That was Olympic Friday

The Swiss ski crossers can look forward to an Olympic double victory. The best Italian was 21-year-old Simone Deromedis in 5th place.

The Dorothea Wierer the tank was empty in the final mass start. The woman from Niederrasner made two mistakes in the first shooting and was then unable to move forward. At the end there was Wierer 22nd place . Subsequently Wierer caused a stir with interesting statements about her future. Gold went to France's Justine Braisaz-Bouchet in extremely difficult conditions.

These conditions lie Dominik Windisch . The 32-year-old demonstrated this once again in the men's mass start that followed. At the Olympics, of all places, Windisch showed his best performance of the season and landed in rank 5. He was a good 25 seconds short of bronze. A crash on the first lap prevented a perhaps even better result. Johannes Thingnes Bø, on the other hand, grabbed his 4th gold medal at these Games. For Lukas hofer (27th) things didn't go as planned.

The Bolzano figure skater Marco Zandron On the other hand, celebrated his Olympic debut for Spain. In the pairs short program, Zandron and the Spaniard Laura Barquero finished in 11th place. Zandron/Barquero collected 63,64 points. After the short program, WenjingSui/Chong Han (84.41) from China lead. The free skate for the best 16 couples will take place on Saturday.

The ice hockey teams from Russia and Finland have reached the final. The Russian team defeated Sweden 2-1 after a penalty shootout on Friday and is playing for gold again four years after the 4-3 win over Germany in the 2018 final. World Cup runners-up Finland previously beat Slovakia 2-0 in the first semi-final.

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That was Olympic Friday

From a South Tyrolean perspective, the Olympic Friday had a lot to offer - even if there was no medal at the end. Here is a brief summary of the events in Beijing.

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