Winter sports, Ski alpin: Ski racer Dominik Schwaiger achieved the best speed result of his career at the Downhill World Cup in Bormio. When the South Tyrolean Dominik Paris won, the 30-year-old from WSV Königssee raced to fifth place on Tuesday, cracking the national standard for the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. Overall World Cup leader Marco Odermatt from Switzerland came in second, 0.24 seconds behind, followed by compatriot Niels Hintermann (+0.80 seconds). The other DSV starters had no chance on the dreaded slope. Josef Ferstl finished 16th, the World Cup runners-up Romed Baumann and Andreas Sander finished 22nd and 28th. Simon Jocher retired after a driving error. For Paris it was already the seventh World Cup success of his career in Bormio – the sixth in the downhill.
Tennis, Australian Open: The Austrian Dominic Thiem is postponing his comeback again after an injury break and does not start at the Australian Open. The 28-year-old announced on Twitter on Tuesday that he had decided not to start his season on the professional tour in Argentina until the end of January. “We believe it is the right decision to have a good return to the competition.” This means that one of the main competitors of Olympic champion Alexander Zverev will be missing from the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The Australian Open in Melbourne starts on January 17th. Thiem suffered a wrist injury at the lawn tournament on Mallorca on June 22nd and recently canceled his participation in a show tournament in Abu Dhabi. The 2020 US Open winner experienced a setback while training in Dubai. “Now I’m fine again, my wrist is in optimal shape and I train normally with very good intensity,” wrote Thiem.
In addition to Thiem’s decision and Roger Federer’s cancellation some time ago, there is a risk of further losses from world-class players for the Australian Open. The Russian Andrei Rublev had recently announced that he had tested positive for the corona virus. Long-time world number one Rafael Nadal from Spain, Canadian Denis Shapovalov, British US Open winner Emma Raducanu, Olympic champion Belinda Bencic from Switzerland and Tunisian Ons Jabeur had also informed about infections. For women, the American Serena Williams, Karolina Pliskova from the Czech Republic and Bianca Andreescu from Canada have all canceled their participation.
Winter sports, Ski alpin: The US ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin has tested positive for the corona virus. The 26-year-old announced this on Monday via social networks. She is fine, wrote Shiffrin. But she is in domestic isolation and will miss the upcoming World Cup races in Lienz, Austria. She wishes her teammates the best of luck for the giant slalom on Tuesday and the slalom on Wednesday. Shiffrin recently celebrated her 72nd World Cup victory in Courchevel, France. In the overall World Cup, the three-time winner of the large crystal ball is currently at the top again with 750 points.
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