Dear readers – thank you for reading and hanging in there! I am hereby handing over from my kitchen in Haidhausen to our reporters in Milan and in the Alpine valleys for the next two weeks. Stay with us, feel free to check SZ.de and the printed newspaper from time to time, I promise we … Read more
So Livigno, at the end of this wonderful Olympic career, makes things a lot easier for Anna Gasser. In Beijing, at the Corona Games four years ago, she had “filled her entire suitcase” with food from home: spaghetti, chocolate, muesli, all of which Gasser took with her to China, into the unknown, in a bit … Read more
More than a third of the participants in the Winter Olympics were not tested for doping or were tested less frequently than recommended in preparation for the competition. This emerges from statistics presented on Thursday by the International Testing Authority (ITA), which is responsible for the anti-doping program. ITA General Director Benjamin Cohen said that … Read more
Opening ceremony: On Friday evening (8 p.m., live blog on SZ.de) it will be official: The 2026 Olympic Games start in Milan’s San Siro. Ice hockey player Leon Draisaitl and ski jumper Katharina Schmid will carry the German flag together. Eishockey: After the German women’s ice hockey team lost to Sweden on Thursday, France will … Read more
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SIce hockey has been part of the Winter Olympics since 1924, that is, for as long as the Winter Games have existed. Because the popularity of the sport has developed just as dynamically since the beginning of the century as the game itself, ice hockey was already part of the Olympic program in Antwerp in … Read more
85 female and 103 athletes from Germany will be taking part in the Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina. The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) expects at least third place in the medal table at the Winter Games. The Germans are hoping for a lot of medals, especially in the ice track. Two-man and four-man … Read more
When the SZ last sent two reporters from the sports department to the winter games four years ago, it was a journey into the unknown. The restrictions of the corona pandemic met the paranoia of the Chinese surveillance state. It was not clear whether the colleagues would arrive at the biathlon and ice rink or … Read more
At the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Italy Ice hockey player Leon Draisaitl and ski jumper Katharina Schmid are the German flag bearers. This is the result of a vote among sports fans and the team for the games in Milan and Cortina, as the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) announced. Draisaitl will … Read more
WWhile the lemon trees will soon be blooming in the south of the country, the north of Italy will be dominated by winter sports in the coming weeks. In fact: more or less the entire north. The 2026 Winter Olympics from February 6th to 22nd are already considered to be games with record-breaking distances. Competitions … Read more