Now the final starting signal is given

Lukas Hofer & Co. will give their season premiere on Saturday (from 11 a.m.). Then the men's individual competition takes place in Kontiolahti, Finland. For the ladies around Dorothea Wierer it starts at 14 p.m. There is also an individual event for them (a penalty minute is incurred for each shooting error), while the following day there is a sprint for the men and women.

The artificial track sledders around Dominik Fischnelller will also get started on Saturday. © Sobe Hermann

Also on Saturday, the artificial track toboggans will go to the ice track for the first time this season. For the men, local hopes rest primarily on Dominik Fischnelller, who finished second in the overall World Cup last season. For the women, Andrea Vötter would like to repeat her strong previous season. As is well known, Sandra Robatscher suffered a shoulder injury in training around two weeks ago and will be out for the entire season ( SportNews berichtete ). Nordic skiing in Finland Nordic skiing also really gets going this weekend. While the ski jumpers have already made their season debut, the cross-country skiers and combined skiers will also have their turn from Friday. There will be no South Tyroleans among the cross-country skiers at the start in Ruka, Finland, while the Combiners Aaron Kostner and Samuel Costa are already in the starting blocks. The ski jumpers are also in Ruka at the weekend. From a South Tyrolean perspective, Alex Insam will travel to Finland. All of the Azzurri's corona tests were negative this time after a member of the support staff tested positive last week and the entire team had to miss the start in Wisla ( SportNews berichtete ).

The Alpines are already in action on Thursday (women) and Friday (men). Then the parallel races in Lech/Zürs are on the program. The qualifications for the knockout phase with 16 participants each are scheduled for 10.00 a.m., and the winners will be determined from 17.45:17.50 p.m. (women) or XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. (men). Nicol Delago and Hannes Zingerle are there from a South Tyrolean perspective. This week's World Cup program: Alpine skiing (Lech/Zürs): Thursday: Finals of the women's parallel giant slalom (17.45:XNUMX p.m.) Friday: Finals of the men's parallel giant slalom (17.50:XNUMX p.m.)

Biathlon (Kontiolahti): Saturday: Men's singles (11 a.m.) Saturday: Women's singles (14.20:XNUMX p.m.) Sunday: Men's sprint (10.30 a.m.) Sunday: Women's sprint (13.40:XNUMX p.m.)

Artificial track tobogganing (Igls): Saturday: Men's singles (from 9 a.m.) Saturday: Men's doubles (from 12.40 p.m.) Sunday: Women's singles (from 9 a.m.) Sunday: Team relay (12.25 p.m.) Sunday: Sprint competitions (from 14 p.m.)

Cross-country skiing (Ruka): Friday: Sprint finals for women and men (12.30 p.m.) Saturday: Women's 10 km (09.40:XNUMX a.m.) Saturday: Men's 15 km (12.45 p.m.) Sunday: Women's Pursuit (11.50:XNUMX a.m.) Sunday: Men's Pursuit (12.50 p.m.)

Nordic combination (Ruka): Friday: Men's Big Chance/5km (from 11 a.m.) Saturday: Men's Great Chance/10km (from 11.15 a.m.) Sunday: Men's Great Chance/10km (from 9.30 a.m.)

Ski jumping (Ruka): Friday: Men's qualification (16.45 p.m.) Saturday: Men's singles (16.30 p.m.) Sunday: Men's singles (15.30:XNUMX p.m.)

Bob & Skeleton (Sigulda): Friday: Men's and women's skeleton (from 10 a.m.) Saturday: Two-man bobsleigh for women and men (from 10 a.m.) Sunday: Men's two-man bobsleigh (15 p.m.)

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Now the final starting signal is given

Numerous winter athletes made their season premieres last weekend. The final starting signal for the 2020/21 winter sports season will only be given in the coming days, when biathletes & Co. will also get involved.

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