Marathon record holder Fabienne Schlumpf suffers from an inflammation of the heart muscle. Timo Meier and Roman Josi score points in the NHL. Viktorija Golubic loses in three sets. Ud the biathlete Benjamin Weger tests positive for Corona. The most important sports news at a glance.
Alpine skiing: Lara Gut-Behrami returns to the World Cup
Lara Gut Behrami can race again this weekend.
(sda) Lara Gut-Behrami, who tested positive for Covid-19 on December 17, will return to the World Cup on the weekend. The Ticino woman is in Swiss-Ski’s squad for Saturday’s giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.
Since a test on December 27 was also positive, Gut-Behrami’s break extended into the new year. A slalom will also be held in Kranjska Gora on Sunday.
Tennis: Also Czech without a valid visa in Australia
Renata Voracova has to leave Australia.
(sda / dpa) According to Novak Djokovic, according to an Australian media report, the Czech tennis player Renata Voracova was also revoked when she entered Australia. The 38-year-old double specialist was brought to the hotel where Djokovic is staying. Voracova was reportedly informed by border officials on Thursday that her visa was invalid and that she would have to leave the country.
Athletics: Smurf is out with myocarditis
(sda) The Swiss marathon record holder Fabienne Schlumpf suffers from an inflammation of the myocardium, which does not allow her to do any sport for the time being. “It’s definitely not an easy time, but I’m not giving up,” wrote the 31-year-old from Zurich on Instagram. She hopes to be able to train again soon and to pursue her goals (and opponents).
Ice hockey: Meier and Josi score in the NHL
Timo Meier (left) escapes John Hayden from the Buffalo Sabers.
(sda) The Nashville Predators win their third straight win in the NHL with a 4-2 win at the Los Angeles Kings. Roman Josi contributes the assists to 1-0 and 3-0.
The 31-year-old from Bern scored 32 points (11 goals, 21 assists) in 33 games he played, cementing his status as one of the best defenders in the NHL. In terms of loss points, the Predators take 1st place in the Western Conference.
On the night of Friday, other Swiss mercenaries achieved personal successes. Timo Meier scored his 14th goal of the season. It was the 2-0 win for the San Jose Sharks in a 3-2 away win over the Buffalo Sabers. Kevin Fiala assisted the Minnesota Wild equalizing 1-1 in Boston. Minnesota finally won 3-2. In a direct duel, Janis Mosers and Philipp Kuraschew were each credited with one assist point. Moser’s Arizona Coyotes recently defeated Kuraschew’s Chicago Blackhawks 6: 4.
Tennis: Golubic loses in three sets
(sda) Viktorija Golubic is eliminated from the quarter-finals of the Australian Open preparatory tournament in Melbourne. The Zurich woman is defeated by the Romanian Simona Halep 2: 6, 7: 5, 4: 6.
Against the former world number one Halep, Golubic kept up in the game, which was characterized by many breaks, up to 4: 4 in the third set, before serving for the ninth time. Then she could have found her way back into the match, but with the score of 4: 5 she did not know how to use two break chances.
Biathlon: Benjamin Weger tested positive for Corona
(sda) The biathlete world cup races this weekend in Oberhof will take place without Benjamin Weger. The Oberwalliser tested positive for Covid-19.
Weger has no symptoms and is in isolation, said Swiss-Ski. All other tests within the Swiss team in Oberhof were negative.
Soccer: Hefti celebrates debut with Genoa, Milan wins against AS Roma confidently
Silvan Hefti (left) defends for the first time in Serie A for his new club Genoa on Thursday evening.
(sda) Silvan Hefti made his Serie A debut just three days after the Young Boys announced he would join Genoa. The 24-year-old right-back was on the field for a 1-1 draw with his new employer at Sassuolo until he was substituted for 64 minutes. After the second draw in a row, Andrei Shevchenko’s team remains in 19th place.
AC Milan have meanwhile consolidated their second place with a 3-1 win against AS Roma. Olivier Giroud, Junior Messias and Rafael Leao met for the “Rossoneri”. Just before the break, Tammy Abraham was only able to shorten the game for the Romans, who had to finish the game ninth after two yellow-red cards against Rick Karsdorp (74th) and Gianluca Mancini (93rd). The fact that substitute Zlatan Ibrahimovic missed a penalty in the final minute did not matter to Milan.
In the duel between Juventus Turin and Napoli there was no winner. Dries Mertens gave the Neapolitans the lead after 23 minutes, and Federico Chiesa equalized for the Turin team nine minutes after the break. This 1: 1 does not help either of the two teams to keep up with the top Milan duo Inter and Milan. Napoli’s deficit is 6 and 5 points, respectively, while Juventus is 11 and 10 points behind in fifth.
