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Picture: Celia Trinkl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n

This PassionWeek is something special! It’s all about sports in icy times. Quite obviously, it’s about the fulfilment some young female athletes get from engaging in winter sports. Two of our women writers are successful Olympians. But you can also experience icy times regardless of sub-zero temperatures: sad living conditions, strokes of fate or war make it nearly impossible for the people concerned to lead a normal and peaceful life \u2013 these are often pretty difficult or even icy times. Enduring these injustices on the skateboard \u2013 Titus Dittmann can help with this. And we present to you a very special profession where sports is not allowed.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Celia Trinkl and the Winter Youth Olympics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Being allowed to compete in the Winter Youth Olympics as an athlete for the German team –\u00a0 this is something 16-year-old Celia<\/b> can be more than happy about. \u201cI’m incredibly proud that long ago I set my sights on taking part in the YOGs (Youth Olympic Games) 2020 and that now I have really achieved this, too, and the whole training has paid off.\u201d The YOGs take place from 09.01. to 22.01.2020.<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celia gets some of her motivation from her family. She is absolutely delighted that her family is on fire. \u201cThat, above all, my family supports me so much, shares the thrill with me and goes to a lot of trouble for me, pushes me really hard and makes me totally happy. What also fascinates me is the fact that through sports you see so much of the world and get to know new people and cultures.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

This passion simply never gets boring!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat I love about sports is the fact that there will always be room for improvement. Sports will never get boring because you can improve indefinitely. Besides, I simply get a kick out of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Falls and school are part of it, too<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Of course, there will be difficult situations from time to time, above all, in sports too, with falls in snowboard cross being quite frequent. Luckily, I’ve never been seriously injured so far and have never been sidelined for a lengthy period of time. Moreover, I must also admit that school is another hurdle which is not so easy to clear. In the winter we are hardly at school and have to catch up on everything on our own, which can be quite exhausting. But thanks to private lessons offered at the boarding school, it is a bit more easily manageable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

My goal has driven me<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When I came to boarding school in 2017, one of my first stated goals was the Youth Olympics 2020 in Lausanne. In late 2019 my coaches called us athletes together to let us know who was going to compete in the YOGs. Three years later everything paid off and I reached my goal at last. Now I’m setting myself new goals which I’ll work towards with great ambition, such as the next Olympics 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celia has been nominated as up-and-coming athlete of the year in her rural district. Here you can vote<\/u> for her.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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My #girlsforgirls tip:<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\r\n\r\nSet yourself goals and never lose sight of them<\/strong><\/span><\/span>!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Curling has changed Nataliya’s life completely<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201c<\/span><\/b>Mum, I want to play curling, too!\u201d were Nataliya’s (19 years, from Cologne)<\/b> words after following the Sochi Olympics in 2014. Back then the Russian women were represented in curling. The next day she stood on ice and curling has been her passion ever since.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt first glance curling seemed quite simple, but it wasn’t like that. Curling isn’t called ‘chess on ice’ without a reason. In comparison with other sports, curling athletes not only have to be physically strong and hit very precisely, but also play in a tactically clever manner. In the beginning all this wasn’t so easy to reconcile for me. But with a lot of training and fantastic teammates I have developed into a good curler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u2026 because I have understood that anything is achievable and I can do anything if I believe in myself.<\/p>NataliYa<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n

My dream has come true<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Then in 2016 a really big dream came true: I was allowed to play on Olympic ice in Sochi \u2013 after two years of tough training. That was a special experience, because I understood that anything was achievable and I could do anything if I believed in myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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This is how my hard training has paid off<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to curling I have become <\/span><\/span>responsible<\/span><\/strong> and <\/span><\/span>purposeful<\/span><\/strong>. I trained five times a week, so I didn’t have so much spare time and had to learn to plan my life and school education well. So sports has also done a lot for my studies and my future profession. I have become much more <\/strong><\/span><\/span>self-confident<\/span><\/strong>. The victories have been extremely enjoyable for me and the defeats have helped me analyse and solve my mistakes and problems. Through curling I have found a lot of friends all over the word and have done a lot of travelling.’Curling people’ are a special group. They are very friendly and polite, support each other and never behave in an unsportsmanlike or mean manner. The ‘spirit of curling’ does not permit being dishonest. Such a community is really special and I am happy to be a part of it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Curling saw me through icy times…<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In 2019 I moved to <\/span><\/span>Cologne<\/span><\/strong> for my studies. I didn’t know anybody in the city and felt very lonely. Then I joined Curling K\u00f6ln<\/u><\/a>, where I quickly found a lot of new friends. The team was my lifesaver in the big city. The athletes have become a big family for me \u2013 which is important because my family lives far away in Moscow.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My next goals<\/strong> are <\/span>enjoying the upcoming competitions without any pressure and perhaps setting up a women’s team and taking part in the German championships with them\u201d, Nataliya tells us in an interview.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n