Speed skater scent at the Olympics: on runners through the time zones – Sport
Beijing‘s new speed skating hall, dubbed the “Ice Ribbon,” has already seen a series of competitions over the past seven days, including an exciting physics experiment on time and space now on Saturday. The test arrangement looked like this: Thirty sprinters competed. For 29 athletes, the competition started at 4 p.m.; for an athlete at […]
Karl Geiger at the Olympics: The chick flies to bronze – sport
Two types of victories are conceivable. On the one hand, the official one, which is honored with a gold medal and anthem at the Olympics. And on the other hand the unofficial, which is, for example, a third place, but means even more to the athlete. At least that seemed to be the case with […]
Biathlon: Johannes Thingnes and Tarjei Bö celebrate their greatest success. – Sports
Tarjei Bö closed his eyes and stretched his nose towards the sky, he had to enjoy this moment now. In his arms his little brother, they both stood together on the podium, which was renamed in their honor in the World Cup: The podium then became “Bödium” when the bad guys finished their race among […]
Karl Geiger wins Olympic bronze in ski jumping in Beijing
With gold helmet to bronze: Karl Geiger is third on the large hill. Image: EPA So far, things have not gone well for the German ski jumpers at the Olympics. But now Karl Geiger secures bronze on the large hill. Victory goes to Marius Lindvik, Markus Eisenbichler is fifth. Karl Geiger has won the Olympic […]
Doping case Valiewa at the Olympics: In the eye of the storm – sport
Death threats, allegedly ill doping hunters, appeals from the Kremlin: the case involving the Russian figure skater Kamila Valiyeva is becoming an ever larger and more embarrassing cause for everyone involved. from Johannes Knuth On Saturday, the daily press round of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Beijing organizers focused on snowfall in the […]
Olympia 2022: Mexicans in cross-country skiing – what it’s like to be 94th
FFriday, early evening in the mountains of Zhangjiakou: men’s 15 km cross-country race. In the end, the Norwegians win. No, this time a Finn.
Olympia 2022: gold in skeleton for Christopher Grotheer – Sport
Christopher Grotheer raised his index finger in disbelief, then, after a brief hesitation, roared his joy with the German flag in his hands: With the historic first Olympic victory for German skeleton pilots, the 29-year-old continued the gold festival at the Winter Games in China. One day after the end of the luge competitions with […]
Biathlon at the Olympics: German starters far behind – sport
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Olympia 2022: positive doping test for figure skater Valiyeva – Sport
Russian Olympic figure skating champion Kamila Valiyeva tested positive for the heart drug trimetazidine ahead of the Beijing Winter Games. This was announced by the International Test Agency ITA, commissioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), on Friday morning. Whether the 15-year-old, who won gold in the team competition with the Russian team on Monday, […]
Doesn’t run with the controls
RReturn flight with obstacles: For ski jumper Katharina Althaus, the journey home from the Winter Olympics was anything but ideal. “If you miss your connecting flight because of the security check and then the box of the medal looks like this,” wrote the Oberstdorf native on Instagram on a picture with the packaging of her […]