Experienced Ninis did not escape hesitation in the first races, German Ludwig settled at the head – Športky.sk

BEIJING – German toboggan Johannes Ludwig took the lead after the first two races of the individual competition at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. The reigning World Cup winner built up 39,000ths ahead of the Austrian Wolfgang Kindle in the Yingqing ice slide. With a time of 57.063 s, he set a new track record in the first run.

The third fastest was Italian Dominik Fischnaller (+0,303). The Slovak national team member Jozef Ninis, who is already starting at the fifth Olympics, did not escape several hesitations at the bottom of the track. He finished in 16th place, losing 2.458 seconds to Ludwig. Olympic debutant Marián Skupek was 26th (+3,431) after the first day.