After a false start
Ouch! Flock/Maier miss out on skeleton medal
One day after her Olympic victory, Janine Flock came away empty-handed in the mixed skeleton competition! On Sunday, the Tyrolean athlete and her partner Samuel Maier only managed ninth place – mainly because Flock was given a time penalty of 1.06 seconds for a false start...
Flock/Maier finished 1.65 seconds behind gold medalists Tabitha Stoecker/Matt Weston from Great Britain in the Olympic premiere of the mixed event.
Flock was self-critical afterwards. "It was a clear false start. Unfortunately, I got confused by the lights, started too early, and noticed it immediately," said the 36-year-old, who was not dissatisfied with her run itself, however. "The speed was good."
Mixed competition still "cool and beautiful" for Flock
Despite the unsuccessful mixed performance, Flock, who had returned to her room at 1:30 a.m. on Sunday after the celebrations, clearly focused on the positive.
"It was still cool and nice to experience the feeling of competing in the team event at the Olympic Games together with Samy (Maier)." Flock also said, "I'm annoyed, but when we go to the Austria House now, everything will probably be forgotten quickly."
Maier made no accusations. "It could be the other way around. We've also had races where I had to apologize to her." The Tyrolean only finished 14th in the individual competition, but achieved the eighth-fastest time in the mixed event. "My goal was to have a good run. I think I succeeded," said the 26-year-old, speaking of a "somewhat conciliatory Olympic finish."
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