Paralympics trouble: 40 degrees warmer – “We’re just the appendage”
Paralympic Athletes Face Extreme Heat, Raising Concerns About athlete Safety The 2022 Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing have been marked by unusually high temperatures, posing meaningful challenges for athletes competing in snow sports. Temperatures have soared by an alarming 40 degrees, forcing organizers to grapple with the implications for athlete safety and performance. This unprecedented […]
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. […]
Olympia 2022: Mexicans in cross-country skiing – what it’s like to be 94th
FFriday, early evening in the mountains of Zhangjiakou: men’s 15 km cross-country race. In the end, the Norwegians win. No, this time a Finn.
Doesn’t run with the controls
RReturn flight with obstacles: For ski jumper Katharina Althaus, the journey home from the Winter Olympics was anything but ideal. “If you miss your connecting flight because of the security check and then the box of the medal looks like this,” wrote the Oberstdorf native on Instagram on a picture with the packaging of her […]