A historic event occurred in luge during the Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. The German mixed relay team won the gold medal, allowing the duo Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt to surpass Natalie Geisenberger as the most decorated German winter sports athletes. The Polish team, despite a good start, finished in eighth place after a costly error by Mateusz Sochowicz. In biathlon and curling, German representatives experienced mixed fortunes.

Historic German Record

Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt won their seventh gold, becoming the most decorated German winter Olympians in history.

Polish Mistake in the Relay

The Polish team finished in 8th place in luge after an error by Mateusz Sochowicz, despite a great start by Klaudia Domaradzka.

Julia Tannheimer's Debut

The young biathlete will replace Selina Grotian in Saturday's sprint in Anterselva following poor results from her older teammate.

German dominance at the ice chute of the Cortina Sliding Centre has continued uninterrupted since the relay event debuted in 2014. The team consisting of Julia Taubitz, Max Langenhan, and the duos Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt as well as Dajana Eitberger and Magdalena Matschina won gold with a lead of 0.542 seconds over Austria. For Wendl and Arlt, known as the "Bayern Express," this was their seventh Olympic gold medal, making them Germany's new record holders for the number of gold medals won at the Winter Games. The hosts, Italy, had to settle for the bronze medal. Polish lugers finished the competition in second-to-last, eighth place. Although after the runs of Klaudia Domaradzka and the duo Wojciech Chmielewski and Michał Gancarczyk the Polish team was temporarily in the lead, an error by Mateusz Sochowicz dashed hopes for a high finish. Sochowicz hit the wall at the beginning of his slide, losing precious fractions of a second. The Poles managed to overtake only a weakened Romanian team. In other disciplines, German successes were interspersed with disappointments – while the men's curling team led by skip Marc Muskatewitz defeated Italy and Norway, the biathletes, including Philipp Horn, occupied distant positions in the sprint dominated by Quentin Fillon Maillet. The mixed luge relay was included in the Olympic program in 2014 during the Sochi Games. Since then, the German team has won all four editions of this event, confirming their absolute hegemony in the discipline.7 — gold medals won in total by Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt In biathlon, spectators' eyes are now on Julia Tannheimer, who at age 20 will debut in the sprint, replacing Selina Grotian. Meanwhile, in the medal table after 44 out of 116 finals, Norway leads ahead of Italy and the USA. Germany, thanks to successes in luge, occupies fourth place. Poland is still awaiting breakthrough results from its representatives in technical and endurance events. „"We don't do it for records, but the awareness of being at the top of the all-time list is an incredible reward for years of hard work."” — Tobias WendlNorway: 7, Italy: 6, USA: 4, Germany: 4, Sweden: 4, Switzerland: 4

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