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US association denies Lindsey Vonn her World Cup request
Updated on 11.02.2025 – 3:07 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
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Tuesday, February 11, 2025
The German Ski Team remains without a medal at the World Cup. In the team combination, however, it looked very different until shortly before the end. Then the drama started. Read more about the falls here.
The Nordic Ski World Cup in Trondheim in Norway starts at the end of February. And in this again the Norwegian Espen Björnstad are not there. The 31-year-old combiner was not nominated and is therefore stunned. The fact that he misses the home World Cup at his place of birth makes him “angry, disappointed and sad,” as Björnstad told Norwegian public service broadcasting NRK. Read more about his criticism of the association here.
On Wednesday, the best biathletes will start their World Cup in Lenzerheide in Switzerland. Philipp Nawrath is also part of the current German World Cup squad. However, the DSV star was recently sick, as the association announced on its website. Read more about Nawrath here.
For Lindsey Vonn, the comeback World Cup in Saalbach-Hinterglemm is developing into an unexpected stumbling block. After disappointing results in Super-G and departure, the US Ski Association is now denying the hoped-for cooperation with Mikaela Shiffrin in the combination format held for the first time at a World Cup. If you are a team partner instead, read here.
At the alpine ski World Cup, the three nominated athletes Romed Baumann, Simon Jocher and Luis Vogt clearly missed the targeted placements. Head coach Christian Schwaiger was self -critical after the competitions and spoke of a clear focus of target. “It was really bad, we never achieved our goal,” said the 56-year-old Austrian. Read more about the criticism of Schwaiger of the DSV outfits here.
The Norwegian ski jumping star Johann André Forfang secured the victory in Lake Placid. The 29-year-old was emotionally after this success and spoke about his father’s cancer. What exactly said forfang, read here.
At the Ski World Cup in Saalbach, the men’s departure took place on Sunday. The race offered spectacle and produced a surprise winner. If you secured the gold medal, read here.
On the departure in Saalbach, Lindsey Vonn had nothing to do with the top positions. Subsequently, however, she captivated at a party – with her stomach -free outfit. With whom Vonn celebrated and where the ski stars celebrate their successes, read here.
There was long tension in the women’s World Cup departure. The appearance of the German driver Emma Aicher was eagerly awaited. In the end, however, the little sensation failed to materialize. Lindsey Vonn was cheered – despite a disappointment. You can read who crowned the world champion on the departure.
So Luis Vogt certainly did not imagine his first participation in the Ski World Cup. The German fell heavily and was thrown into the air by the impact of impact. Read more about the accident here.