After her famous gold coup, guide Pirmin Strecker threw Leonie Walter, who was still so cool up to that point, in the air, and it was only during a spontaneous phone call to her mother that all feelings went crazy. The 18-year-old's sensation in biathlon capped a dream day for Team D Paralympics - in the glittering spring snow of Zhangjiakou, there was another full set of medals at half-time."You can compete with the sun to shine," enthused Friedhelm Julius...
Status: 07.03.2022 08:04 Anna-Lena Forster between super-G frustration and slalom lust: In the alpine super-combination, after a botched start, she caught up more than six seconds with an outstanding slalom and won the first Paralympic gold medal for the German team in Beijing. Para Alpine Skiing: Seated (F) - the full-length slalom 3/7/2022 9:16 am 6.07 seconds behind - almost an eternity. 6.07 seconds - that's how much separated Anna-Lena Forster and her big rival, the Japanese Momoka Muraoka, in...
The role model of the biathlete and cross-country skier Marco Maier was his competitor in the past few months. "He dominates the competition so much, it's just phenomenal. I want to train so that I can get there," Maier said about a year ago in the Sportschau interview about the Russian Wladislav Lekomtsev: "You can also learn a lot technically. With With one stick, Lekomtsev manages to cover the distances as quickly and effortlessly as possible. He runs up the...
Video 13th Winter Paralympics are open STORY: Impressive pictures from China. The Beijing Winter Paralympic Games were officially opened on Friday. But to what extent people felt like celebrating, you can't say for sure. Because the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine overshadows the major sporting event. Russia and Belarus had been excluded from the Paralympics the day before. The Russian Paralympic Committee therefore announced the return home. Because you see no chance of success with the lawsuit, it said....
The applause, as recorded by the microphones, sounded polite, not frenetic, but respectful as they entered the stadium: 20 Ukrainian athletes on Friday evening in Beijing's "Bird's Nest" arena. Some raised their fists. The German athletes later took off their hats for a moment as they entered. And Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), began his speech at the opening of the 13th Winter Games for People with Disabilities with a message of peace. He did not...
Status: 04.03.2022 2:08 p.m The 13th Winter Paralympics have officially opened in Beijing. 17 German athletes and five guides for the visually impaired will start. Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) delivered an emotional opening speech dedicated to peace and inclusion. China's head of state and government Xi Jinping officially opened the 13th Winter Paralympics on Friday (March 4th, 2022) at 9:02 p.m. local time. Barely half an hour later, Olympic para-athletics champion Li Duan lit the...
Let no one claim that boycotts in sport are useless. That's a popular tale of officials: that boycotts only affect innocent athletes, that politics should rather stay outside when it comes to sport - before completely apolitical sport makes itself at home with the dictator, pins medals on his lapel and strikes up deals while the Athletes are driven through the arena. But good. In truth, it's more like this: boycotts work, sometimes even in the interests of the athletes.For...
China The Invisibles: What about people with disabilities in the country of the Paralympics? The Chinese Paralympic team 2021 in Tokyo - it is the most successful in the world © Joel Marklund / Picture Alliance by Lukas Hildebrand 03/02/2022 2:14 p.m The Paralympics will take place in China from March 4th. The country does a lot for people with disabilities, say some. Not enough, the others. What about people with disabilities in the land of competition? The 2022 Olympic...
Die ungarische Regierung hat Waffenlieferungen durch das Land in die Ukraine einen Riegel vorgeschoben. Eine große ungarische Minderheit, etwa 150.000 Menschen, lebt in der westukrainischen Region Transkarpatien, die an Ungarn grenzt. Der Stabschef des ungarischen Ministerpräsidenten Viktor Orban, Gergely Gulyas, erklärte, diese Minderheit werde gefährdet, wenn für die Ukraine gedachte Waffen das Land passieren könnten. Gulyas sagte, bislang seien etwa 120.000 Menschen aus dem Konfliktgebiet nach Ungarn geflüchtet. Ungarn hat sich mit allen EU-Sanktionen gegen Russland einverstanden erklärt, das vor...
Kriegsflüchtlinge aus der Ukraine vorerst selbst entscheiden können, in welchem EU-Staat sie Zuflucht suchen. „Ich glaube, dass jetzt innerhalb der Europäischen Union die Menschen aus der Ukraine vor allem dorthin gehen, wo sie viele Freunde, Verwandte und Bekannte haben“, sagte Bundesinnenministerin Nancy Faeser (SPD) im Deutschlandfunk. Zu diesen Ländern zählten etwa auch Spanien und Italien. Wenn die Aufnahme so funktioniere, sei kein Verteilungsschlüssel für die Aufnahme der Geflüchteten notwendig, sagte Faeser weiter. Die EU-Kommission habe aber rechtlich die Möglichkeit dazu....
