Austria’s star hurdle sprinter Beate Schrott from St. Pölten will compete at the World Championships in Moscow in August despite her current injury. Doctors who carried out a medical test in Vienna on Monay said the hurdle champ would have to miss a week of training due to a thigh injury she suffered on Sunday […]
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Scheiber throws in the towel
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Mario Scheiber has announced his resignation from professional skiing. The 29-year-old from East Tyrol – who looks back on doomed, injury-stricken years – said yesterday (Mon) that his right knee had failed to recover in the past weeks but got worse instead. Scheiber, who did not disclose his plans for the future, came fourth in […]
Fare dodger injures policeman
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A fare dodger has been arrested for attacking two police officers.The 30-year-old became violent after controllers called the police when he failed to show any ID after they caught him without a valid ticket on a train in Vienna-Meidling on Tuesday, officials said today (Thurs).The Nigerian was put in custody after beating a policewoman and […]
Biker lands in sewage pool
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A 28-year-old motorcyclist ended up in a wastewater tank after crashing into a truck.The man from Kirchberg-Thening steered into the Czech lorry when the vehicle took a bend the moment he wanted to overtake it in Hörsching near Linz, Upper Austria, yesterday evening (Thurs).The biker was hurled into the air before landing in a roadside […]
Ski lift user collides with car
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A 57-year-old woman from Germany has sustained a knee injury in an unusual skiing accident.Authorities in Raggal, Vorarlberg, said today (Fri) the holidaymaker collided with a car as she was dragged up the hill by a tow lift in the winter sport resort of Pfifareute on Tuesday.Police explained the driver, 60, was careless when checking […]
Americans remain sceptical about Austrian Topfen despite US skiing superstar Lindsey Vonn revealing she treated her injured leg with the cheese curd delicacy before winning gold in the Olympic downhill.The 25-year-old overall World Cup leader, who has been living in Austria for some years, told journalists after her triumph on Wednesday that she wrapped her […]