Dusseldorf - Was that a crazy mood! Banners, rattles, horns - 150 000 Saturday and Sunday schunkelten 200 000 visitors and celebrating the Ski World Cup at the Rhine promenade as in Rosenmontagszoch. And the athletes, this spurred on to excellence. All praised the great event. No question: How is the cross-stronghold of Dusseldorf in Germany!
Only once did the fans held their breath for a few seconds and watched helplessly on the video screens: Audience Favorite Tobias Angerer slipped to just a ski of the transition zone and passed to Joseph Wenzl. For the German duo was because of the dream burst by the misfortunes Angerer entered final.
"I'm sorry for the great audience. But so is the sport halt. I entered a competitor to my bond, and it has opened, "said Angerer.
The accident did the revelers atmosphere around the track not diminish. "My feet are cold though, but I'm not going away. Finally, I will not miss a second, "said Natasha Dorr, the athletes with friend Kai Arnold cheering along the route, and was in the melting snow water.
As mentioned on Saturday colorful prevailed in the old town. Thousands had flags with their favorite nations, and celebrated in his hand warm. Well on it were the Scandinavians. Kerstin and son Marcus Thomas Hellner pressed his thumbs. The Swede with partner Emil Jönsson sprinted to third.
"Now let's drink to Marcus a delicious beer." A special "mission" had a fan dressed as Lachsack: Hiding a sad losers in the party pack, and took him in her arms, and built it up with an infectious laugh again.
Bayer Leverkusen's Bernd Schneider National kicker he could not comfort her. He was still sad. "The defeat in Stuttgart hurts." At yesterday's team sprint Langläuferinnen again showed the best sport.
