Sprint specialist Laura Gimmler had secured the best results for the DSV team this winter with two sixth-place finishes. Hopeful Laura Gimmler must withdraw at short notice from the Tour de Ski for cross-country skiers, which begins on Sunday. The 32-year-old is “not fully fit,” the German Ski Association announced. The Oberstdorf native will therefore […]
Anna Weidel is the positive surprise in the German biathlon team. The DSV star has a difficult time behind her, which almost led to her retirement. Before the Olympics, she is now stronger than ever. Can she become the big German surprise this winter, overshadowed by the big names? When it comes to German medal
The biathlon world remains in shock after the surprising death of Sivert Guttorm Bakken. The Norwegian passed away shortly before Christmas at the age of 27. According to initial findings, Bakken was found dead in his hotel room in the Italian winter sports resort of Lavaze during a training camp. His death had caused great
The 27-year-old misses her fourth victory in the fourth World Cup race. Without her top push athlete Deborah Levi, bobsleigh Olympic champion Laura Nolte suffered her first setback of the Olympic winter in the two-woman event. The 27-year-old from Winterberg finished only third in Sigulda, where American Kaillie Humphries took the day’s victory, missing her
The Super-G in Beaver Creek, held in borderline conditions, is causing a stir. Alexis Monney is furious after Vincent Kriechmayr’s victory. A German trio didn’t even get to go on the slopes. In the Super-G of Beaver Creek, joy and sorrow were once again particularly close together: While the Austrians were happy about Vincent Kriechmayr’s
Julia Tannheimer is the best German in the biathlon sprint in Östersund. She meets the Olympic standard. The German biathletes still have to wait for their first podium finish in the Olympic winter. In the absence of the ill Franziska Preuß, Julia Tannheimer was the best DSV runner in the Östersund sprint in eighth place;
Michael Edwards, known worldwide as “Eddie the Eagle,” became a ski jumping legend at the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary. The Briton remains a crowd favorite this day and is now celebrating his 62nd birthday. Michael Edwards’ path to becoming a ski jumping legend began in his youth, as Eddie repeatedly sought sporting challenges and
Even without Johannes Thingnes and Tarjei Bö, the Norwegian biathlon men dominate the first individual race of the season. For one of the fastest, the successful start is a very special story. Sivert Bakken was actually supposed to be somewhere else. Not in Östersund, but in Obertilliach, Austria, at the second-tier IBU Cup. But because
In Trondheim, defending World Cup champion Nathalie Armbruster finished second, only beaten by Norwegian Ida Marie Hagen. Nathalie Armbruster narrowly missed a dream start at the World Cup opener in Trondheim, but immediately landed on the podium in second place. The World Cup titleholder from the Black Forest was beaten by her Norwegian rival Ida
The German men performed significantly better in the individual race than the women. The victory goes to a Norwegian. Philipp Horn achieved the hoped-for top-ten placement at the World Cup in Östersund in the first individual race of the Olympic winter. The biathlete of the German Ski Association (DSV) missed the podium, but with eighth