"I'm old and back again": German winter sports legend can hardly believe fourth Olympic participation
Created: 01/22/2022, 19:15
By: Marius Epp
Tobogganist Felix Loch wants to celebrate again in Beijing.
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Tobogganist Felix Loch is taking part in his fourth Olympic Games in Beijing.
Although he has already won everything, he is as happy as a small child.
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Apparently enough.
Otherwise Felix Loch would not be taking part in the Olympics for the fourth time this year.
The 32-year-old toboggan legend wants to know again.
How hot he is can be seen in his post on Instagram.
He writes: "My fourth Olympic Games - amazing!
As a little boy, I always dreamed of being there myself one day.
And now?!
I'm old and at it again!
Unbelievable!"
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And Loch will not start without ambitions, that much is clear.
The dominance of earlier days has slackened a bit, but he is definitely one of the medal contenders.
In the overall World Cup he is currently in third place behind compatriot Johannes Ludwig and the Austrian Wolfgang Kindl.
"The nice thing is: you actually don't have to prove anything anymore, because you're already a legend," comments a fan on Instagram.
Loch can travel to Beijing for Team Germany without any pressure - although like some other athletes he had strongly criticized the allocation of the games to China.
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"You shouldn't have given the games to Beijing.
You saw many years ago that nothing is changing there when it comes to human rights,” he said recently on ARD.
However, he spoke out against a sporting boycott: “Many athletes only have one chance to go to the Olympics.
You can't take this chance away from them."
Almost two weeks before the Olympics, biathlete Benedikt Doll made a big exclamation mark in Antholz.
(epp)