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That brings winter sports on Saturday

2020-02-08T04:10:11.199Z


Garmisch-Partenkirchen (dpa) - At the home game in Garmisch, the German ski racers around Viktoria Rebensburg want to cheer at last. The announced wind endangers World Cup ski jumping in Willingen.


Garmisch-Partenkirchen (dpa) - At the home game in Garmisch, the German ski racers around Viktoria Rebensburg want to cheer at last. The announced wind endangers World Cup ski jumping in Willingen.

Winter sports on Saturday at a glance:

ALPINE SKIING

World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Departure, ladies

11.30 a.m. (ARD and Eurosport)

World Cup in Chamonix, France

Slalom, men

10 a.m. 1st round (ARD and Eurosport) 1 p.m. 2nd round (ARD and Eurosport)

After Thomas Dreßen's victory, the German ski ladies around Viktoria Rebensburg also want to cheer at the home race. Rebensburg feels fit for a top position after her recent slump in earnings and hopes for the fourth podium of her career in Garmisch. The men compete in the slalom in Chamonix. Linus Straßer hopes for a top ten result after the retirement in Kitzbühel and a encouraging 13th place at the night race in Schladming.

SKI JUMPING

Singles, gentlemen

World Cup in Willingen

4 p.m. (ARD and Eurosport)

Singles, ladies

World Cup in Hinzenbach; Austria

2.15 p.m.

The ski jumpers' home game in the party stronghold of Willingen got off to a bad start on Friday: training had to be stopped due to strong winds, and the qualification could not take place either. It should be rescheduled this Saturday at 3 p.m. The competition should begin an hour later. In Willingen, qualification is of particular importance: the qualification jump, like the four jumps in the competition on Saturday and Sunday, is included in the Willingen Five classification. The winner of this rating will receive 25,000 euros in prize money. The women around Katharian Althaus and Juliane Seyfarth are challenged at the World Cup in Hinzenbach, Austria.

SPEED SKATING

World Cup in Calgary, Canada

500 and 1500 m women, 1000 and 5000 m men

8.30 p.m.

Patrick Beckert, from Erfurt, is flirting on the fast ice in the Olympic Oval with a top time of over 5000 meters to fill up self-confidence for the World Cup in Salt Lake City next week. Over 1000 meters, ice sprinters Nico Ihle and Joel Dufter want to reap the benefits of more than two weeks of intensive training in the Utah mountain air.

CROSS COUNTRY

World Cup in Falun, Sweden

Sprint, classic, women and men (15 km)

2.15 p.m.

The cross-country skiers start their Scandinavian World Cup in Falun on Saturday. The German team of team boss Peter Schlickenrieder did not travel to Sweden. With a view to the World Cup 2021 in Allgäu, one wanted to "use the time window after the" Nordic Weekend "in Oberstdorf for an additional training block and the German championships," said the sports director responsible for cross-country skiing in the German Ski Association, Andreas Schlütter. Nor is Norway cross-country star Johannes Kläbo in Sweden. The 23-year-old had broken his finger on a boxing machine during private strength tests and is therefore out of action until further notice. His competition is competing in a sprint competition on Saturday.

short track speed skating

World Cup in Dresden

8.10 a.m.

After Anna Seidel's injury in the fall in the mixed relay on Friday and the early retirement of all three relays, the chances of the Germans for top places in the home World Cup have been reduced to a minimum.

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

Source: merkur

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