A joke about the Chinese got the tennis star in trouble. Complains of “crazy bullying”
In May, after a series of health problems, she was ranked 140th. She is now number 14 in the world. However, the remarkable return of the Spaniard Paula Badosa to the elite tennis society has been clouded in recent weeks by a case that got out of control. She dominated the tournament in Washington, played […]
Bizarre in China: Muchová has an opponent who should have been at home a long time ago. The Czech woman did her magic again
Karolína Muchová rested for a week after her successful run in Beijing and is feeding the eyes of tennis fans again. At the next Chinese stage in the city of Ning-po, she started with a difficult but well-managed battle against the Australian Olivia Gadecka. Similar to the US Open, she got excited with a backhand […]
Sport and politics: after the Paralympics and Olympics in Beijing: a different neutrality (nd-aktuell.de)
Frosty games: The Paralympics in Beijing ended on Sunday with the closing ceremony. Foto: imago images/Matic Klansek “I wish you all success and good luck. Thanks very much. Peace!” Andrew Parsons shouted at the Beijing stadium on Friday last week. However, the television audience in the host country, China, was not able to catch all […]
Paralympics: In Search of Youth – Sport
The cross-country skiing coach Albert Kürner had always thought it was a cliché that professional athletes speak into microphones after success: that they have not yet “realized” what they have just achieved. On Tuesday of this week he knew how it feels. The chairman of the St. Peter ski club in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district told […]
Second gold in Beijing: Forster dominates slalom
Anna-Lena Forster at the slalom in Beijing Image: EPA The 26-year-old monoskier easily outperforms the competition in Beijing. She wins her second gold medal with a lead of 2.32 seconds. Anna-Lena Forster impressively won the second gold medal at the Paralympics in Beijing. The 26-year-old monoskier finished Saturday’s slalom in the sitting class ahead of […]
Father of Paralympic athlete held prisoner of war
Dhe Ukrainian para-biathlete Anastasiia Laletina has prematurely withdrawn from competition at the Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. The background is the capture of her father, who serves in the Ukrainian army, by Russian troops. A spokeswoman for the Ukrainian Paralympic Committee confirmed this to the FAZ. The 19-year-old athlete will be flown to Poland at […]
Paralympics trouble: 40 degrees warmer – “We’re just the appendage”
Sport Trouble at the Paralympics 40 degree rise in temperature – “We are just the appendage” As of 10:38 a.m | Reading time: 3 minutes 16 degrees, plenty of sun, muddy artificial snow – that’s what the Paralympics are all about Source: dpa/Christoph Soeder At the Olympic Winter Games, the participants were still shaking from […]
Marco Maier wins silver in cross-country skiing in Beijing
Scross-country skier Marco Maier won his second silver medal at the Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. The 22-year-old from Oberstdorf was only beaten by Frenchman Benjamin Daviet in the standing class sprint final. 15-year-old Linn Kazmaier won bronze in the visually impaired class with guide Florian Baumann. “I have an incredible feeling,” said Maier, who […]
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 […]