Beijing Olympics: farewell, the bubble
Farewell, bubble. A kind of relief has been floating in the air for the past few days for the participants in the Beijing Games, happy to return home and leave the daily constraints and frustrations involved in life under a bell in China. The first of them being perhaps that of seeing the Great Wall […]
solutions developed for recreational skiing
Initially, it was the adaptation of a verticalizer, a device used in hospitals to allow patients to straighten up. In fifteen years, over the course of improvements, the machine became the Gotoski, a snow scooter invented by Marc Gostoli, an instructor from La Plagne (Savoie) who wanted to offer disabled people the possibility of hurtling […]
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 […]
These resorts that rely on ski touring
It’s the winter hit that Christian Dejax replays without getting tired. The president of the ski touring commission at the French Ski Federation (FFS) counts and recounts the number of routes laid out in the resorts in recent years. “It represents 70 stations and 150 routes in all the massifs, it’s a real ground swell”, […]
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 […]
Marie Bochet, “the tigress has calmed down”
She carried the flag of the French delegation to the Paralympic Games in PyeongChang, in 2018. This Friday, March 4, she leaves the honor to her teammate and Nordic skier Benjamin Daviet for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Paralympic Games . Not sorry to remain anonymous, very relative for an eight-time Olympic champion, French […]
Badminton – Milica Simic (Serbia)
Milica Simic – Results Click on a year to enlarge / reduce Results – simple 2014 Title : 0 Final : 0 Balance : 0 Win / 1 Loss 2012 Title : 0 Final : 0 Balance : 0 Win / 1 Loss Results – doubles 2016 Title : 0 Final : 0 Balance: 0 […]
Alpine World Cup: Advertising for Garmisch (nd-aktuell.de)
Small sensation: Joaquim Salarich from Spain drove to the top of the world in Garmisch Photo: AFP/Christof Stache First Linus Straßer struggled, then worried for a long time and was finally able to celebrate. A little anyway. The fact that the Munich rider finished third in the second slalom in Garmisch-Partenkirchen went well with the […]
German Cross-Country Skiers Win Sensational Olympic Gold
A Historic Upset: German Duo Claims Gold in Thrilling Cross-Country Sprint the Zhangjiakou cross-country skiing course witnessed a stunning upset as German skiers Katharina Hennig and Victoria Carl defied expectations to clinch a dramatic gold medal in the team sprint.their victory, a first for Germany in the event in twelve years, sent shockwaves through the […]
The Invasion Also Affects Sport
the Ripple Effect of War: Sports Grapple with russia’s Invasion of Ukraine The devastating consequences of russia’s invasion of Ukraine extend far beyond the battlefield, casting a long shadow over the world of international sports. As the conflict intensifies, athletes, sporting bodies, and fans alike are grappling with the ethical and logistical challenges posed by […]