Leonie Walter at the 2022 Paralympics: St. Peter is upside down – sport
Since Tuesday morning, Renate Walter has been able to describe what happens when the community of St. Peter in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald is happy about a gold medal. It’s lucky to be able to reach her at all, she says on the phone, and during the conversation the cell phone rings again in the […]
China at the Paralympics: The nice glow of the medals – Sport
Most Chinese haven’t heard what was probably most important to Andrew Parsons. “Peace,” yelled the President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) at the end of his speech at the opening ceremony. “I am appalled by what is happening in the world right now,” he had previously said. But his statements on the political world […]
Paralympics: First gold for Germany – Forster cries twice
Sport After six seconds behind First gold for Germany – Forster cries twice Stand: 07.03.2022 | Reading time: 2 minutes Gold! Unbridled joy at Anna-Lena Forster Source: dpa/Christoph Soeder The German team wins its first gold medal at the Beijing Paralympics. Anna-Lena Forster was actually hopelessly behind in the super combination. “I never would have […]
At the Paralympic Games, equipment in the race for medals
When Jordan Broisin sets off on the slopes of Yanqing for the alpine skiing events of the Paralympic Games in Beijing, organized from March 4 to 13, he will not only rely on his sense of trajectory. The hopes of the Haut-Savoyard, whose left leg was amputated after a motorcycle accident, will also rest on […]
Anna-Lena Forster at the Paralympics: gold as relief – sport
Anna-Lena Forster had a real premonition. She won four titles at the World Paralympic Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer in January and, of course, has been asked if she plans to repeat that at the Paralympics in Beijing. Forster then urged caution, after all, her strongest competitor in monoskiing, the discipline for wheelchair users, was […]
at the Paralympic Games in Beijing, these skiers who follow their guide
The French team’s medal basket has already tinkled three times in two days, since the start of the Paralympic Games in Beijing on Saturday March 5. There was Arthur Bauchet’s gold in standing downhill, Marie Bochet’s silver in standing Super-G, and Hyacinthe Deleplace’s bronze in downhill, visually impaired category. But we must not forget a […]
Medals for Peace (nd-aktuell.de)
Oksana Schischkowa (left) and her guide Andrei Marchenko won gold in the biathlon sprint for the visually impaired. Photo: AFP/Thomas Lovelock For the team from Ukraine, the momentary joy at the golden start to the Paralympics quickly turned into sadness and concern for their homeland. “They are still very quiet and thoughtful in the village,” […]
the French team begins to dream of the podium
Although it denies it, the French delegation, 18 strong, including four guides for blind or visually impaired skiers, takes advantage of the exclusion of Russian athletes during the Beijing Paralympic Games which open this Friday, March 4. First admitted, then refused following a reversal of the Paralympic Committee after the threat of several delegations to […]
First French medals at the Paralympic Winter Games in China
Tricolor skiing made a remarkable entrance at the Paralympic Winter Games, which opened on Friday March 4, and until the 13th, in Beijing and in the surrounding mountains. It was skier Arthur Bauchet who opened the ball for French medals on Saturday 5 March. The 21-year-old sportsman brought France his first title in the competition, […]
Russia’s War and Sport: From Action to Word – Sport
“Whoever names things,” political scientist Martin Greiffenhagen once said, “is in control of them.” So whoever speaks, always acts. For example, by not mentioning actors, he can make them disappear as if they and their actions did not exist. The most recent, chilling example was warmonger Vladimir Putin’s attempt to disguise the war of aggression […]