Huge hullabaloo in the Olympic ski cross finals! Daniela Maier from Germany wins the bronze medal after long discussions. She didn’t seem happy about it. Next.
According to video evidence, German ski crosser Daniela Maier won the bronze medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics. The 25-year-old from Vöhrenbach initially took fourth and last place in the final on Thursday, but after several minutes of studying the video, the jury disqualified Swiss Fanny Smith, who finished third. For the German Ski Association, it is the first Olympic medal in this discipline, which has been in the program since 2010.
“It was an exciting thriller, Dani did a great job. It’s the medal. Nobody will ask tomorrow how it came about,” said sporting director Heli Herdt on ARD. “Fanny received a yellow card for her maneuver on the home stretch. There is a relatively clear set of rules. If one driver can be assumed to be intentional and another driver’s speed is significantly slowed down, then that’s a yellow card.” Nevertheless, Daniela Maier initially seemed as if she did not want to win the medal in this way. Gradually, however, joy prevailed and on the winner’s podium she shed a few tears of joy during the flower ceremony.
Daniela Maier already on course for a medal in qualification
Top favorite Sandra Näslund from Sweden won gold ahead of Canadian Marielle Thompson. Maier’s teammate Johanna Holzmann from Memmingen had previously failed in the quarter-finals.
Maier was already third in qualifying. This secured her a good starting position for the round of 16, where she confidently prevailed against the Russian Ekaterina Malzewa and Katrin Ofner from Austria. In the quarterfinals, Maier was actually already hopelessly behind, but fought his way up to second place in the last meters. Maier won the semifinals after a photo finish, in the race for gold it was finally handed to bronze after a long trembling.
Source: Stern
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