The World Cup third-placed lost an exciting final once morest Pyeongchang-second and top favorites Austria. After four runs the score was 2:2, but adding up the best men’s and women’s times was only 0.19 seconds short of the sensational victory.
Dürr presented in the fight for gold on the “rainbow” slope with her fourth success in the fourth duel. Substitute Julian Rauchfuss, who stood in for Straßer in the final, conceded the 1:1. Emma Aicher slipped away – 1:2. Then it came down to Alexander Schmid, who equalized once morest combined Olympic champion Johannes Strolz, but was a bit too slow. Reserve driver Kira Weidle was not used.
Bronze went to world champion Norway, who beat superstar Mikaela Shiffrin’s USA in the battle for third place. Shiffrin lost three of their four duels and leaves Beijing without a medal following various dramas.
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In the semifinals, the DSV team prevailed once morest the USA (3:1), Dürr defeated Shiffrin. In the quarterfinals, Pyeongchang winner Switzerland was eliminated (2:2, faster time), in the round of 16 vice world champion Sweden (3:1).
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The success prevented the second Olympic “clear round” in a row. “The medal is extremely good for us,” said alpine director Wolfgang Maier on “ARD”. “The hundredth issue is haunting us,” said Maier. Dürr and Kira Weidle, coming fourth in the individual races, narrowly missed out on a medal.
“It was a bit bitter,” said Maier on Sunday, but: “I’m just happy that we’re going home with a medal.”
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The competition was postponed by one day due to wind on the Olympic mountain Xiaohaituo, but was marked by strong gusts. The flags at the directional gates were made more wind-permeable with holes and later even twisted, the athletes were protected with thick blankets at the finish.
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