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Oberstdorf (dpa) - Ski jumping chance in team competition, aiming to defend the title in the combined team sprint: the last realistic medal chances await Germany at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf.
The world cup continues with the biathletes and alpine athletes.
SKI JUMPING
World Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany
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Large hill, team, men
5.00 p.m .: 1st and 2nd round (ZDF and Eurosport)
Two years ago in Tyrol, Markus Eisenbichler, Karl Geiger, Richard Freitag and Stephan Leyhe confidently won the gold medal in the team competition.
This time Friday (weakness in form) and Leyhe (cruciate ligament tear) are missing, but the result should be the same again at the home World Cup.
With the top athletes Eisenbichler and Geiger, the German team is one of the favorites.
Poland around tour winner Kamil Stoch, Austria, Norway and Slovenia are also hoping for a medal.
The Norwegians have lost their status as top favorites after Halvor Egner Granerud's failure due to corona.
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NORDIC COMBINATION
World Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany
Team sprint, men
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10.00 a.m .: Large hill jump (ZDF and Eurosport)
3 p.m .: run 2x7.5 kilometers (ZDF)
So far there has been no gold medal in the Allgäu for the protégés of national coach Hermann Weinbuch.
In the individual world championship specialist Eric Frenzel did not get past fourth place twice, in the team competition the furious Norwegians were too strong on the trail.
In the team sprint, the Norwegian team around world champion Jarl Magnus Riiber will again be the toughest opponent.
In the team sprint, Weinbuch relies on Frenzel and Fabian Rießle, who was the second best German in both individual competitions.
Vinzenz Geiger, after all second in the overall World Cup, was not considered after weak jumps.
CROSS-COUNTRY
World Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany
Singles, women
12.30 p.m .: 30 kilometers, classic technology (ZDF and Eurosport 2)
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First Therese Johaug won gold in the skiathlon, then she went up over ten kilometers, and finally she also led Norway's relay to gold: the days in Oberstdorf have been perfect for the 32-year-old.
With another title, for which she is clearly favored on Saturday over 30 kilometers, she would crown the title fights and conquer her 14th world championship gold medal overall.
Team boss Peter Schlickenrieder's German team is hoping for a top 10 position at the end of the women's race.
BIATHLON
World Cup in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic
11 a.m .: Sprint women, 7.5 kilometers (ZDF and Eurosport) 3.40 p.m .: Sprint men, 10 kilometers (ZDF and Eurosport)
Denise Herrmann, who was spared in the relay, attacks again in the sprint, and the team of six women also includes World Cup debutante Vanessa Voigt.
Your goal is to be in the top 60 to qualify for Sunday's pursuit.
The favorite is world champion Tiril Eckhoff, who won the last four sprints.
The six German men are also motivated after winning the first season in over four years.
Above all Arnd Peiffer, Benedikt Doll and the regained Erik Lesser hope to be able to intervene in the fight for the podium and a good starting position for the hunting race.
The Norwegian Johannes Thingnes Bö, who is the leader in the discipline and overall World Cup, won three sprint races.
ALPINE SKIING
World Cup in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria
11 a.m .: Departure of the men (ZDF and Eurosport)
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World Cup in Jasna, Slovakia
9.30am / 12.30pm: Women's slalom (ZDF and Eurosport)
After the weather-related cancellation on Friday, the alpine ski men hope for better weather and a smooth descent in the Salzburger Land on Saturday.
The great German hopefuls are the World Cup silver medalists Andreas Sander and Romed Baumann, and Josef Ferstl is celebrating his comeback after several weeks of injury.
For the women, a slalom is on the program in Jasna, Slovakia - with Andrea Filser and Lena Dürr, among others, who were able to celebrate bronze in the team competition at the World Championships.
SNOWBOARD
World Cup in Rogla, Slovenia
2 p.m .: parallel giant slalom, women and men (Eurosport2)
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A few days after the World Championships, this time the raceboarders hit the track in the World Cup in Rogla.
For Giant Slalom World Champion Selina Jörg, who announced her retirement at the end of the season during the week, the farewell tour begins.
Her teammate Ramona Hofmeister can hope for a victory in the overall World Cup.
SHORTTRACK
WM, Dordrecht, Netherlands
from 1:47 p.m .: quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals 500 meters, women and men, semi-finals and finals 1500 meters, women and men
It would be a big surprise if Gina Jacobs made it into the World Cup final over 1500 meters.
Not many believed her to make it to the semi-finals alone.
After the serious fall of her Dresden teammate Anna Seidel, the 22-year-old carries the hopes of the German women.
Also in the men's semi-finals of the men's World Cup, Christoph Schubert is represented by a Dresden resident, Adrian Lüdtke from Rostock made it into the quarter-finals over 500 meters.
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