ski cross is a new winter olympics discipline for the youth games in innsbruck. people and snow boarders are also invited. the games also include classic olympic disciplines like ski jumping. they are practicing here. women are competing for the first time. everyone is warming up for the big jump. katarina is among those to qualify for the german junior olympic team. she is from a winter sports town and was introduced to the sport by her brother. this intent is successful. she clears a distance of about 100 meters, one of the best german results. >> i love flying weightless lee through the air for a few seconds. >> but those few seconds require a huge amount of time and preparation. she attends a winter sports academy and trains almost every day. one of her mentors is the german national coach. >> she is a pioneer. she is the first woman ski jumper taking part in the olympics. >> another innovation in innsbruck are 15 new mixed gender disciplines, with men and women competing for the same metals. -- same medals. >> back with the ski cross hopefuls, it means stren

and finally the first ever win to use a lympics on getting underway this friday night in innsbruck rising sport stars from seventy countries are expected to take part in the ten day global event events of course cost his eye over the ones to watch in austria. extraordinary talent getting noticed in the youth ranks is nothing new across the sporting spectrum but now aspiring winter athletes have the chance to call themselves the limbic champions in the fourteen to eighteen year old age category sixty three sets of medals and fifty disciplines are up for grabs in innsbruck the site of the nine hundred sixty four and the nine hundred seventy six senior winter games russia have sent sixty seven athletes to the inaugural event with the figure skaters facing perhaps the largest amount of podium pressure three time domestic champion i believe assad nick over and junior world championships runner up you lizaveta to have every reason to feel confident the games will be similar in structure and format to the sochi two thousand and fourteen olympics making for a perfect rehearsal for the russian duo

players have a day to remember the first ever day of the youth winter olympics which are being held in innsbruck the red machine beating arch rivals canada by four goals to free trade early on but it was the russians who moved into a two one lead in period alexander. and if you go it's because of getting the goals it's made of three one because my team loves it if scored early in the second it was four two going into the final period kind of set up a grandstand finish of a pool of gold bank however russia held on to secure for big tree in their bitter rivals. room for boxing and atomically is continuing his preparations to defend his w.b.c. heavyweight crown against david you saw him next month italy was a late replacement for his brother. was judah point just saw however the younger brother had to pull out due to injury that ali who has a career record of forty three wins in just two losses will start as a strong favorite to defend his dominance belts however dull to investors taking nothing for granted stating the longer that has the potential to cause an upset. it's a sport and this sport you

eighteen year old age category sixty three sets of medals and fifteen disciplines are up for grabs in innsbruck the site of the nine hundred sixty four and the nine hundred seventy six senior winter games russia have sent sixty seven athletes to the inaugural event with the figure skaters facing perhaps the largest amount of podium pressure three time domestic champion i believe assad in a cover and junior world championships runner up you lizaveta to tell me shivah have every reason to feel confident the games will be similar in structure and format to the sorts the twenty fourteen olympics making for a perfect rehearsal for the russian duo but it's going to be much more than just the competition for me myself and my team might i believe in a certain of a chosen to represent our country at the wing to youthen limpid games it's a big responsibility and a new exciting experience at the same time we will have a great chance to feel what the olympics are all about two years ahead of such a two thousand and fourteen what it feels like to live and communicate with other athletes under the pressure a

team has been held at moscow's domodedovo airport the pick of the country's hopefuls flying off to innsbruck austria for the first ever junior games which get underway on friday russia will be represented by sixty seven young athletes with women's figure skating traditionally being one of the team's biggest hopes to wunderkinds all of the sports three time domestic champion of the. world junior championships runner up elizabeth thomas are regarded as strong favorites for glory out the fos approaching finals the jew seeing it as the perfect rehearsal and off the twenty fourteen winter olympics. again it's going to be much more than just a completion for me myself and my team might think of i was chosen to represent our country at the winter youth a limpid games it's a big responsibility and a new exciting experience at the same time we will have a great chance to feel what the olympics are all about two years ahead of sochi two thousand and fourteen what it feels like to live and communicate with other athletes under the pressure and hopefully when. of course we expect one who results from ou

twenty two for nations in the day for the promotion that took gold in figure skating last week in innsbruck and is almost at. hand trying not to think of the pressure and just do my job by listening to my coach and i fully trust him i'm confident that he knows what he's doing so i'm absolutely call. now and let's finish with some rest taking winter pictures because there's been an unlikely first time when i have the latest stop on the free ride while touring the french olympic ski resort of sharm benet in fact it was a case of whether is a will there's a way on the point slopes some seriously trying a bout of flu to finally took the podium in the skiing event after the new zealander struggles to qualify as well as injuries over the last few seasons and smoothly also into the head of the tours most consistent rider line a barcoded from sweden that was local joy in the men's snowboarding competition jonathan chalet going one better than his second place finish in the season's i earlier this month but strangely it was apparently the happiest. day i don't even know it's just like a racing is ju

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