Rings: At her first major adult tournament in Bulgaria, KFC wrestler Anastasia Blayvas achieved a respectable third place after a long break from competition. In the 53 kg limit, she defeated opponents from Spain, France, the USA and Hungary – only the European champion from Greece was a size too big. Junior Vice World Champion and base colleague Lilly Schneider (Thalheim) won silver in the 72 kg class. At the start were fighters from 35 nations. Both qualified for the U23 European Championships in Plovdiv in mid-March.
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Judo: JCL fighter Daniel Herbst celebrated a respectable success with bronze at the European Open in Warsaw and got his first international podium finish in months. A total of 410 judoka from 32 nations were at the start, in the light heavyweight division (up to 100 kg) the man from Leipzig had 13 opponents. Herbst celebrated three ippon victories (full point) against two judoka from Poland and in the small final against a Frenchman. He missed the finals by losing to an Estonian.
Ice Hockey: A few weeks ago, when Corona had not yet hit the Icefighters with full force, the Leipzig ice hockey league won for the first time at the Dutch top team Tilburg Trappers. On Sunday, a surprisingly brilliant 4:1 (1:0, 1:0, 2:1) followed on home ice. Leipzig took the lead in the 12th minute and never gave it up. Connor Hannon shone with two goals. On Tuesday (8 p.m.), the Hannover Scorpions will be the next top opponents in the Leipzig ice circus. Then a preliminary decision is made as to whether the Saxons can get stuck in the top 4, which would mean playoff home advantage.
Volleyball: The situation for the LE Volleys in the 2nd league south is becoming more and more threatening. Leipzig lost 1:3 (25:16, 17:25, 17:25, 23:25) in Karlsruhe and conceded the sixth defeat in a row. Coach Jan Pretscheck’s team are seven points behind the saving bank, but they only have seven games left. With the sovereign leader, LE started powerfully. The guests scored above all via middle blocker Jannik Koßmann, which resulted in a quick set win. But then the favorite came out on top.
Soccer: RB Leipzig’s A-Juniors came out of the winter break furiously. After beating HFC 7-0 and beating Werder Bremen 5-2, the youngsters also won 4-1 at Bundesliga leaders Hertha BSC. RB jumped to third place and reduced the gap to seven points. Mehmet Ibrahimi (2), Eric Uhlmann and Yannick Freischlad scored the goals. The eleventh-placed B-Juniors drew 1-1 at VfL Wolfsburg (3rd).
skittles: Although they were not able to play with their full squad due to corona, the second division bowlers of SK Markranstädt and SV Leipzig won their home games. Markranstädt defeated Wolfsburg 5:3 – Michael Hahn scored the best in the league with 700 points. Leipzig was superior to Elsterwerda 7:1 thanks to team unity. Both teams are eagerly waiting for participation in sports operations to be switched from 2G to 3G.
Hockey: The regional league men of the ATV defeated HC Argo Berlin 11:5 on Saturday. Niklas Wieczorek stood out as an eight-time goal scorer. The last game of the indoor season in Güstrow, scheduled for Sunday, had to be canceled due to several corona cases. It is unclear if and when it will be rescheduled. Both clubs spoke out in favor of not playing the game anymore.
Wheelchair Rugby: The German national wheelchair rugby team lost the hard-fought small European Championship final against Denmark 52:58 in Paris. Previously, the team had already bought the World Cup ticket by reaching the semi-finals. Josco Wilke from Leipzig was elected to the seven-strong all-star team.
water polo: The DHfK men lost their two second division home games of the weekend. It was 9:14 against Magdeburg, sixth in the table, and 12:14 against Berlin-Wedding (2nd). With four wins and seven defeats, Leipzig are in tenth place in the field of 14.
Table tennis: The women of the Leutzscher Foxes got an important point in the relegation battle of the 2nd league. In the end it was 5:5 against Annen, who was fourth in the table. The Leipzig team won both doubles, Do Thi Tho also won twice (3:0, 3:2), and Leonie Hildebrandt also won a hard-fought singles game 3:2.
Handball 1: The SC Markranstädt handball team made it to third place in their third division season despite personnel problems. In Friday’s catch-up game, the Piranhas won in front of 144 spectators against Pfefferkorn Berlin 26:22 (13:9). Sophie Plötz and Julia Pöschel scored seven goals, Fabienne Kracht celebrated a great comeback after a cruciate ligament rupture.
Handball 2: Despite the injury-related failure of top scorer Franz Häcker, the U23s of the SC DHfK won the handball third division home game against Anhalt Bernburg in front of 100 spectators 30:24 (14:11) and consolidated sixth place. The best pitchers, each with six goals, were Staffan Peter and Elias Gansau.
Handball 3: The U19s of the SC DHfK won a 31:17 away win at VfL Potsdam in the Bundesliga and created a good starting position for the knockout stages. On the other hand, the girls’ A-Youth of HC Leipzig failed prematurely in the fight for the German championship. The defending champion lost 29:30 in Bad Schwartau and 25:31 in Schwerin.
