Review week 7

A Happy End?!

At the preview of week seven we asked ourselves if Austria will finally win their first gold medal of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 in Schladming, Austria. Although these championships have been disappointing for the Austrians, they still had a happy end, as they have won a medal in the Team Event on Tuesday and another gold medal through Marcel Hirscher today. With two gold, two silver and four bronze medals Austria has won the most medals of all teams and finds itself on the second place of the medal count. Only the American team with fabulous Ted Ligety (3 gold) and the surprising teenager Mikaela Shiffrin (1 gold) have done better in these championships:

Preview week 7

The next episode of week 6

Let’s start with a major sport event at the end of this week: The 2013 NBA All-Star Game. This exhibition game will be played on February 17 at Toyota Center in Houston. The players for the game were selected by the fans with Kobe Bryant (1,591,437 votes) and LeBron James (1,583,646 votes) receiving the most votes of all starters. From an event point of view it will be interesting to see what the sponsors of the following competitions have come up with to entertain spectators: Taco Bell Skill Challenge, Foot Locker Three-Point Contest, Sprite Slam Dunk Contest, Sears Shooting Stars Competition, BBVA Rising Stars Challenge. Come and visit our blog next week to read more about this event.

Review week 6

It had it all: Surprises, Disappointments and Favourite Victories

Hoefl-Riesch on her way to gold

In our preview of week 6 we started off with the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 in Schladming, Austria. After five out of eleven competitions it is fair to say, that the Austrian athletes have until now under-performed on home ground. So far they have won one medal through Nicole Hosp in the super combination, although fans and officials were expecting at least three by that time of the championships. Hopes are still up, as many Austrian athletes have finished in the top ten. On the other hand Tina Maze, as expected, won the Super-G which was a turbulent first race of the championships. Aksel Lund Svindal from Norway is now the king of alpine skiing, because he has won the men’s downhill on Saturday and has therefore been rewarded with ~ €30,000. Maria Hoefl-Riesch is the third athlete to mention, since she has won the super combination and came in third at today’s downhill. Each of these athletes has so far won two medals making them the most successful competitors by now.