Winter sports in Germany: Olympic application for 2034?
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Linus Straßer sixth in the Slalom World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Linus Straßer seemed a bit incredulous. Although he made two big mistakes in the second round, the ski racer could still dream of a podium at least for a short time at the first of the two slalom world cups in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The Munich driver was able to get over the fact that he ultimately […]
Marketing in the »unrest province« Xinjiang (nd-aktuell.de)
In the middle of nowhere: As here with the »Oynak Ski Resort«, China is trying to market the homeland of the oppressed Uyghurs in its favor with a few other white spots in the Xinjiang region. Foto: imago images/Ding Lei 54-year-old Huang Kezhong is clearly proud. The Chinese has dedicated himself to winter sports all […]
Biathlon at the Olympics: Marte Olsbu Röiseland collects medals
What has she changed?
Speed skater scent at the Olympics: on runners through the time zones – Sport
Beijing‘s new speed skating hall, dubbed the “Ice Ribbon,” has already seen a series of competitions over the past seven days, including an exciting physics experiment on time and space now on Saturday. The test arrangement looked like this: Thirty sprinters competed. For 29 athletes, the competition started at 4 p.m.; for an athlete at […]
Migration changes winter sports, as Olympic champions show
Olympic champion for the first time: the American Nathan Chen Image: dpa Migration is also changing winter sports, as demonstrated by Olympic champions Nathan Chen, Eileen Gu and Chloe Kim. This is good news, which Germans should also take note of carefully. Chloe Kim, Olympic halfpipe champion. Nathan Chen, Olympic champion in figure skating. Eileen […]
Kira Weidle struggles, Suter wins
AEven minutes later, Kira Weidle was still struggling with her departure. The Starnberg native had imagined her dress rehearsal for the Winter Olympics in Beijing differently. At her home race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the World Championship runner-up narrowly missed the podium and finished fourth. Four hundredths of a second were missing Weidle for her second podium […]
Corona: Olympic tactics: no people see (nd-aktuell.de)
Beijing’s Olympic Village was officially opened on Thursday. Basically, however, it remains hermetically sealed so that the athletes don’t spread the virus among the people. Foto: imago images / Kyodo News How far are athletes willing to go for their dream of the Olympics? The Corona Winter Games in Beijing in times of the omicron […]
Biathletes showed overalls for Beijing. David is excited about the design
A few days before the start of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, the Czech biathlon national team presented new overalls in which Czech competitors will compete for precious metals. These were produced for the fourth time by the Atex company, and biathlon hopes highly praise their design and functionality. “As a whole, my overalls seem […]
Obituary: Ski racer Heidi Biebl died – Sport
Heidi Biebl was the first German Olympic champion in the downhill and was already a star as a teenager, but her last great wish remained unfulfilled. She hopes, said Biebl on her 80th birthday last February, “that I can have nice, good days with my Bora for as long as possible”. Less than twelve months […]