TV review of the Olympics in Beijing: Frank Wörndl as King of Snow Mallorca
Created: 02/17/2022, 08:55
By: Jörg Heinrich
Eurosport commentator and former German Olympic champion Frank Wörndl.
© Ruppografie/Nadine Rupp
Alpine ski races at the Olympics can be commented on in many different ways.
Frank Wörndl has a very special approach at Eurosport.
Munich - Again no medal for our skiers.
But in the slalom one could see that with the right people on TV, even tin can be fun.
Eurosport and Das Erste broadcast Linus Straßer in seventh place.
There was the sound of the mountains to be heard - and to see "fireworks on the slalom mountain", according to Eurosport-Hallodri Frank Wörndl.
He's the coolest dog on snow TV.
We tell you everything about Jürgen Drews from the Allgäu.
Olympia: The reporting by ARD, ZDF and Eurosport is so different
The alternative Olympics: Everything is different at Eurosport.
When skiing comes up on ARD and ZDF, the first thing Jessy or Katrin says is that skiing is coming soon.
Then there is a lecture on the history of alpine locomotion from the fur-covered Ötzi wooden slats to Heidi Biebl, and a few hours later it all starts.
Because Eurosport viewers are obviously multithinkers who understand a lot of themselves, nobody has to moderate there.
It says "Live" there, and then it's "Live."
Gold instead of black-red-gold: ARD and ZDF broadcast official German medal counting, everything else is less exciting.
Eurosport shows winter sports with people from many countries.
And commentator Guido Heuber incidentally adds: "We mustn't embezzle Linus Straßer either." In the end it's like this: The first and second are about black, red and gold, Eurosport is all about gold.
Olympia at Eurosport: This is Frank Wörndl
The Wörndl: At 62 years old, the 1987 slalom world champion is wonderfully weathered and is actually reminiscent of an alpine version by Jürgen Drews.
Motto: A bed in the snow field.
Although: he has already sung party hits (Auf geht's).
If the Frankie spotted every single detail of a run immediately, that's a delight for spectators who have been injured by Lothar and Schweini.
Just like Felix Neureuther, he is an expert who knows his stuff and who can explain his sport perfectly - that something like this still exists!
Wörndl sees that "the energy dissipates sideways" with a runner.
And sometimes he has to grumble with beckenbauer-esque slang: "Throw your knees around at the last moment, that's not possible." He's not an overexcited screamer, but watches the spectacle very relaxed and relaxed.
Whether the Austrian Strolz can win?
"Just let him drive and we'll see."
Bitter for Linus: In Linus Straßer's second run, the king of snow-Mallorca had an early idea that a medal wasn't going to end.
"He's stuck, he's stuck!
He has tight legs, he never dares, he never walks!” When it comes to Wörndl, the rhetoric never gets stuck.
And he never feels like the disappointed Italian Sala: "He literally sleeps out there."
Olympia at ARD: Felix Neureuther in the isolation room
The quarantine Neureuther: In the first one you have to get through all the superfluous preludes.
Then rider Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and her horse keep their fingers crossed and hooves for Linus, which is of no interest to anyone.
But when you finally go skiing, it's fun with Bernd Schmelzer and Felix Neureuther.
After missing the Strasser medal, a wonderfully Dadaistic dialogue ensues.
Felix tears his hair in his isolation hotel room: "Oh, I'm done." Schmelzer agrees twice: "Me too.
Linus too.” The Frenchman Noël, who experiences a happy snowy night, wins.