tv Sports Life Deutsche Welle February 8, 2020 5:15pm-5:30pm CET
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several more wounded in the round page the shooter a soldier opened fire on people at a shopping center in the city of homs. you're watching news from that end coming up sports life where you can follow an all female crew as they cross the atlantic in a rolling vote and you can get all the latest information and news around the clock on our web site at state of money dot com next watching. they were forced into a nameless mass. of. their bodies near jewels. the history of the slave trade is africa's history. to such for power and profit plummeted an entire continent into chaos and violence. this is the
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micah. defeat. pantin down by taking on the biggest challenge of their lives crossing the atlantic ocean in a rowboat in the talisker i'd like to challenge. my courage a cardiologist by trade has hardly any rowing experience. i think it's also a little bit about getting to know myself from a different perspective by doing something crazy. for her to she was. like the other women she lives in hamburg mike his best friend catalina came up with the idea. behind gannon with i'm tired and i like having adventures and trying different sporty things 330 to 67 days on the atlantic with no support boat everything on board and doing it all ourselves so it's kind of a life project now so muslims and we act. mother and daughter
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jewish deathy and to complete the team they too were looking for something different in life. thanks to now 16 years a major school lunches if that's not enough of a life and i'm doing something else that's why we often i'm looking forward to seeing the crazy starry sky because we won't have any lights i hope we see dolphins and whales and love to swim with dolphins and we did a few true. first though they have to train several times every week steffi and to take to their local river the alstom in hamburg. although they both have experience in rowing they've brought in support from former world champion christie and darker staff you're going to start feeling don't fall asleep will you be achieved here as you are on land that's helped push through the last part you know what i mean. then do it so hard up not come long model
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with the money. if you weren't involved in this and didn't know and like them you'd have to be careful not to be mean about it and say what on earth are they doing complete nonsense. the group has been training for a year and a half of the cement by the flats the 2nd breakfast today looks good chaplet great. the more rowing a marathon today 42.195 kilometers the minds of men from commuter. before this challenge catalina and micah had never been on a road about. 5000 kilometers of ocean away with high waves but when the and like packed together in a tiny space many teams have broken off attempts at a crossing in the past these 4 women want to become the 1st all female german team
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to make it. over in southeast england in the town of burnham on crouch charlie pitcher makes more about fit for the high seas. you know this and nearly to. the team has invested tens of thousands of euros in his skills now they see what their money has bought it's $8.00 metres long weighs a ton and is designed to be unsinkable these 5 square metres will be the team's home for weeks. it's great our own boat. that had never even had a brand new car before always used cars this is new. they're the 1st
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german women's team you know the whole world will be watching when they're racing next year so very exciting time so i'm really excited for them their 1st test is crossing the english channel so it's known to me. to see brooke. that you know it's really hard to. it's not just the physical demands that face the team the atlantic crossing will be a huge psychological challenge running on the al states. plea not the same. a grueling rhythm of 2 hours rowing followed by 2 hours sleeping a whites them. and that's not all. i. have has one in the night we had to admit that although the storm isn't here yet the weather is too strong for us. stuck. so michelle much had to vomit today and now we're turning back yes. the team
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has failed its 1st trial the move is deflated. something they can overcome the wind in the current and then try to decided we had to turn back. there's still time before the race gets underway charlie gives his advice on what the 4 women should focus on before then they've got to get more power through the oars you've got to have a really good strong next back about the dogs and you've got to get your stall right and you must know how to get those things to you get. through the walls to keep moving forwards that's the most important thing for me is that you've got swell even if it's here in la in the canary islands the 35 teams begin the crossing to antigua in the caribbean in
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december 29th teen. challenge is the hardest rowing race in the world the fastest teams will need one month the slowest 2 months. it's the moments of truth for my cash to feed him nuts and cuts of enough cash. to your pets are on hand for emergencies otherwise the road is out on there ugh. there are risks yes it is a risk of bad weather and caps on. the head injury and illness but things that actually have the greatest effect on crew to how they get on with each other personal dynamic that's really most important then she dangerous thing in the way of the team spirit is tested early on the wind is unusually strong and the boat can hardly make any headway. the sun. comes up it's a miracle you pretty high waves and we all get seasick at the worst. fortunately
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mike is a doctor with the help of an i.v. infusion she gets the situation under control. of the body as after the 1st 48 hours i was so seasick i couldn't move the girls had to roll one person down while i was comatose in the middle of the boat much too soon and to just for just for you know i could every little movement would have read it all before i came back out and it was. but there also magical moments like when they were visited by dolphins in the middle of the ocean. to marry chris murphy. today it's been. to live. their lives. and income long going slow
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progress has been so we thought we'd see how the bottom of our boat looks. the kitchen consists of a gas cooker ready meals are on the menu. is divine is a tasty. little was the combination always on point snoring and that's where we'll wait for you because you may god protect you on your journey. and this is where the team is hoping to arrive. they've faced a number of different weather conditions when they're out there if you have big
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strong seas and big waves behind you that's really good but this year they've been from the saw i had from behind all mixed up. other teams had to deal with even more extreme situations. but nobody was injured so did a number of times when the boat's been knocked over it was just rough and brutal and bruising and tough and they've had a lot on the chance that they'll even still see some of that before the match to write. off one another their 196 miles. and then in late january 2020 after more than 40 days they finally see all the human beings again 2.
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it yet one of the best mornings of my life not a bass difference there was a fun process i'm trying out the fish in a sense to me that was a phenomenal adventure and it's great to be an inspiration and role models for people and give them motivation. but you never dreamed that it would all end this way and that is why michelle i'm looking forward to a proper shower and good food. they said safe in the harbor for friendship intact that's important too. doesn't look at all. the fun. here to get my kids steffi katz of the not to have made it they broke every wave that came their way best in the ocean.
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enter the conflict zone here in london it's still all about rex rex it breaks it to break up the bricks of what we all should fulfill was making the right decisions and steering the right ship we want to stay friends with our british neighbors perhaps it is it is best to go say so special this week we look back at some of big p.r. arguments begin to shake loose all for being great friendship debate conflict the. next d.w. . game is used to dominate nairobi now it's graffiti artists. because more often. people just sitting in a studio and doing a small small painting it's to take the awful truth of the. street art is transforming the city and its people together they're making something new 77 percent. even 60 minutes on d
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w. i'm not proud of them they will not succeed in dividing us out i'll not succeed in taking the people off the streets because we're tired of this dictatorship. taking the stand global news that matters d w made from minds. here in london it's still all about bricks it bricks it bricks it strikes it debate the analysis on what breaks it really means is still out there. what we opted for was making our own decisions and steering our own ship for exit we want to stay friends with our british neighbors. friends it is bad i have to defend the interests of european citizens the fact that referendum has been huge divide.
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