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2020-02-29T04:24:20.290Z


Skeleton pilot, Tina Hermann in Altenberg still has chances to defend the title. Francesco Friedrich wants to lay the foundation stone for the second World Cup title in Saxony. Claudia Pechstein intervenes after the recent attacks by the national coach in the World Cup in Hamar.


Skeleton pilot, Tina Hermann in Altenberg still has chances to defend the title. Francesco Friedrich wants to lay the foundation stone for the second World Cup title in Saxony. Claudia Pechstein intervenes after the recent attacks by the national coach in the World Cup in Hamar.

BOB

World Cup in Altenberg, Saxony

Four-man bobsleigh, men's runs 1 and 2

1.30 p.m. (ARD)

Bobsleigh pilot Francesco Friedrich is aiming for his second title at the end of the Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships in Altenberg. After the historic triumph with the sixth World Cup victory in a row, the local hero from the BSC Sachsen Oberbärenburg also wants to secure the title in the four. As with the competition in the two-man bobsleigh, Stuttgart's Johannes Lochner also wants to prevent double triumph in the big sled.

SKELETON

World Cup in Altenberg, Saxony

Skeleton, women races 3 and 4

9.30 a.m. (ARD)

The Skelton pilots fight for medals in the Altenberg ice channel. Defending champion Tina Herrmann from Königssee is in second place after two runs behind the Swiss Marina Gilardoni. World Cup winner Jacqueline Lölling is fifth at half-time, Sophia Griebel is seventh. At the last World Cup in Whistler 2019, the German women had divided all medals among themselves.

ALPINE SKIING

World Cup in Hinterstoder, Austria

Super-G, men

12.30 p.m. (ARD and Eurosport)

World Cup in La Thuile, Italy

Super G, ladies

10.30 a.m. (ARD and Eurosport)

Thomas Dreßen wants to underline his strong form in Austria and after two wins and a third place in the fourth speed race one after the other on the World Cup podium. After the combination had to be postponed on Friday due to a hurricane, the organizers hope for better conditions. For women, the focus is less on athletes than on worrying about the corona virus in Italy. In the Aosta Valley, shaking hands is taboo, public ceremonies have been canceled, and interviews require reporters to keep a distance of one and a half meters between them and the athletes.

SPEED SKATING

World All-Around and Sprint Championship in Hamar, Norway

500 meters sprint and all around women and men, 1000 meters sprint at women and men, 3000 meters all around women, 5000 meters all around men

10.30 a.m. (ARD summary from 16.53 p.m.)

After the World Cup was overshadowed by the violent criticism of national coach Erik Bouwman against Claudia Pechstein, the 48-year-old Berliner intervened on Saturday in her 24th participation in an all-around World Championship on the first two routes. She doesn't count on chances due to her rather weak 500 meters. The sprinters around Nico Ihle and Joel Dufter seem more promising on the final day of the Sprint World Championship.

TOBOGGANING

World Cup final at Königssee

Double seaters and women

10.10 / 12.55 (ARD and Eurosport 2)

Exciting World Cup final at Königssee. German tobogganists can secure overall victories in both competitions on the very first day. In the double-seaters, the German Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken and Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt, who are only ten points apart in the classification, compete for victory. In the women's runner-up Julia Taubitz, 27 points behind Russia's Tatiana Ivanova, could continue the German winning streak that has been going on for 21 years.

SKI JUMPING

World Cup in Lahti, Finland

team competition

4:00 p.m. 1st round (ARD and Eurosport) 5:00 p.m. 2nd round (ARD and Eurosport)

Karl Geiger did it individually, now the team should imitate it as a quartet: The 27-year-old Allgäuer finished second in Lahti and showed his strong form. Geiger is still fighting for the yellow jersey in a duel with Austria's Stefan Kraft. The result in team jumping is particularly important for the Nations' Cup, before there is a single on Sunday in the 2017 World Cup venue.

NORDIC COMBINATION

World Cup in Lahti, Finland

team Sprint

10.00 a.m. ski jumping (ARD and Eurosport 2) 2.45 p.m. cross-country skiing 2 x 7.5 kilometers (ARD)

Like the ski jumpers, the Nordic combiners will be challenged this weekend in Lahti. For the team of national coach Hermann Weinbuch there is a team sprint on Saturday. "We have always been very successful in Lahti, we go there in good spirits," said Weinbuch. "The aim is to get a podium again." In the only team sprint of the current season in Val di Fiemme, Italy, Fabian Rießle and Vinzenz Geiger took second place on January 12th.

CROSS COUNTRY

World Cup in Lahti, Finland

11.00 a.m. 10 kilometers classic women 12.30 p.m. 15 kilometers classic men

After a long World Cup break, the German cross-country skiers are back in Finland. "These World Cups are very important to us, they are the sporting highlight for us," said team boss Peter Schlickenrieder with reference to the current season without World Championships and Olympics. After completing the course in Oberstdorf, Lucas Bögl is looking forward to measuring his strength against the international competition: "After such a long break, things are really going well," said the 29-year-old.

SNOWBOARD

World Cup in Blue Mountain, Canada

Parallel giant slalom, women and men

7 p.m. / CET (Eurosport2 and sportschau.de)

Ramona Hofmeister wants to take the next step towards triumph in the overall World Cup. After three wins and a second place in five parallel giant slalom runs so far, the Upper Bavarian is again the favorite in Canada. In addition to Hofmeister, world champion Selina Jörg is hoping for a top spot or even the first win of the season. For the men, Stefan Baumeister is aiming for a place on the podium.

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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