THE SPORT SCAN – Anti-doping officials at the Milan-Cortina Games, which open this Friday, announced Thursday the opening of an investigation into cheating into a performance-enhancing procedure due to thickening of the crotch An astonishing and… cheeky possible cheating. Anti-doping officials at the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games announced Thursday that they had opened an investigation into … 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
Nordic combined has been part of the program since the first Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix. The mixture of the two completely different sports of ski jumping and cross-country skiing requires daring in the air and a lot of endurance on the trails. But these attributes also apply to other livelier, younger formats that … 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
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
One is driving with a torn cruciate ligament, one can break all records, and one athlete is actually two. These ten athletes make the Winter Games special. February 4, 2026, 1:23 p.m 9 Min. 4 Comments Summarize Close Article summary Ilia Malinin, the Quad God from the USA, breaks figure skating records with seven quadruple … Read more
The associations are too bad: Instead of Ice House, the quarters of the US Olympic team will now be called Winter House. Your browser does not support playing audio files. Download the file as mp3: https://zon-speechbert-production.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/articles/6398a59c-91c0-45a1-a045-2364dfa3b2 ec/full_9eeefec28722ac8dc941dfc7381b1b250423d432d9d67684353ae69dc7f7dd053853325bfa5e5ebabcd854f98f5aee79.mp3 2 Min. Summarize Close Article summary US team quarters at the Winter Games in Milan renamed Winter House … Read more
The Nordic ski disciplines at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy will be held in Val di Fiemme. The ski jumpers compete on the ski jump in Predazzo, the cross-country ski races take place in Tesero. The Nordic combined athletes use both facilities for jumping and cross-country skiing. Ski jumping The Giuseppe Dal Ben facility … Read more
Franziska Preuss Eyes Olympic Glory: A Biathlon Star’s Journey from Ruhpolding to the World Stage The crisp air of Ruhpolding, a legendary biathlon hub, is buzzing with anticipation. at its heart is Franziska Preuss, a German biathlete whose trajectory is one of grit, resilience, and an unwavering pursuit of Olympic dreams. for American biathlon fans, … Read more
Karl Geiger flew furiously out of the crisis at the Ski Jumping World Cup in Willingen and, completely unexpectedly, celebrated his first podium finish of the season. The Oberstdorfer, who did not qualify for the Olympics, only had to admit defeat to Slovenia’s top star Domen Prevc and the Japanese Ren Nikaido on Saturday in … Read more