After the scandal about manipulated ski suits in the Norwegian ski jumping team, the first sponsor draws consequences-with clear words. It was a bang that shook the ski jumping world. On Sunday afternoon, the sports director of the Norwegian team admitted at a press conference: “We cheated”. It didn’t take long for the first sponsor […]
After the “conciliatory” end of years of legal dispute, the five -time Olympic champion hangs the ice skates on the nail. The five-time ice skating Olympic champion Claudia Pechstein ends her career. “I’ve been waiting for so many years, now the time has come. It is enough for me, ”said the 53-year-old at a press
Claudia Pechstein ends her long career. After the end of an agonizing process, it is over. Claudia Pechstein ended her career. After the end of years of legal dispute because of a doping lock from 2009, the speed of ice cream at the age of 53 ends. For 16 years of long years, she had
The disqualified top jumpers of the Norwegians comment on the scandal. Norway’s ski jumping stars Marius Lindvik and Johann Andre Forfang denied that the Nordic Ski World Cup in Trondheim has intentionally jumped with manipulated suits. In a statement by the Norwegian Ski Association, they explained on Sunday evening: “We are both absolutely destroyed. None
DSV after Norwegian confession: “Only a first step” FIS chief controller Christian Kathol should also provide a seamless list of all suits used. Marius Lindvik won gold from the normal hill © AFP/AFP/Jonathan Nackstrand The German Ski Association (DSV) has taken note of the Norwegian manipulation confession with strange and urgently demands further information. “That
Lisa Buckwitz and Kim Kalicki remain behind the expectations. Bob pilot Laura Nolte narrowly missed the title defense in the mono at the World Cup in Lake Placid. The 26-year-old Nolte (Winterberg/+0.44 seconds) won the silver medal in the home win of the American Kaysha Love. Bronze went to Elana Meyers Taylor (USA/+0.49). Overall World
Norway’s sports director admits that the team cheated at the Nordic Ski World Cup and deliberately manipulated the suits. The press in Scandinavia reacts horrified, the ski jumping scandal ensures that the earthquake in Norwegian sports history is never possible. It was a memorable moment when Norway’s sports director Jan Erik Aalbu faced the press
For the first time, the cross-country skiers run over 50 kilometers at a Nordic Ski World Cup. The race also becomes a real agony because of the difficult conditions. After the race, there is great criticism. It should be a special World Cup premiere, but ultimately the women’s first 50 km race at the Nordic
Francesco Friedrich fends off Lochner’s strong attack in the last corners when defending the title. Led by the two-time double Olympic champion Francesco Friedrich, the German bob pilots at the World Cup in Lake Placid achieved a sovereign triple victory. In a hundredth of thriller in the demanding Olympic ice channel from 1932 and 1980,
At the last World Cup relay race of the season in Nove Mesto, the inexperienced DSV quartet comes in third-France wins from Norway. Despite the lack of Franziska Preuss, the German biathletes surprisingly brought in a podium. At the last World Cup relay race of the season in Nove Mesto, the 22-year-old quartet with Julia