Tysk olympisk hype vækker interesse for curlingtalenter

Tysklands curlinghold missede medalje i Cortina men antændte hype hjemme. Træner Uli Kapp håber, at entusiasmen holder og leder til talentopdagelse. Han understreger behovet for forbedret infrastruktur i sporten.

Vinter-OL 2026 i Cortina har skabt en uventet hype omkring curling i Tyskland, selvom holdet ledet af Marc Muskatewitz ikke vandt medalje. Virale videoer af forsøg derhjemme begejstrede selv atleterne på stedet. « Den store opmærksomhed, vi fik i Tyskland, var fantastisk. Vi tager gerne denne støtte med os », sagde landstræner Uli Kapp i et interview med RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND).  ннKapp, der deltog i Nagano i 1998, husker lignende faser af eufori. Dengang blev curling drillet, men interessen voksede i Salt Lake City i 2002 og Turin i 2006. Den tyske forbund missede at kapitalisere på hypen dengang, hvilket Kapp fortryder i eftertid. Denne gang skal det være anderledes.  ннVed opdagelse af talenter rår den 54-årige fra Füssen, Tysklands curlinghub, at ingen særlige fysiske forudsætninger er nødvendige; alle kan starte. « Til indvielse rækker en halv time for at få en fornemmelse for sporten », forklarer han. Passer til folk, der nyder præcision og strategi og er atletisk og teknisk trænede. « En generelt veltrænet atlet, skiter, boldspiller eller gymnast, kan også starte i curling. Og en der starter ved 14 eller 15 år har stadig god chance for at nå verdenseliten », siger Kapp, der selv startede ved 11.  ннCurling kræver ishaller, sten og markerede baner, som findes i tyske haller. Dog mangler social infrastruktur som i bowling- eller tennis klubber. Centre findes i Füssen, Oberstdorf, Rastatt og Hamburg. Kapp ønsker en placering i centralt Tyskland og investorer til multisportkomplekser, inspireret af Schweiz og USA efter deres sejr i 2018. Holdet endte som nummer syv, hvilket var tilfredsstillende. « Selvfølgelig håber vi, at det ikke bare er en flash in the pan », understreger Kapp.

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