Sochi, day 1: Hofer & Co. on the hunt for medals - PREVIEW

The first South Tyrolean who will be deployed in Sochi is Deborah Agreiter . The Val Badia native will be at the start of the 11 kilometer skiathlon on Saturday from 15 a.m. Agreiter has already won a silver medal in skiathlon at the U23 World Championships twice (2012 in Erzurum, 2013 in Liberec) and most recently narrowly missed the podium with fourth place in the U23 championships in Fiemme Valley.

For the biathletes the sprint (15.30 km) starts at 10:XNUMX p.m. Are at the start Lukas hofer , Dominik Windisch and his brother Markus Windisch . You can expect a lot from Lukas Hofer in particular: On the one hand, he celebrated his first World Cup victory at the home World Cup in Antholz, which was the dress rehearsal for Sotschi. On the other hand, he has already achieved numerous top results in Russia, a country that he has taken to his heart and where he feels at home.

No medals yet, but two of four runs will be available for the artificial track luge athletes from 15.30:XNUMX p.m. Experienced people do it here Armin Zöggeler Chasing his sixth medal at the Olympics, while Dominik Filehner and Emanuel Rieder give their Olympic premiere.

From 17.10:XNUMX p.m. the figure skater will compete Carolina Kostner the short program in the women's team competition.

Saturday, February 8, 2014, the competitions with South Tyrolean participation: 11.00 a.m.: Cross-country skiing – Skiathlon women 15 km (with Debora Agreiter) 15.30 p.m.: Biathlon - Sprint men 10 km (probably with Lukas Hofer, Dominik Windisch, Markus Windisch) 15.30 p.m.: Artificial track tobogganing – single-seater men, 1st and 2nd run (with Armin Zöggeler, Dominik Fischnelller, Emanuel Rieder) 17.10 p.m.: Figure skating – team competition women's short program (with Carolina Kostner)

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Sochi, day 1: Hofer & Co. on the hunt for medals - PREVIEW

The first day of the competition could bring the South Tyrolean participants their first medal. Eight local winter athletes will be in action on Saturday. In two sports there is a decision with South Tyrolean participation.

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