With a woman's arms - gold in sight!

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Movie
Original title With a woman's arms - gold in sight!
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2007
length 95 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
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Director Ralf Heincke / Florian Leidenberger
script Ralf Heincke / Florian Leidenberger
production Ralf Heincke / Florian Leidenberger for Complete Pictures film and TV production
music Sebastian Pobot / Dominik Pobot
camera Afam Bilson
cut Ralf Heincke / Florian Leidenberger
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With a woman's arms - gold in sight! is a German documentary by Ralf Heincke and Florian Leidenberger from 2007. The film accompanies the biathletes of the German national team as they prepare for the 2006/07 biathlon world cup up to the season highlight, the 2007 biathlon world championships . The athletes give private insights into their everyday training and describe their subjective feelings during the competitions.

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Seven months before the start of the 2007 World Championships in Antholz , Italy, the first training sessions for the women of the German biathlon squad will take place in Utah under the direction of head coach Uwe Müßiggang . In the scorching heat of the American highways , the athletes complete their kilometers on roller skis and name the goals for the coming winter season. There will be "veteran" Katrin Apel , who will stop competitive sport after the season, and Kati Wilhelm , for whom a medal at the world championships is mandatory. Also, Andrea Henkel and Martina Glagow have shown in the past that they can be placed in front of the field. In addition, Simone Denkinger and Sabrina Buchholz as well as the young hopefuls Magdalena Neuner and Kathrin Hitzer fight for the not yet allocated starting places at the World Cup.

After a short stopover in Obertilliach , four months before the World Championships, the stress tests feared by all athletes are on the program in Oberhof . Kati Wilhelm has to go to the brink of exhaustion on a treadmill , her face hidden behind a breathing mask and her body hanging from numerous cables. The speed is increased at regular intervals and the blood values ​​are determined. For Wilhelm, the excellent result confirms her good form and gives hope for a successful season.

The first snow course can finally begin in Muonio , Finland . Despite constant darkness and low temperatures of -15 degrees, the mood among the athletes is consistently good, so that a camp fever or similar negative side effects does not occur in any of the double rooms occupied by the women. One special event is still pending: Like all newcomers to the team, Neuner and Hitzer have to pass an unpleasant "entrance exam", namely the consumption of surstromming , a foul-smelling canned fish that is traded as a delicacy in Sweden. With different techniques, both women try to get the disgust factor under control in front of the assembled team - but with dubious success.

Shortly before the first World Cup race in Östersund , Wilhelm reports on the rituals that every athlete maintains immediately before a competition, and on the upcoming competition in his own team. The Neuner, who is a strong skier, in particular, increases the pressure on the established female ski hunters, who have to keep asserting themselves in their leadership role.

At the end of 2006, the election for athlete of the year will take place in Baden-Baden . The sport of biathlon has become very popular in Germany in recent years. After Uschi Disl last year, Wilhelm can now also receive the award, which, thanks to her fiery red hair, is a worthwhile eye-catcher not only for the photographers present.

After the races in the two German biathlon strongholds of Oberhof and Ruhpolding , to which tens of thousands of fans come every year and besiege their idols, the main event of the season is getting closer and closer. What was already hinted at when Neuner won the first World Cup in the sprint race in Oberhof, will become a dream come true for the young athlete at the World Championships in Antholz: At the age of 20, Neuner won three gold medals and became a shooting star . And for Wilhelm, too, the World Cup comes to a conciliatory end: In the mass start, she finished third and thus the longed-for individual medal.

Reviews

“The formally staid sports documentary lacks critical journalism. It neither offers deeper insights into the sport nor does it question the statements of the female athletes or the current German athlete hype. "

- Lexicon of international film

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  1. ↑ With a woman's weapons - gold in sight! In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 28, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used