The league was hit by the Corona variant Omikron at the start of the second half of the season. Four games had to be canceled on Thursday due to various positive tests, including the game of champions Inter Milan at Bologna and the home game of Remo Freuler’s Atalanta Bergamo against Torino.
Sassuolo – Genoa 1: 1 (0: 1). – Gates: 7. Destro 0: 1. 55. Berardi 1: 1. – Genoa up to 64th with Hefti, without Behrami (injured).
Spezia – Hellas Verona 1: 2 (0: 0). – Gates: 59. Caprari 0-1. 70. Caprari 0-2. 85. Erlic 1: 2. – 87. Red card against Agudelo (Spezia), Hellas Verona without Rüegg (substitute).
AC Milan – AS Roma 3-1 (2-1). – Gates: 8. Giroud (hand penalty) 1-0. 17. Messiah 2-0. 40. Abraham 2: 1. 82. Leao 3: 1. – 74th yellow-red card against Karsdorp (AS Roma). 93. Yellow and red card against Mancini (AS Roma). 94. Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) misses a foul penalty.
Juventus Turin – Napoli 1: 1 (0: 1). – Gates: 23. Mertens 0: 1. 54. Chiesa 1: 1.
Series A. 20th round: Sampdoria Genoa 1-2 Cagliari. Lazio – Empoli 3: 3. Spezia – Hellas Verona 1: 2. Sassuolo – Genoa 1: 1. AC Milan 3-1 AS Roma. Juventus 3-1 Napoli. – Ranking list: 1. Inter Milan 19/46. 2nd AC Milan 20/45. 3. Napoli 20/40. 4. Atalanta Bergamo 19/38. 5. Juventus Turin 20/35. 6. Fiorentina 19/32. 7. Lazio 20/32. 8. AS Roma 20/32. 9. Empoli 20/28. 10. Bologna 19/27. 11. Hellas Verona 20/27. 12. Torino 19/25. 13th Sassuolo 20/25. 14. Udinese 18/20. 15. Sampdoria Genoa 20/20. 16. Venezia 19/17. 17th Specia 20/16. 18. Cagliari 20/13. 19. Genoa 20/12. 20. Salernitana 18/8.
Ice hockey: Ambri-Piotta signs the top scorer in the Czech league
(sda) Ambri-Piotta has signed Czech striker Filip Chlapik for the next two seasons. The 24-year-old wing, who is currently under contract with Sparta Prague in his home country and will play the season there too, is currently the top scorer in the Czech extra league with 20 goals and 22 assists from 32 games.
Football: St. Gallen, Lausanne and GC are also foregoing training camps abroad
FC St. Gallen also waived: The club management around Matthias Hüppi canceled the training camp in Spain.
(sda) The FC St. Gallen waived the planned training camp in Spain. The club management considers the risk due to the Corona situation to be too high. And Lausanne-Sport will not prepare for the second half of the season abroad either. The Vaudois canceled the trip to Tunisia. Likewise the Grasshoppers, who canceled the trip to Jerez. FC Basel, Young Boys, Servette, Sitten, Lucerne and Lugano had previously announced that they would forego a training camp abroad. This means that only FC Zurich currently has a trip abroad in its program. The trip to Belek in southern Turkey is on the brink.
Alpine skiing: No slaloms in Zagreb and Flachau – new women’s slalom in Schladming
All watering and salting does not help – the Zagreb slalom is canceled.
(sda) The men’s World Cup slalom in Zagreb has to be canceled after 19 riders. One day after the weather-related shift, the battered slope cannot withstand the strain. Ramon Zenhäusern was in 2nd place behind the Norwegian Sebastian Foss-Solevaag at the time of the interruption. Loïc Meillard and Daniel Yule followed behind in 7th and 8th place. The result is not counted.
As for the drivers who entered the race later, it was already practically impossible for Meillard and Yule to achieve the best times. With start number 17, Luca Aerni lost 3.22 seconds on the fastest time without major mistakes and compared the conditions to a mogul slope.
The women’s night slalom planned for next Tuesday in Flachau will not be relocated to Schladming due to the corona. Because of the high number of cases in Flachau, the state of Salzburg has spoken out against holding the World Cup race, said the Austrian Ski Association. For the first time since the 2013 World Cup and for the first time ever, women’s World Cup competitions are taking place in Schladming. The other World Cup races in the Salzburger Land in the coming week – Downhill and Super G women in Zauchensee (January 15 and 16) – should take place as planned.
Ice Hockey: Five Friborg-Gottéron games postponed
(sda) Friborg-Gottéron’s five National League games have been postponed after the team had to be quarantined. Affected are the games against Lausanne on Friday and at Ambri-Piotta on Saturday and next week the games against Geneva / Servette, Davos and away against Biel. In addition, the league has rescheduled the match between Geneva / Servette and Ambri-Piotta, which was postponed last Tuesday. It will take place on Friday, January 7th.