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 Germany’s Maria Riesch took a second gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Canada on Friday night, winning the slalom to add to her combination gold. https://www.thelocal.de/20100227/25545 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:25:00 +0100 25545 A top German bobsleigh official on Friday slammed the four-man bob event as a farce that should be called off, after six crashes in the opening two heats, following a dozen in training. https://www.thelocal.de/20100227/25543 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:18:00 +0100 25543 Germany consolidated its place on top of the Olympic Games medal table on Thursday thanks to a gold won by Viktoria Rebensburg in the women's giant slalom, her country's first in the event for 54 years. https://www.thelocal.de/20100226/25513 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:33:00 +0100 25513 German speed skater Stephanie Beckert has collected a silver medal while a crash in the women‘s bobsleigh capped a disappointing day for Germany at the Olympics in Vancouver. https://www.thelocal.de/20100225/25489 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:15:00 +0100 25489 Germany's women have a trick or two up their sleeves as they approach the Olympic Games slalom and giant slalom - underwear and a kangaroo. https://www.thelocal.de/20100224/25457 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:19:00 +0100 25457 Germany claimed the women's cross country team sprint title on Monday with a battling performance as favourites Sweden took the silver while Russia claimed bronze at the Winter Olympics. https://www.thelocal.de/20100223/25435 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:16:00 +0100 25435 Germany 1 pilot Andre Lange won his fourth Olympic bobsleigh gold medal Sunday after seeing off Germany 2 and Russia 1 in the two-man event at Whistler Sliding Centre. https://www.thelocal.de/20100222/25415 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:02:00 +0100 25415 Just hours after winning her second Olympic gold medal on Sunday, German biathlete Magdalena Neuner made the surprise announcement that she would not compete in the relay event on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100222/25413 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +0100 25413 The achievement brought a broad smile, but tears then trickled down the cheeks of Maria Riesch as she finally became Germany's Olympic golden girl on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100219/25357 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:20:00 +0100 25357 David Möller, Germany’s silver medallist in the men’s singles luge, is reportedly looking for a dentist appointment after breaking his tooth by biting into his shiny prize. https://www.thelocal.de/20100218/25335 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +0100 25335 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 Felix Loch won Winter Olympics gold in the men's singles luge on Sunday to lead a German 1-2 with compatriot David Möller finishing second and Italy's Armin Zöggeler third. https://www.thelocal.de/20100215/25259 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:06:00 +0100 25259 German biathlete Magdelene Neuner missed out on gold by a narrow margin at the winter Olympics in Canada on Saturday, instead taking silver to give Germany its first medal. https://www.thelocal.de/20100214/25243 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:34:00 +0100 25243 A winter-sports powerhouse, Germany is hoping to dominate the Olympic Games starting in Vancouver on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100212/25219 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:29:00 +0100 25219 Win or lose, there's nothing to match Canada in the view of four-time Olympian and 1998 bobsleigh champion Pierre Lueders - even if it upsets Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20100212/25211 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:29:00 +0100 25211 Germany's biathlon pin-up Magdalena Neuner begins her assault on Olympic gold on Saturday in the women's sprint, but her main rivals for a podium place are set to come from her own team. https://www.thelocal.de/20100212/25203 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:16:00 +0100 25203 The German skeleton team on Wednesday rejected cheating accusations from their Canadian rivals as a row erupted in the lead-up to the Winter Olympics. https://www.thelocal.de/20100211/25183 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:43:00 +0100 25183 Germany will be looking to at the stay top of the Winter Olympics medal table at Vancouver despite a morale-sapping doping scandal which claimed multiple gold-medal winner Claudia Pechstein. https://www.thelocal.de/20100128/24869 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:24:00 +0100 24869