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Michael Vogt, Cyril Bieri, Alain Knuser and Sandro Michael from Switzerland ride down the course / Photo: Robert Michael/dpa

Seriously injured Swiss bobsledder back home

After the crash in Altenberg, the seriously injured Swiss bobsleigh pusher Sandro Michel is back home. His pilot Michael Vogt cancels the World Championship start in Winterberg completely.

Mariama Jamanka (l) and Alexandra Burghardt of Germany cheer with their silver medal / Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa/Archivbild

Olympic bobsleigh champion Jamanka becomes TV presenter

Olympic bobsleigh champion Mariama Jamanka is to become a TV presenter. The 33-year-old Berlin native, who ended her competitive sports career after winning the silver medal in Beijing 2022 together with Alexandra Burghardt in the two-man bobsled, will take over the sports block in ARD's midday maga ..

Bobsleigh racers sit in the two-man bob type FES-208. / Photo: Tobias Hase/dpa

IAT and FES fear a drop in performance due to funding cuts

The funding cuts planned by the German government in the draft budget for the Olympic year 2024 threaten even successful sports such as bobsleigh, track cycling and biathlon. The institutes for applied training science in Leipzig (IAT) and for research and development of sports equipment in Berlin ( ..