The World Championship in curling begins in rain. In the middle of the hunt for medals are four Peitingers for Germany.
Update, March 5, 4:05 p.m .: In addition to Daniel Steber, Peiting's second hope in target shooting has moved into the final. Franziska Lindner also came out seventh among the U23 juniors. With 234 points, it is 45 points behind the bronze. German Alina Mayer is currently in the lead with a strong 297 points. The final rises on Friday.
Update, March 5, 11:48 am: With two consistently good rounds, Daniel Steber qualified for the individual final in the U23 target shooting. The curling of the TSV Peiting scored a total of 317 points. He qualified seventh among 34 participants for the final of the best twelve. This takes place on Friday. All four Germans and all four Austrian starters can take part in the final round. In addition, a Brazilian, a Czech and two Italians qualified. Steber's gap to third place is 22 points. Austrian Stefan Schirnhofer (362 points) leads the German Stefan Zellermayer (341).
Good World Cup start for Michael Lindner - Germany wins favorite duel
Update, March 4: The competitions at the World Championship in curling in Regen have started. This week it is the turn of the youngsters (the U16 and U19 will play in an EM) and juniors (they will play a World Cup). There are also three young athletes from TSV Peiting: Franziska and Michael Lindner and Daniel Steber. The preliminary round of the team game was on Wednesday. Michael Lindner was part of the U-23 team - and he and his colleagues made a successful appearance. The German U-23 squad are in first place after 14 games with 14: 2 points, thus underpinning their ambitions for the title.
Germany wins direct duel against Austria
The big rival for gold, the Austrian team, also scored 14: 2 points yesterday, but had the poorer floor note. The direct duel - held in the seventh round - the Germans clearly won with 22: 8. In the third round, however, the hosts had made a slip: the duel with Belarus was lost at 13:15. The other games mostly won Michael Lindner and his teammates clearly. The exception was 17:13 against the Czech Republic, which took third place after the preliminary round with 10: 6 points. The second half of the team game will take place on Friday 6 March. The finals will take place on Saturday, March 7th. Daniel Steber starts at the U23 in target shooting (individual and team), Franziska Lindner goes in medal hunt in the target shooting (individual and team) of the U23 and also plays in the team game for women.
Medal hunt begins - Peitinger stick shooters are favorites
First report, March 3: Peiting / Regen - It is the winter curling event. The world championship for juniors and adults as well as the European championship for curling take place for juniors and adults in the Lower Bavarian rain, the "Mecca of ice stock sport". In the ice stadium in Regen, where no glass pane separates the spectators from the ice, an unprecedented atmosphere awaits the athletes from 26 nations, because the organizers have come up with something special.
"Additional stands are set up on the ice in the ice rink," reports Christian Lindner, spokesman for TSV Peiting and chairman of the German curling association. "This means that the spectators are only three meters away from the athletes." It is clear that some of the spectator comments will also be heard by the athletes. "This will be an additional burden," says Lindner. There is space for 2500 spectators in the ice stadium. The adult competitions are already sold out. Lindner expects more than 1000 visitors every day.
Four Peitinger at WM with medal chances
Four stick shooters from TSV Peiting are there for the German team. Today you travel privately and stay in the hotel with the other Germans. Daniel Steber starts at the U23 in target shooting (individual and team), Michael Lindner plays in the U23 team game, Franziska Lindner is in three competitions. She goes for medals in the target shooting (individual and team) of the U23 and also plays for the women in team games. Peitinger Ulrike Lachenmayer is captain there. Lachenmayer is also involved in target shooting in the team competition. The winners of the wide-ranging competition will be determined in a separate tent. There is no Peitinger represented there.
At least six medals should jump out of the eight competitions with Peitinger participation. That is Christian Lindner's specification. "It will be shown how many gold there will be," he says. He attributes the greatest gold chances to Franziska Lindner in the U23 team competition in target shooting. Michael Lindner is also favorite with the U23 team game. The team, which has hardly changed since adolescence, haven't lost a final in around eight years.
Austria and Italy the worst opponents at the Eisstock World Cup
Lindner sees the Austrians as well as the Italians, who all come from South Tyrol, as the biggest competitors of the German players. Therefore, the Italian team had no problems with the corona virus. The virus is still an issue. The Chinese team, which would have been at the start of an ice stock world championship for the first time, had voluntarily canceled its participation. "Many athletes were scared," reports Lindner. Therefore, representatives of the health department are on site at the World Cup and provide information about protective measures.
