2nd league, Kiel: With the fifth victory in a row, Holstein Kiel can enjoy the Christmas holidays as the leaders of the 2nd Bundesliga. Kiel, who had been undefeated for eight games, won 2-0 (0-0) on Sunday, the last matchday in 2020, at SV Sandhausen, which was in danger of relegation, and increased their lead at the top of the table with 28 points. Hamburger SV (23), called on Monday evening at Karlsruher SC, can no longer catch up with the front-runner.
Fortuna Düsseldorf (23) has also established itself in the top group with four wins in a row. The Rhinelander won 3-0 (1-0) at FC St. Pauli and are fifth on points with the third-placed team. 1. FC Nürnberg made it into seventh place with a 1-0 (1-0) win against Erzgebirge Aue.
Nordic combination: Vinzenz Geiger clinched his second win of the season and thus crowned a perfect weekend. After jumping from the normal hill and the following ten-kilometer run, the 23-year-old from Oberstdorf won on Sunday in Ramsau am Dachstein ahead of Jarl Magnus Riiber. The Norwegian only had to admit defeat to Geiger on Saturday. Third place this time went to Fabian Rießle. Eric Frenzel completed the strong German team result in sixth and Manuel Faißt in seventh.
Alpine skiing: Alexander Schmid put a small exclamation mark in seventh place in the giant slalom classic in Alta Badia. The Allgäu made an impressive race to catch up on the traditional “Gran Risa” track and made up eleven places in the final. In the end, Schmid was only 0.90 seconds apart from the day’s winner Alexis Pinturault (France), Stefan Luitz (+1.12) improved by five places and was twelfth. Behind Pinturault, who celebrated his 31st World Cup victory, the young Norwegian Atle Lie McGrath (0.07) drove sensationally into second place. Third place went to Justin Murisier (Switzerland / 0.24).
Alpine skiing: All-rounder Ester Ledecka has won the first Super G race of the alpine skiing season in Val d’Isère. The Czech triumphed in the French Alps on Sunday with a 0.03 second lead over Super-G World Cup winner Corinne Suter from Switzerland and the third-placed Italian Federica Brignone (+ 0.35). It is Ledecka’s first Super-G World Cup victory; In 2018 she won Olympic gold in this discipline. In addition, the 25-year-old has celebrated 18 World Cup victories and two World Cup titles on the snowboard so far. The best German in Val d’Isère on Sunday was Kira Weidle (+ 2.28) in 23rd place. Nadine Kapfer and Fabiana Dorigo did not finish.
Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen: Leverkusen are confident that young professional Florian Wirtz (17) will sign a long-term contract with the works club. “Nothing is fixed yet, but we know each other what we have in common,” said Bayer’s sports director Rudi Völler at Sky, “everything has come true that we hoped for and for him too. We are in good talks.” Bayer recently extended long-term contracts with Moussa Diaby and Edmond Tapsoba (both 21). Winger Diaby had signed a contract until summer 2025, central defender Tapsoba even extended it until 2026. Wirtz is also talking about a contract until at least 2025.
Bob: Two-man world record champion Francesco Friedrich continues to chase all records. First he improved his track record in Innsbruck / Igls to 51.04 seconds, 24 hours later the Oberbärenburger won with a start record. Together with pusher Alexander Schüller, he equalized the nine-year-old record of the Latvian Oskars Melbardis of 4.96 seconds and, after strong runs, again won confidently ahead of the Latvian Oskars Kibermanis. Third place went simultaneously to Bayern Johannes Lochner / Christian Rasp and Thuringian Hans-Peter Hannighofer / Marcel Kornhardt. It was the first podium finish in the World Cup for World Cup debutant Hannighofer, who previously finished fourth with Issam Ammour. With World Cup victories number 43 and 44, Friedrich is only missing one victory to equalize André Lange’s ten-year-old record.
Tobogganing: Felix Loch cannot be beaten at the moment. The three-time Olympic luge champion celebrated the fifth World Cup victory of the winter at his fifth start on Sunday in Winterberg. On the track, which he boycotted last season because of the adverse conditions and on which he won his last big title as world champion in 2019, the 31-year-old prevailed ahead of Nico Gleirscher (Austria) and Dominik Fischnaller (Italy). In the overall standings, Loch leads confidently in front of his teammate Johannes Ludwig, who had previously won the World Cup in Winterberg and was sixth this time.
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