Russia accuses Ukraine of discrimination

Vitaly Smirnov, Russian member of the IOC, in 2016 Build: AP The conflict has reached sport: according to reports, Ukrainian athletes should not pose with Russian athletes in Beijing, otherwise they could face a penalty. Russia sees a violation of the Olympic Charter. Dhe enormous political tensions between Russia and Ukraine apparently had a concrete […]

Corona: Olympic tactics: no people see (nd-aktuell.de)

Beijing’s Olympic Village was officially opened on Thursday. Basically, however, it remains hermetically sealed so that the athletes don’t spread the virus among the people. Foto: imago images / Kyodo News How far are athletes willing to go for their dream of the Olympics? The Corona Winter Games in Beijing in times of the omicron […]

CT value reduced from 40 to 35

NAfter fierce debates about the corona tests at the Winter Games, the Olympic organizers have relaxed the strict rules somewhat. The core of the guidelines published by the International Olympic Committee on Monday is the setting of the controversial CT value (Cycle Threshold) for a positive test to below 35. The lower this value, the […]

Athletes Germany demands protection from the IOC

Athleten Deutschland eV has asked the International Olympic Committee to distance itself from the organizing committee for the Beijing Winter Games. The statement by Yang Shu, the organizing committee’s deputy director general for international relations, caused the German sports association “anxiety and concern,” according to a press release on Thursday. Yang on Tuesday threw up […]

Olympics 2022 in Beijing and Omicron: China’s rules for Corona

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Tennis star worried about colleague: Dangerous silence in the Peng Shuai case

Saturday 15th January 2022 Tennis star worried about colleague Dangerous silence in the case of Peng Shuai Novak Djokovic is currently making the headlines in tennis. Things have gone quiet again about his colleague Peng Shuai. Ex-world number one Garbine Muguruza thinks it’s too quiet. It’s been four weeks since Peng gave a sign of […]