Julia Taubitz won Olympic gold for Germany in the women's singles luge, defending her title. Emma Aicher and Kira Weidle-Winkelmann secured silver in the women's alpine team combination. The German ski jumping mixed team narrowly missed a medal, finishing fourth.
On the fourth competition day of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, Germany celebrated two medals. Julia Taubitz won the women's singles luge event convincingly, overcoming her 2022 Beijing trauma. The world champion led clearly after the first runs and completed the third and fourth flawlessly. Silver went to Elina Bota of Latvia, bronze to Ashley Farquharson of the USA. Merle Fräbel, who was second after two strong runs, botched the third due to a start error and finished eighth.
In the women's alpine team combination, Emma Aicher and Kira Weidle-Winkelmann took silver. Aicher's fastest slalom time propelled the duo from sixth to second place. Gold went to Austria's Ariane Rädler and Katharina Huber, bronze to Jacqueline Wiles and Paula Moltzan of the USA. The US favorites Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson placed fourth after Shiffrin's slalom mistake.
The German mixed ski jumping team with Agnes Reisch, Felix Hoffmann, Selina Freitag, and Philipp Raimund finished fourth, missing medals behind Slovenia (gold), Norway (silver), and Japan (bronze). In the men's 20 km biathlon individual, Philipp Nawrath placed fifth after a shooting error. Gold went to Norway's Johan-Olav Botn, ahead of France's Éric Perrot and Norway's Sturla Holm Lægreid.
Italy celebrated home gold in the short track mixed relay with Arianna Fontana as key player, ahead of Canada and Belgium. Norway's Johannes Høsflot Klæbo won the men's classic sprint, Sweden's Linn Svahn the women's sprint. In men's freestyle slopestyle, Birk Ruud of Norway triumphed. The Games run from February 4 to 22 in Milan, Cortina d'Ampezzo, and other venues, with 116 medal decisions across 16 disciplines.
