On the ninth day of the Beijing Olympic Games, the decisive races in the skeleton will be performed by Andy Steel, and four Latvian cross-country skiers will start in the 4×5 kilometer relay.
09:30 – 10:45. Cross-country skiing. 4x5km Relay for Women. Our Patricia Eiduka, Kitty Auziņa, Samanta Krampe and Estere Wolf start. 18 quartets have been entered for the start. Latvia will start with the 15th issue.
14:20 – 16:40. Skeleton for women. 3rd and 4th ride. Launch of our Andy Steel. After two trips on Friday, Steel ranks 20th.
The leader is the Australian Jacqueline Narakota, from whom the German Hanna Naize is 0.21 seconds behind, but the top three is completed by another German skeletonist Tīna Hermane, yielding to Narakota in 0.23 seconds. The steel leader loses 1.79 seconds.
