12:27 p.m.: Now comes the last German driver! Tim Hronek starts in the seventh race.

12:24 p.m.: Alex Fiva is now forty years old – in the sixth race The Swiss can still narrowly prevail. Canadian Jared Schmidt follows him in the photo finish. Bitter: A stumble on the home straight costs Swede Erik Mobaerg the quarter-finals. The Czech Daniel Paulus is also out.

12.20 p.m.: And Fischer does it! Regez crosses the finish line first by a long way, but the German is able to fend off attacks from the Japanese Sugai and the Austrian Danksagmüller. So three Germans are already in the quarter-finals!

12:17 p.m.: And now the fifth racewhere, among others, the German Florian Fischer is represented. With world champion and Olympic champion Ryan Regez from Switzerland, a real heavyweight awaits Fischer.

12:16 p.m.: Double victory for Germany! While Wilmsmann achieved a confident start-to-finish victory, his compatriot Renn had to sweat. But with a nice overtaking maneuver shortly before the end, Renn moved up to second place. The Swiss Detraz and the Canadian Rowell are out.

12:14 p.m.: Well, now it’s time! The Germans Florian Wilmsmann and Cornel Renn compete in the fourth race to.

12.12 p.m.: In the third race There are again three Frenchmen at the start, Yuri Duplessis-Kergomard and compatriot Terence Tchiknavorian prevail. Terence’s brother Melvin and the Brit Oliver Davies are eliminated.

12:09 p.m.: Three Italians are arguing in the second race with the Austrian Adam Kappacher to advance. After a descent with lots of overtaking maneuvers and some jockeying, Kappacher was left with last place. Simone Derodis and Dominik Zuech prevail.

12.04 p.m.: Race number one is over! The Canadian Reece Howden is one of the top favorites – and he doesn’t show any weakness in the first round of 16. Together with the Italian Federico Tommasoni, Howden prevailed in the first race, the Swiss Tobias Baur was eliminated at the end after a short race to catch up. The first race was the only one of the eight round of 16 in which only three drivers competed.

11:58 a.m.: It’s about to start! 31 drivers are at the start, and the participants in the quarter-finals will be determined in eight different races. From a German perspective, the fourth race is particularly exciting, where medal hopeful Florian WIlmsmann and compatriot Cornel Renn compete against the Swiss Romain Detraz and the Canadian Gavin Rowell. Two more Germans, Florian Fischer and Tim Hronek, will be at the start later.

Skicross men in the live ticker (Saturday from 12 p.m.)

11.30 a.m.: The round of 16 races in men’s ski cross are on the program at 12 p.m. A total of four Germans qualified for this. Among them is the German medal hope Florian Wilmsmann. The other starters from Germany are Cornel Renn, Florian Fischer and Tim Hronek.

After Daniela Maier’s gold triumph in ski cross, the men will race down the course in Livigno on Saturday (12 p.m., final 1:10 p.m./ARD and Eurosport). And here too, the chances of obtaining precious metal for Germany are good. Florian Wilmsmann is currently in third place in the Ski Cross World Cup and is aiming for a medal.

In addition to the man from Tegernsee, the favorites include the Canadian Reece Howden and local hero Simone Deromedis from Italy. From a German perspective, Florian Fischer, Tim Hronek and Cornel Renn will also be at the start alongside Wilmsmann.