Laura Nolte reaches for Olympic gold in the monobob

In the third run, Nolte was the first to set the track record again, as she did at the start. But US pilot Elana Meyers Taylor countered and came within 0.15 seconds with another best time. Beijing Olympic champion Kaillie Armbruster Humphries from the USA managed exactly the same time as Meyers Taylor and came third, shortening the gap to Nolte to 0.24 seconds.

Buckwitz was faster than Nolte in the third run

In contrast to many of the co-favorites who made mistakes, Nolte set a track record in the first run on Sunday and only made small mistakes in the second run. At halftime she was 0.22 seconds ahead of Meyers Taylor. Despite starting a record, Lisa Buckwitz made too many mistakes on the first day of the competition and struggled with the “wrong choice of runners”. However, the 31-year-old drove even faster than Nolte in the third run and is fourth before the final run. However, the gap to bronze place is 0.64 seconds.