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Reception for the olympic participants in Oberhof |
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Though
many of the sportsmen arrived at the Frankfurt airport not until the
morning of February 26th, the receptions for the Thuringian
olympic participants took place the same day in Oberhof. Thousands of
fans had gathered to welcome “their” athletes. |
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 Peter Sendel, Ronny Ackermann, Frank Luck Andreas Schlütter, Sven Fischer |
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These
two pictures are due to Rolf Roth as I couldn’t be in Oberhof myself. |
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Reception for Sven Fischer in Schmalkalden |
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 Mayor Bernd Gellert welcomes Sven Fischer and Steffen Hoos - © Isabel Bräuer |
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On
February 27th Sven, former biathlete and now technician and trainer
Frank Ullrich, were given a warm reception at the townhall of Sven’s
hometown Schmalkalden by mayor Gellert, district administrator Ralf
Luther, representatives of Schmalkalden’s trade and industry and about
500 fans. Frank Luck, despite a promise to come, didn’t. The mayor
congratulated Sven for his two silver medals and asked the three about
their olympic experiences and the district administrator handed over a
honourary medal. There was a run on Sven’s autograph at the following
autographing session. After that mayor Gellert gave a reception on a
smaller scale inside the townhall, were the Sven Fischer-Fanclub was
invited to come. So I among others had the opportunity to talk to Sven,
Steffen Hoos and Frank Ullrich. |
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