That the players and supervisors of Holstein Kiel are in the arms after the spectacular victory over Bayern Munich, that games at the handball world championship are only canceled when a team can simply no longer muster enough uninfected athletes for the ARD to broadcast cross-country skiing live As if mass starts in the pandemic winter were the most normal thing in the world: All of this conveys a beautiful, calming normality in the most abnormal of all winters.
At least among non-sports fans, who must also be there, a disruptive feeling will arise: Why is something like this possible when I have to explain to my children every day that they are not allowed to go to school and not to training, and to grandma and grandpa certainly not?