Germany Surprises And Wins Women’s Team Sprint At The Beijing Olympics

by Leandro Lutz • 16.02.2022
Katharina Hennig and Victoria Carl secure the gold medal in the team sprint for Germany in a superb finish at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing. Results from the women’s team sprint classic.

Germany, who were merely outsiders to the medals coming into the women’s team sprint, took home the gold medal. With Maja Dahlqvist and Jonna Sundling, top favorites for the event, Sweden snagged the silver medal in front of the Russian Olympic Committee with Yulia Stupak and Natalia Nepryaeva in a fierce battle for the last medal.

Updates in progress

Top 3, Team Sprint, Women

  1.  Germany, 22:09:85
  2.  Sweden, +0.17
  3.  Russian Olympic Committee, +0.71 

Complete Results

The men’s 50km mass start freestyle on Saturday, February 19, and the women’s 30km mass start freestyle on Sunday, February 20, are the next and last events for the cross-country skiers at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing.   

FACTS: 2022 OLYMPICS 
What: XXIV Olympic Winter Games (24th edition)
Beijing 2022 – All you need to know 
Where: Beijing, China
Biathlon, cross-country skiing and Nordic events will take place at the Zhangjiakou arena, situated at and above 1650 meters above sea level. 
When: February 4 to 20, 2022
What happens when: 
Complete schedule for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, all sports
Who: 53 cross-country teams compete at the 2022 Olympics, each fielding from 1 to 16 athletes. 
All the cross-country ski teams to the Beijing Winter Olympics 
How: Where to watch the Olympics – World Wide

Results, start lists and competition details for all events at the 2022 Beijing Olympics will be posted here

Beijing Olympics homepage

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