B: “I was in shock. You’re not prepared for something like that” C “I had my first seizure in the summer of 2004, at night, when I was 16” D “After the first seizures, I didn’t believe my wife that I had one”
Severin Freund was one of the most successful German ski jumpers. After his career, the Olympic champion speaks for the first time about his epilepsy. His fears – the severity of the attacks, the reasons why he is only talking about them now, and what precautions he and his wife are taking.
Pinturault best time of the 1st round of the giant of Kranjska Gora
Frenchman Alexis Pinturault set the fastest time in the first round of the Alpine Skiing World Cup giant in Kranjska Gora (Slovenia) on Saturday, and Swiss Marco Odermatt is 7th at 42/100. At the heart of a missed season, Pinturault set the fastest time for the first time, without creating any gaps before the second […]
Four lives left (nd-aktuell.de)
The Norwegian Daniel-André Tande has to overcome his fear of heights before every jump. It’s all the more difficult on the huge ski jumps. Foto: imago images/GEPA pictures Four years ago, Daniel-André Tande was crowned ski flying world champion in Oberstdorf. 15 months ago, he and his Norwegian colleagues won team gold at the World […]
Victorious in the Lenzerheide super-G, Romane Miradoli puts an end to 17 years of shortage for the French women in speed
The 27-year-old skier beat two of the stars of world skiing, the American Mikaela Shiffrin and the Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami. Frenchwoman Romane Miradoli (27) won the first World Cup race of her career on Saturday at the super-G in Lenzerheide (Switzerland), ending a 17-year shortage for French skiers in speed. Miradoli beat two of the […]
Ski jumping in Lillehammer: Karl Geiger is third
Skisprung world champion Karl Geiger jumped straight onto the podium at the Raw Air Tour in Norway, but continues to lose ground in the overall World Cup. The 29-year-old from Allgäu took third place in Lillehammer on Thursday after jumps of 135 and 134.5 meters and was only beaten by Austria’s winner of the day, […]
Ski jumping in Lillehammer: Geiger third
Skisprung world champion Karl Geiger jumped straight onto the podium at the Raw Air Tour in Norway, but continues to lose ground in the overall World Cup. The 29-year-old from Allgäu took third place in Lillehammer on Thursday after jumps of 135 and 134.5 meters and was only beaten by Austria’s winner of the day, […]
Ski jumping – Eisenbichler in fourth place – Sport
Karl Geiger defended his yellow jersey at the Ski Jumping World Cup in Lahti, Finland. The Olympic bronze medalist on the large hill finished fifth in the first competition after the Winter Games on Friday. His teammate Markus Eisenbichler, who finished fourth and missed third place by just 0.1 points, did even better. Team Olympic […]
Winter Olympics in Beijing: cheers in Zhangjiakou (nd-aktuell.de)
Final jumper Karl Geiger (right) and his teammates celebrate bronze. Photo: dpa/Daniel Karmann It was minus 23 degrees in the ski jumping stadium in Zhangjiakou, but the joy of the German team about an unexpected bronze medal melted the snow. Karl Geiger, Markus Eisenbichler, Constantin Schmid and Stephan Leyhe jumped in circles like little boys. […]
Olympia 2022: German ski jumpers win bronze in team sport
Next German success on the large hill: In the team competition, the DSV quartet of Constantin Schmid, Stephan Leyhe, Markus Eisenbichler and Karl Geiger finished third. The German ski jumpers won the Olympic bronze medal in the team competition. Karl Geiger, Markus Eisenbichler, Stephan Leyhe and Constantin Schmid only had to admit defeat to the […]
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 […]