Etiket: Winter sports
3000 meter run: Pechstein celebrates last place like victory
Beijing (AP) – Speed skater Claudia Pechstein celebrated the race over 3000 meters at the Winter Olympics in Beijing despite finishing last. “That was a win for me. With the…
Winter Games in Beijing: Cross-country skier Johaug wins Olympic gold
Zhangjiakou (AP) – Therese Johaug is the first Olympic champion in cross-country skiing at the Winter Games in China. The 33-year-old Norwegian prevailed in the skiathlon in Zhangjiakou ahead of…
Corona at the Olympics – quarantine torment: frustration with combined Frenzel
Zhangjiakou (dpa) – The corona-positive Olympic champion Eric Frenzel is struggling with the quarantine situation and will not be able to repeat his gold coup from the normal hill. The…
DOSB strives for better quarantine conditions
Zhangjiakou (dpa) – The German Olympic Sports Confederation is making intensive efforts to improve the sometimes poor conditions of its athletes who have tested positive for corona in the isolation…
Two corona cases in the Swiss ice hockey team
In the Swiss ice hockey team there are two positive corona cases at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Denis Malgin and Dario Simion are in isolation in the Olympic Village…
Winter Games in Beijing – IOC on the TV switch incident: “Was someone overzealous”
Beijing (dpa) – Despite the intervention of Chinese security forces in a live broadcast of the Dutch TV broadcaster NOS from Beijing, the IOC sees no fundamental problem for the…
DOSB hopes the quarantine conditions will improve
The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) is working with the IOC and the organizing committee to improve the quarantine conditions for its three athletes who have tested positive. The isolation…
Winter Games in Beijing – Olympic organizers: Corona situation “under control”
Beijing (dpa) – Despite the fact that the number of corona cases at the Winter Games in Beijing is not falling, the organizers are not concerned. “We are sure that…
Winter Games in Beijing – figure skating icon Witt: “It won’t be a carefree party”
Beijing (dpa) – Figure skating icon Katarina Witt is not expecting any brilliant winter games in Beijing due to the massive corona restrictions. “It won’t be a really happy and…
Combined Frenzel and Weber out for first individual
Zhangjiakou (dpa) – The corona-positive Olympic champions Eric Frenzel and Terence Weber will definitely not contest the first Olympic individual in Beijing in the Nordic combined. This is what team…