in Italy in February.
- The German men’s team pursuit of Patrick Beckert, Maly and Fridtjolf Petzold won the B group in a national-record 3:39.17 to earn promotion to the A group.
- Josie Hofmann, Josephine Schlörb and Lea Sophie Scholz set a German women’s team-pursuit record of 2:54.38 to finish fourth, the top European result ahead of the Netherlands.
- Eighteen-year-old Finn Sonnekalb set German records in the 1,000 m (1:06.48) and 1,500 m (1:41.33) with a junior world record in the latter and his first World Cup podium.