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Dhe Ukrainian para-biathlete Anastasiia Laletina has prematurely withdrawn from competition at the Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing.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 in winter at 16 degrees in Beijing: snow is melting
Dhe significantly rising temperatures in the two main locations of the Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing are fueling concerns about the most difficult conditions over the past few days. There could be an increased risk of falling and a lack of equal opportunities. At the same time, the conditions also lead to new criticism of […]
Lost and Found at Winter Games
VA few days ago I had to report my hat missing, a great loss. I went to the press center and asked for a lost and found box. But it is not that simple. Don’t think that you can just look into this ominous box, point to something and say: That’s my hat! So I […]
Surprise at the Olympics in Beijing: It’s snowing!
VFew days ago, an excavator driver spread artificial snow in front of a hotel in Zhangjiakou. The Chinese probably wanted to show that we have snow here. They could have saved themselves the hassle. It’s been snowing since Saturday. There was a lot of criticism in the run-up: Winter Games, where it almost never snows. […]
Hannah Neise wins gold in skeleton
NStill in disbelief, Hannah Neise clapped her hands over her head and then showed her gold medal, almost embarrassed. The 21-year-old from Winterberg surprisingly raced to Olympic victory as the first German skeleton pilot and continued the famous winning streak in the Yanqing Gold Canal. After four Olympic victories in the luge competitions and 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 […]
Snowboard crossers Nörl and Fischer miss the medal
Martin Nörl and Jana Fischer missed the long-awaited first medal for the German snowboard team at the Olympic Winter Games in China and ended up fifth. At the Olympic premiere of the mixed team event in Zhangjiakou on Saturday, the two snowboard crossers only came third in their semi-finals and thus did not make it […]
Christopher Grotheer wins gold in skeleton
UChristopher Grotheer raised his index finger in disbelief, then, with a brief hesitation, roared his joy with the German flag in his hands: With the historic first Olympic victory for German skeleton pilots, the 29-year-old continued the gold festival at the Winter Games in China. One day after the end of the luge competitions with […]
CT value reduced from 40 to 35
NAfter fierce debates about the corona tests at the Winter Games, the Olympic organizers have relaxed the strict rules somewhat. The core of the guidelines published by the International Olympic Committee on Monday is the setting of the controversial CT value (Cycle Threshold) for a positive test to below 35. The lower this value, the […]
Athletes Germany demands protection from the IOC
Athleten Deutschland eV has asked the International Olympic Committee to distance itself from the organizing committee for the Beijing Winter Games. The statement by Yang Shu, the organizing committee’s deputy director general for international relations, caused the German sports association “anxiety and concern,” according to a press release on Thursday. Yang on Tuesday threw up […]