Etiket: Winter sports
Ski jumper Selina Freitag falls and causes a moment of shock
The Beijing Winter Olympics are just a few days away. Selina Freitag will also be there, although she was lucky in her misfortune on Saturday. When jumping in Willingen, she…
Alpine skiing – “Not my best skiing”: Weidle fourth in Garmisch
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (dpa) – Minutes later, Kira Weidle was still struggling with her departure. The Starnberg native had imagined her dress rehearsal for the Winter Olympics in Beijing differently. At her…
Laura Dahlmeier thought of a comeback
Laura Dahlmeier was one of the greatest in her sport when she was active – and ended her career early. Now the 28-year-old revealed that she almost came back –…
Ski jumping coach Kuttin doesn’t expect much from China
Beijing (AP) – Ski jumping coach Heinz Kuttin looks back on his time as a trainer in China with mixed feelings. “I had to do training programs that I didn’t…
“Extremely depressing”: Andreas Wellinger talks about the Olympics
The non-nomination for the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing hit two-time Olympic ski jumping champion Andreas Wellinger. “It was extremely depressing,” the 26-year-old told Sky Sport on Friday. Wellinger had…
Ski jumping – Wellinger after the Olympics: “Extremely depressing”
Berlin (AP) – The non-nomination for the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing hit the two-time Olympic ski jumping champion Andreas Wellinger. “It was extremely depressing,” the 26-year-old told Sky Sport…
Surprisingly, the DSV mixed team in Willingen did not make it onto the podium
Karl Geiger slapped his thighs and shook his head: The German ski jumpers didn’t make it onto the podium at the Olympic dress rehearsal of the mixed team competition. Katharina…
DSV coach safe: Four Hills Tournament for women is coming
The German national ski jumping coach for women, Maximilian Mechler, is firmly assuming that a Four Hills Tournament for women will be introduced quickly. “As far as I know, the…
Interview – Pechstein: “It’s kind of a great feeling”
Berlin (dpa) – So far, Claudia Pechstein was Germany’s most successful winter Olympian, now the exceptional speed skater is also the world record holder: In Beijing, the 49-year-old Berliner is…
Eighth Winter Games for Pechstein “great feeling”
Berlin (AP) – Speed skater Claudia Pechstein is proud of her eighth participation in the Winter Olympics, but believes winning another medal in Beijing is unrealistic. “If everything goes well,…