https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Germany edged out Japan to win the Olympic Games women's speed skating team pursuit title on Saturday, but only after golden girl Anni Friesinger-Postma had crawled comically across the line in the semi-finals. https://www.thelocal.de/20100228/25557 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:42:00 +0100 25557 Gold medals snared overnight by luger Tatjana Hüfner and biathlete Magdalena Neuner have shot Germany to the top of the medal tally at the Winter Olympics in Canada. https://www.thelocal.de/20100217/25301 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:50:00 +0100 25301 Germany has risen to second place in the medal tally at the Winter Olympics after figure skaters Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy snared a bronze medal overnight despite an error-riddled performance. https://www.thelocal.de/20100216/25279 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:51:00 +0100 25279 German speedskating star Claudia Pechstein, whose bid to compete in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver has been hit by a two-year ban for blood doping, on Thursday blamed a lab error for her failed drugs test. https://www.thelocal.de/20090806/21089 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:43:00 +0200 21089 Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany took the European Figure Skating pairs title for the third successive year in Helsinki on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20090122/16929 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:18:00 +0100 16929 Anni Friesinger of Germany claimed a new track record in Nagano, Japan on her way to regaining the women's 1,500 metre title at the world speed skating single distance championships on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20080306/10529 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:32:00 +0100 10529