Oslo (dpa) - Winter sports are also feeling the consequences of the coronavirus epidemic. No spectators are admitted to the biathlon in Nove Mesto, just like the ski festival at Holmenkollen.
The overview of winter sports on Saturday:
BIATHLON
World Cup in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic
Relay, women
2.00 p.m. (ZDF and Eurosport)
Relay, men
5 p.m. (ZDF and Eurosport)
Karolin Horchler, Vanessa Hinz, Franziska Preuß and sprint winner Denise Herrmann hope for the second podium of the season after winning the team silver medal. Things weren't going so well in the World Cups before the season climax, but confidence has grown. Especially since Herrmann convincingly won the start of the ghost races without fans. For the men, national coach Mark Kirchner nominated longtime runner-up Simon Schempp, Philipp Horn, Arnd Peiffer and Benedikt Doll. Schempp had returned to the World Cup after a two-month break and the World Cup. The four-time world champion became 21 in the sprint.
ALPINE SKIING
World Cup in Kvitfjell, Norway
Departure, gentlemen
11.00 a.m. (ZDF and Eurosport)
In addition to Josef Ferstl, Romed Baumann, Andreas Sander, Dominik Schwaiger and Simon Jocher, Thomas Dreßen has also been nominated for the speed races in Norway. The 26-year-old had dislocated both shoulders in a serious fall in Hinterstoder last Saturday, but had not injured any more ligaments in the joint. So he joined the trip to Scandinavia and said after the training on Friday, according to the ARD, that he would "definitely start".
SKI JUMPING
World Cup in Oslo, Norway
Team, large hill
3.15 p.m. (ZDF and Eurosport)
With a team jumping in Oslo without spectators, the ski jumpers will start their raw phase after their qualification on Saturday. In the competition format, jumping takes place every day for ten consecutive days at four locations. The winner of the series will receive prize money of 60,000 euros. Germany's greatest bearer of hope is the formally strong Karl Geiger, who also fights for the yellow jersey as second of the overall World Cup behind the Austrian Stefan Kraft. "I'm going to be curious and offensive and will continue to attack," said Geiger.
NORDIC COMBINATION
World Cup in Oslo, Norway
Large hill, 10 kilometers
10 a.m. ski jumping (ZDF and Eurosport) 2:20 p.m. cross-country skiing 10 kilometers
After a successful World Cup weekend in Lahti with two third places and a second place, the German combiners are looking forward to the competition in Oslo, which will take place without spectators. "Especially on the big hill we want to further stabilize our jumping shape," said national coach Hermann Weinbuch. The World Cup in Norway is the last of the winter for his team. The actual season races in the coming week in Schonach have been canceled. On Friday, the world association Fis announced that no alternative location for the competition could be found. The Norwegian Jarl Magnus Riiber is already the winner of the overall World Cup.
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
World Cup in Oslo, Norway
Ladies, 30 kilometers
12.00 p.m. (Eurosport)
The 30 kilometer race at Holmenkollen is one of the absolute cross-country classics. "There are definitely 20 Norwegians fighting for victory here," said Germany's team boss Peter Schlickenrieder. His team is with three athletes. Katharina Hennig, Pia Fink and Nadine Herrmann were nominated for the German Ski Association. But they too will miss an important factor of the famous race, because due to the outbreak of the new corona virus, all competitions at Holmenkollen will be held without spectators.
ICE SPEED
World Cup final in Heerenveen, Netherlands
500 and 1000 meters women / men, 3000 meters women, 5000 meters men
2 p.m. (summary ZDF 4.10 p.m.)
Payday for the speed skaters: At the World Cup finals with halved starter fields there are only five Germans left, for the winners are $ 15,000. Nico Ihle (1000 meters) and Patrick Beckert (5000 meters), who are currently ranked eighth on their routes, have the best prospects of collecting another premium for top 10 places. Claudia Pechstein is ninth in the women's long-distance World Cup.
Alpine Ski World Cup classification
Homepage Ski World Association FIS
News about the alpine world on the homepage of the German Ski Association
Alpine athletes of the German Ski Association
Homepage World Association IBU
Short biographies of the German biathletes
Race calendar biathlon world cup
Information about the German biathlon team
The ski jumping world cup calendar
News about the German ski jumpers
The World Cup calendar of Nordic combined
News about the German combiners
The World Cup calendar for cross-country skiers
News about German cross-country skiers
Official homepage of the World Skating Federation ISU
Biographies of international figure skaters
News about the international figure skating
Homepage of the German Ice Skating Union
Homepage Bob and Skeleton World Association
Homepage bobsleigh and sledge association for Germany
Speed Skating World Cup schedules and results
Profiles of German speed skaters
Profiles of German short trackers