Grotheer Gives Germany Another Olympic Sliding Gold Medal

BEIJING (AP) — Germany has its first Olympic skeleton champion, and the country is simply sliding away from all challengers so far at the Beijing Olympics.

Christopher Grotheer was a runaway winner in the men’s skeleton event that ended Friday night, the first German to win gold in the discipline where sliders navigate the icy chute headfirst at speeds that can exceed 80 mph.

Maximum speed! ✈

Cristopher Grotheer wins the first-ever Olympic #Gold medal in #Skeleton for Germany with his 1st place in skeleton – men!#Beijing2022 | #StrongerTogether | @TeamD

— Olympics (@Olympics) February 11, 2022

Germany also got the silver and China got its first-ever Olympic sliding medal by winning bronze.

There have been five gold medals handed out so far in sliding events at these Beijing Games, all five of them won by Germans

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