The XXIV Olympic Winter Games will take place in Beijing from February 4th to 20th. Martina Ertl is someone who knows what is important at a major event. The former alpine star took part in five winter games and won three medals. For sport.de, the 48-year-old comments on what is happening around the major event in China.
Vinzenz Geiger accepted the gold medal with mixed feelings. At the moment of his greatest sporting success, emotions came to him only to a limited extent. He was obviously thinking too much about those who were not allowed to take part in this competition. The dominator Riiber and his strong teammates Frenzel and Weber. Especially with reference to Eric Frenzel, the three-time Olympic champion, who gave a strong performance this season and could have fought for the medals, the Oberstdorfer banned jubilation scenes, as footballers sometimes do, against their old club Score a goal and instead of cheering, just put your finger to your mouth to silence everyone involved.
The isolation drama surrounding Eric Frenzel and Terence Weber occupies everyone; they are supplied with eating robots, see no one and keep fit in the hotel room with jogging, ergometer riding and jumping simulations. What a spooky idea! What discipline, what motivation is necessary to work alone under such conditions. How much sadness and frustration lies in the words of the Olympic champion Frenzel when he announces in a quiet voice via video messages that he finally wants to “get out”.
Away from the pistes and jumps, a drama takes place that is second to none and which in its individual aspects immediately leads to critical commentary. If the Olympic Games were taking place in Europe, Frenzel would already be training again. Instead, the Chinese value scale is used for free testing and the two Germans still fail.
Vinzenz Geiger’s gold medal, which Weber and Frenzel celebrated in their “cells”, bursts into this situation.
National coach Weinbuch is currently going through all the feelings that such an office can entail and is looking forward to the next two competition stations. Nobody knows what will come.
Calmness and patience are getting harder every day.
Best regards
Martina Ertl