Etiket: Winter sports
Ski jumping at the Olympics – Katharina Althaus: Mixed drama just “a bad nightmare”?
Oberstdorf (AP) – Ski jumper Katharina Althaus is still plagued by bad memories of her disqualification in the Olympic mixed competition. “I don’t think I’ve really processed it yet. I…
Hennig and Carl win Olympic gold in the cross-country team sprint
Zhangjiakou (dpa) – Katharina Hennig and Victoria Carl jumped jubilantly onto the winner’s podium and danced for joy in the freezing cold of Zhangjiakou. “It’s indescribable,” said Hennig after the…
Olympics 2022 | Column by Martina Ertl: Schumacher in the ice track
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…
Olympics 2022 | Report: Kamila Valieva had drug cocktail in her blood
In the doping scandal surrounding figure skater Kamila Valieva, more and more details are coming to light – and they are worrying. So far, Kamila Valieva was “only” concerned with…
How William Flaherty made it from Hell to Olympia
William Flaherty: The skier from Puerto Rico narrowly escaped death as a young boy, after the Olympics the next operation is waiting. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis – the diagnosis alone sounds scary.…
Winter Games in Beijing – “Spin about everything”: Valiyeva more of a doping victim
Beijing (AP) – Eteri Tutberidze’s figure skating medal smithy in Moscow is famous and notorious. The doping scandal surrounding her Russian child prodigy Kamila Valiyeva has increased criticism of the…
Sprinter Burghardt’s bobsleigh project to Beijing ended
Wrapped up, sprinter Alexandra Burghardt warms up in the cold mountains of the Xiaohaituo Mountains. “Fortunately we have winter clothes, I sweat here too, I need it for the competition…
Winter Games in Beijing – circulatory problems: Swiss biathlon relay has to give up
Zhangjiakou (dpa) – The Swiss biathlon relay team had to give up at the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing because of circulatory problems in the start runner Irene Cadurisch. The…
Olympics 2022 | Biathlon: Strong DSV relay ends medal dry spell
The German biathletes won the bronze medal in the relay at the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, ending a long dry spell. The DSV quartet around individual Olympic champion Denise…
Straßer misses Olympic medal in slalom
Yanqing (AP) – Ski racer Linus Straßer missed a medal in the slalom at the Winter Olympics in China. In Yanqing, the 29-year-old was 0.93 seconds behind Olympic champion Clement…