Olympic Thursday with many South Tyroleans

From 2.40 a.m. (CET) stands for figure skaters Daniel Grassl The free program was on the program at his first Olympic Games. After the short program, the 19-year-old from Meran is in 12th place. His goal: to achieve a top ten place with a convincing free skate.

The skiers are also in action on Thursday. The Alpine Combined starts at 3.30:27 a.m. with the downhill skiing. Only XNUMX athletes will take part, including Christoph Innerhofer just an Azzurro. The South Tyrolean is not one of the favorites, but is aiming for a conciliatory conclusion after his two failures. Maybe there will even be a happy ending for the South Tyrolean.

Christof Innerhofer is the only Azzurro starting in the station wagon. © APA/afp / JOE KLAMAR

However, the top contenders for a medal are Marco Schwarz, Alexis Pinturault, Loic Meillard and Luca Aerni. The decision in the slalom will be made at 7.15:XNUMX a.m. Visintin as a hot potato South Tyrol's hottest prospect of winning a medal is the boardercrosser Omar Visintin . He will compete in the qualification for the men's competition from 5.15:7 a.m. The finals then begin at XNUMX a.m.

Visintin came in second at the Olympic dress rehearsal in Secret Garden (near Beijing) at the end of November. The 2-year-old has now recovered from his fall in Montafon in December. “The elbow is fine, I can push really hard again,” Visintin told him Dolomites confirmed. The South Tyrolean is therefore automatically one of the medal contenders.

From a South Tyrolean perspective, the Olympic Thursday will conclude with the artificial track luge team relay at 14.30:XNUMX p.m. Italy is not necessarily one of the medal contenders - also because it is a bronze medal winner Dominik Filehner is not allowed to start after his corona infection. Could be a surprise Leon Felderer , Andrea Voetter and Emanuel Rieder/Simon Kainzwaldner but always worry.

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Olympic Thursday with many South Tyroleans

From a South Tyrolean perspective, Wednesday was rather quiet. Tomorrow, Thursday, many local winter athletes will again be taking part in the Olympic Games in Beijing. Here's the overview.

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