Overview
- ZDF analyst Sven Fischer plans to keep Dahlmeier’s Ruhpolding snowshoe hike and shared meal tradition alive in her memory.
- The German Ski Association will recognize emerging talent with the newly named Laura‑Dahlmeier‑Preis.
- Athletes described palpable grief, with rising prospect Selina Grotian moved to tears recalling a supportive training lap with Dahlmeier in Kontiolahti.
- The new World Cup season begins Saturday at 13:15 on ARD and Eurosport with relay races, marking the first broadcasts without Dahlmeier’s on‑air presence.
- Dahlmeier, a two‑time Olympic champion who became a ZDF expert after retiring in 2019, died on July 28 in Pakistan in a rockfall during a descent, and her body could not be recovered.