China correspondent Fabian Kretschmer and reporter Marco Reinke on the opening of the Olympics – video
In Beijing, before the opening of the Winter Games, little of the Olympic mood can be felt. China correspondent Fabian Kretschmer speaks of a surreal situation in which there is little evidence of the Olympics. WELT reporter Marko Reinke sees parallels to the Winter Games in Sochi.
Germans at the Olympics in China: ice hockey player Moritz Müller
Mr. Müller, not a day goes by when a colleague in the German national ice hockey team doesn’t have to be in quarantine or a team announces that they are not able to play because of too many corona failures. How are you dealing with the situation? Last year the whole theme was new, and […]
Germans at the Olympics in China: snowboarder Ramona Hofmeister
“When I was wearing the clothes I’m going to wear to the Olympics, something changed inside me. The feeling was suddenly there: soon it will start. The outfitting was super organized. As in 2018, I have already sent a suitcase with the clothes to China. So the suitcase is there when I arrive, waiting for […]
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 […]
Olympic villages in Beijing open under strict corona rules
UUnder strict precautionary measures due to the corona pandemic, the Olympic villages for the Beijing Winter Games have officially opened. More than 360 athletes and team members from more than 20 countries are expected to move into the accommodations at the opening on Thursday, Chinese state television reported. Since last week, however, athletes and advance […]
Organizers relax requirements – sport
After fierce debates about the corona tests at the Winter Games in Beijing, the organizers have relaxed the strict rules somewhat. The core of the guidelines published by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday is that the CT value for a positive test is set to below 35. The lower this value, the more […]
Hockey icon Werner Delmes is dead: Ahead of his time
AThe great reverence can also be seen in the last greeting of the twelve remaining hockey gold medal winners from 1972: “It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our friend and coach of the German national hockey team, to whom we owe our Olympic victory in Munich in 1972.” Werner Delmes was […]
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 […]
China threatens punishment for speaking out
CHina’s Olympic organizers draw the attention of the participants in the Winter Games to the threat of the harshness of the Chinese laws in the event of unwelcome expressions of opinion. “Any expression consistent with the Olympic spirit will certainly be protected. Any behavior or expression that goes against it can be punished with a […]
GDR legend Hans-Jürgen “Dixie” Dörner (✝70) is dead
Great sadness in the football world. GDR legend Hans-Jürgen “Dixie” Dörner is dead. This was announced by his lawyer. He was five times East German champion and four times cup winner. For many he was the “Franz Beckenbauer of the East”, a real football legend – now Hans-Jürgen “Dixie” Dörner has died. His lawyer announced […]