The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Winter sports: an overview of the most important dates in winter 2020/2021 

2021-01-08T10:43:56.710Z


The winter sports dates 2020/21 raise hopes for an exciting season  The winter sports dates 2020/21 raise hopes for an exciting season  Despite the corona pandemic, most world associations have decided to hold the season. It is worth taking a look at the 2020/21 winter sports dates , as there are new competition calendars. ARD and ZDF broadcast a colorful mix of sports on the winter sports dates . In the 2020/21 season there are numerous winter sports dates that


The winter sports dates 2020/21 raise hopes for an exciting season 

  • Despite the corona pandemic, most world associations have decided to hold the season.

  • It is

    worth taking

    a look at the

    2020/21 winter sports dates

    , as there are new competition calendars.

  • ARD and ZDF

    broadcast

    a colorful mix of sports

    on the

    winter sports dates

    .

In the

2020/21 season

there are numerous

winter sports dates

that fans are longingly waiting for.

Despite Corona, there are

exciting competitions

in

ski jumping, biathlon, Nordic combined

and Co. until spring 2021.

Biathlon dates 2020/21

The world

biathlon association

has

adjusted

its calendar for the

2020/21 season in

order to minimize corona risks.

The regional health authorities will decide whether spectators along the route can cheer on the biathlon stars.

The World Cup started in Kontiolahti, Finland, at the end of November.

There were competitions there for two weeks - then Hochfilzen in Austria followed.

The first and this year the only German

biathlon

World Cup station

is Oberhof from January 4th to 17th, 2021.

The highlight of the 2020/21 biathlon season is the

World Cup

in Pokljuka, Slovenia. In total, the athletes will stop at eight venues this season.

A look at Google Maps reveals that the

World Cup venue Pokljuka is

in northwestern Slovenia, not far from the Austrian border.

Nordic combined dates 2020/21

The Nordic combined season started on November 27, 2020 in Ruka, Finland.

There are 30 World Cup races to come by the end of the season on March 21, 2021.

The highlight of this year's season is the Nordic World Ski Championships, which will take place in Oberstdorf at the end of February / beginning of March 2021.

In addition, the stars of the

Nordic Combined come

to Seefeld, Ramsau, Beijing and Oslo.

After the first races,

Manuel Faißt

(January 11, 1993),

Eric Frenzel

(November 21, 1988) and

Fabian Rießle

(December 18, 1990) are three Germans in the top 10 of the overall World Cup.

Alpine skiing dates 2020/21

The

Alpine Skiing Association FIS

has decided to redesign the World Cup calendar.

This season men and women will be competing in different locations.

There are a total of 39 men’s races and 35 women’s competitions in the provisional

Alpine skiing

calendar.

ZDF and ARD regularly broadcast the

winter sports highlights

.

For example, World Cups for men and women only take place in the following locations:

  • Soelden

  • Zagreb

  • Garmisch-Patenkirchen

The

Alpine Skiing World Championship

will also take place for men and women between February 8th and 21st, 2021 in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Ski jumping dates 2020/21

The

men's

ski jumping World Cup

consists

of 36 competitions

in the

2020/21 season

.

The highlights of this year's season are the

World Championships in Oberstdorf

and the

Four Hills Tournament

.

The Ski Flying World Championships took place in Planica in December.

There, the German team landed in second place in the team competition and thus won the silver medal.

Markus Eisenbichler

(03.04.1991),

Constantin Schmid

(27.11.1999),

Pius Paschke

(20.05.1990) and

Karl Geiger

(11.02.1993) were the happy ski jumper from the German team.

🥈 SILVER in the team competition of the Ski Flying World Championships!

🔥


Congratulations Constantin Schmid, Markus Eisenbichler, Karl Geiger, Pius Paschke!

😎 #WirfuerD #TeamD #RoadtoBeijing @skiverband pic.twitter.com/B4fLikrtMt

- Team Germany (@TeamD) ​​December 13, 2020

Further winter sports dates 2020/21: tobogganing, bobsleigh, skeleton and figure skating

But not every winter sport takes place in this special year.

The

ice skating association ISU

decided to cancel most of the international competitions.

This decision affects the following sports:

  • figure skating

  • Short track

  • Speed ​​skating

In the

sports tobogganing, skeleton and bobsleigh

, some competitions will

take place

in

2020/21

.

The competition calendar is reduced.

Nevertheless, the skeleton and bobsleigh riders can jump into the track seven times, while there are nine dates for the tobogganists.

The highlights are the world championships next year.

These take place in Germany - in Berchtesgaden-Königssee and Altenberg. 

Source: merkur

All sports articles on 2021-01-08

You may like

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.