Olympics-Bobsleigh-Nolte and Levi rocket Germany to another sliding gold in the two-woman
By David Kirton
Germany Sport News
Olympics - Bobsleigh - Nolte and Levi of Germany take two-woman gold
YANQING, China : Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi of Germany won the gold medal in the two-woman bobsleigh at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Saturday.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Laura Nolte re-establishes German sliding dominance with 2-woman bobsleigh gold
Normality resumed in the Winter Olympic sliding events in Beijing, as Germany’s Laura Nolte guided her sled to gold in the two-woman bobsleigh. Leading from start to finish, she teamed up with Deborah Levi to beat PyeongChang 2018 champion Mariama Jamanka by a huge margin of 0.77 seconds, with Elana Meyers Taylor taking bronze for the USA — her fifth Olympic medal. Ad/> A disappointing campaign for Britain’s Mica McNeill and Montell Douglas ended with a their best heat, to finish 17th.
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Olympics - Figure skating - After COVID quarantine, German pair put on 'fighting face' in free skate
BEIJING : German pair Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nolan Seegert battled through a rocky free skate on Saturday, suffering from a lack of preparation after Seegert was forced to spend nearly two weeks in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19.