Slovakia 4-0 Germany
(Hudacek 12′, Cehlarik 28′, Kristof 29′, Hrivik 58′)
Germany are out of the boys’s ice hockey event on the playoff stage following a humbling 4-0 defeat by the hands of a ruthless Slovakia.
Toni Soderholm’s staff had entered the knock-out rounds in a assured temper on the again of a optimistic efficiency within the slender 3-2 group stage defeat in opposition to the USA.
However their hopes of establishing a quarterfinal in opposition to the People have been rapidly snuffed out by Slovakia, who raced right into a 3-0 lead due to targets from Libor Hudacek (12′), Peter Cehlarik (28′) and Michal Kristof (29′).
Germany rallied however Marek Hrivik (58′) sealed their destiny within the third interval with a fourth objective whereas Germany performed with out a goalie. Tempers then boiled over when David Wolf got here to blows with Slovakia’s Hudacek and was pressured to take a seat out the closing phases.
4 years in the past in Pyeongchang, the playoff stage proved to be a springboard for Germany as a dramatic extra-time win in opposition to Switzerland set them on their technique to a historic silver medal, electrifying followers at residence.
However there was to be no repeat in Beijing.
Golds for Switzerland and Austria
Austria‘s Anna Gasser gained snowboarding gold within the Ladies’s Massive Air with a complete rating of 185.50, beating off competitors from New Zealand’s Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (silver) and Japanese duo Kokomo Murase (bronze) and Reira Iwabuchi (fourth).
Gasser, who solely began snowboarding 12 years in the past, aged 18, defended her Olympic title from Pyeongchang by touchdown the primary double cork 1260 in girls’s snowboard historical past.
Gold within the Males’s Massive Air went to Su Yiming of China with a rating of 182.50.
On the piste, Switzerland‘s Corinne Suter took gold within the Alpine Downhill, edging out powerful Italian competitors from Sofia Goggia (silver), Nadia Delago (bronze) and Elena Curtoni (fifth). Germany’s Kira Weidle completed simply outdoors the medals in fourth.
Compatriot Mathilde Gremaud added to Switzerland‘s medal haul within the Ladies’s Freestyle.
Edited by Janek Speight.