Doping at the Olympics: Kamila Valiewa is allowed to start in singles – sport
Despite a positive doping test, gold favorite Kamila Valiyeva is allowed to start in the Olympic figure skating singles. The Court of Arbitration for Sport, Cas, on Monday, after summary proceedings at the Winter Games in Beijing, rejected the appeals against the lifting of their provisional ban. As one of the reasons for the decision, […]
Biathlon at the Olympics: Marte Olsbu Röiseland collects medals
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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 […]
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 […]
Queer at the Olympics: forced to hide (nd-aktuell.de)
US figure skater Timothy LeDuc, here with partner Ashley Cain-Gribble, is set to become the first openly non-binary person to compete at the Olympic Winter Games. Photo: imago images / AFLOSPORT Xu Jingsen became the first Chinese professional athlete to emerge from the shadows. In 2018, the surfer posted a photo on the Weibo social […]
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, […]
Fourth gold in luge: fun on the track – sport
Minus. Plus. Minus. Plus. In between, the times in this last luge competition on the Olympic course in Beijing changed wildly back and forth. The Germans, who had won everything so far, were apparently shown their limits in the very last race, shortly before the end of their fourth triumph, which everyone was expecting. Because […]