All information about the Summer Olympics in Paris 2024
German climbers are optimistic Olympia-Quality: “Full speed”
Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 9:38 am: Germany’s top climbers think they have a good chance of successfully qualifying for the Olympic Games. Before the start of the first of two qualifying tournaments in Shanghai this week, national coach Ingo Filzwieser said: “The form is super good, everything should fit perfectly.” Of the ten starters in total China Alexander Megos (30), Yannick Flohé (24), Hannah Meul (23) and Lucia Dörffel (24) have the best chances to participate in the Summer Games. From this Thursday they will compete in a combined format, a mix of bouldering – climbing complicated movements at jump height – and lead – classic rope climbing.
After the four-day event in Shanghai, there will be a second qualifying stop in Budapest from June 20 to 23. The results of both competitions are combined and the top ten combination climbers per gender will then receive their ticket to Paris.
In previous events such as the 2023 World Cup or continental qualifying tournaments, some world-class climbers have already qualified for the Olympic Games – so they will no longer compete in Shanghai and Budapest. A maximum of two athletes per country, discipline and gender may go to Paris. Top countries such as Japan and the US, which had already reached their men’s quota, are therefore not participating in the qualifiers.
“Full throttle or nothing!”
“I think I have a good chance of qualifying, even though the road ahead was a bit bumpy,” said Megos. The man from Erlangen, one of the best mountaineers in the world, recently suffered an annular ligament injury in his finger. Coach Filzwieser believes his protégé is still in top form. The national coach told the German news agency that climbing should not be a tactic, but should be done at “full speed”. “Full throttle or nothing!”
In the second discipline, speed – that is, climbing on a standardized wall with always the same grab order – the three German athletes are outsiders. “I think our team has grown together better than ever in recent weeks and we are all in a good mood,” said Franziska Ritter, the only speed climber from the German Alpine Club in Shanghai. In speed climbing, only five Olympic tickets per gender are awarded during qualifying.
There are still rooms available – Parisian hotels are lowering their prices Olympia the prices
2:14 PM: In the run-up to the Paris Olympics this summer, hotels dramatically increased their room rates and many residents hoped for a big hit by renting out their private apartments. However, two and a half months before the start of the games, disillusionment is spreading, many hotels and private landlords are still waiting for bookings and prices are starting to drop noticeably. While the average price for an overnight stay in a hotel was 699 euros a few months ago, it has now fallen to 411 euros, the Paris tourist office announced on Monday. For comparison: In July 2023 the average price was 202 euros and in August 2023 it was 161 euros.
According to the tourist office, the occupancy rate of hotels and private accommodation during the Olympic Games is currently between 56.3 and 75.9 percent, while in July 2019 it was 58.4 percent. During the subsequent Paralympic Games, the occupancy rate is between 47.3 and 57 percent, while in September 2019 it was 41.4 percent. It’s clear that even people who are only now considering attending the Olympics can still find plenty of accommodation available – and at rates significantly lower than those of just a few months ago.
It was expected that hotel occupancy would remain within normal limits and that room rates would fall, the president of the Hotel and Restaurant Association (Umih) in the Greater Paris region, Franck Delvaux, told broadcaster France 3 Many foreign tourists who are not interested in the Olympic Games would not come to Paris this summer. And many of the expected Olympic spectators are French, who can often stay in the Paris area through family or acquaintances or can commute to Paris themselves for a day. Delvaux is confident that the Olympic Games will still be profitable for Paris hotels, as many tourists would want to visit the city.
Handball: Olympia-The preparation of women and men is present
1:24 PM: The German national handball teams are preparing for the Olympic Games with attractive international matches. The men’s team of national coach Alfred Gislason will compete in an endurance test against European champions and Olympic champions in Dortmund on July 13 France. For this purpose, the DHB women meet at the same location Brazil.
The Olympic dress rehearsal for both teams will then take place during a joint three-country tournament in Stuttgart. There, the women’s team of national coach Markus Gaugisch will face Hungary on July 19 and again against Brazil on July 21. The men also face Hungary and Japan on the same days. “With top matches against top teams we can offer great pre-Olympic days,” said DHB CEO Mark Schober on Monday.
“The fact that France, as host of the Olympic Games and formidable opponent, has agreed to come to us for preparation is phenomenal. “This could also be the last chance to see Nikola Karabatic, one of the best handball players in history, play one last time in Germany,” said Gislason, adding: “We will also have two very strong opponents in Stuttgart .”
Gaugisch is especially looking forward to “full arenas” at the doubles events. If our national teams can show themselves together, that is great,” said the coach of the DHB women, who are participating in the Olympic Games for the first time in 16 years. They want to “take this momentum to Paris”.
The team ranked sixth in the World Cup will play in the preliminary round of the Olympic tournament Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Slovenia and South Korea. The men who finished fourth at the European Championships at the beginning of this year will play at home against Sweden, Spain, CroatiaSlovenia and Japan.
Sailors solve Diesch/Markfort Olympia-Ticket
Monday May 13, 2024, 7:47 am: Simon Diesch and Anna Markfort have booked their ticket for their Olympic premiere in the 470 mixed. At the European Championships in Cannes, the helmsman from the Württemberg Yacht Club and his crew from the Seglerhaus am Wannsee club missed the final, but collected enough points overall. With 42 points after three elimination regattas, Diesch/Markfort triumphed in the exciting national duel for just one Olympic ticket against the married and sailing couple Malte and Anastasiya Winkel (Schweriner Yacht-Club/Norddeutscher Regatta Verein, 40 points).
Kieler Winkel’s team was the only German team to qualify for the medal final at the final European Championships, where Diesch and Markfort had to watch after the main round and hope for thirteenth place. But with ninth place in the final, the Winkels could no longer move up to the necessary eighth place, which would have fulfilled their dream of starting the Olympic Games together.
After the exciting decision between the elimination winners and the defeated, tears of joy and disappointment were shed in the harbor of Cannes. Markfort, 30, said: “The last 24 hours have been the most stressful and worst for both of us. It was an emotional roller coaster. Now there is a huge sense of relief.”
29-year-old helmsman Diesch continues a family tradition with the successful Olympic qualification of his crew: at the 1976 Olympic Games Canadian Kingston was founded by his uncle and helmsman Jörg Diesch with his father Eckart Diesch in the Flying Dutchman. The brothers sailed to Olympic gold 48 years ago.
Freestyle wrestler Thiele is eligible Olympia
Sunday May 12, 2024, 10:29 am: After Anastasia Blayvas, Erik Thiele also fought for a starting place for the Olympic Games in Paris for the German Wrestling Federation (DRB). The 27-year-old reached the final of the weight class up to 97 kilograms at the final qualifying tournament in Istanbul on Saturday. In the decisive battle the Leipzigers won, who were in the Bundesliga for the German team champion SV Wacker Burghausen, against Radu Lefter from Moldova.
Thiele’s freestyle teammates came away empty-handed. The German wrestling team now has five tickets for the summer games from July 26 to August 11. Sandra Paruszewski (up to 57 kg), Luisa Niemesch (up to 62 kg) and Greek-Roman athlete Jello Krahmer (up to 130 kg) qualified.
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