When women wear the pants in sports

The popular president of the Bundesliga club Hartberg is being pushed by interim president Bartosch, among others. Apart from the fact that he is still the sports minister Werner Kogler displeased when the ÖFB is only for men. In other associations, the supposedly weaker sex is gaining ground with varying degrees of success.

The former shot put champion Sonja Spendelhofer has been president of the athletics association for eight years. The 127-year-old ice skating association is run by Christiane Mörth listed. The sporty academic Gabriela Jahn is the new president of Turnsport Austria. And the ÖSV has Roswitha Stadlober the (ski) pants on.

More than “Smile and be silent!”

In the 1980s, when she dominated the Slalom World Cup as Roswitha Steiner, the Salzburg woman was interviewed almost exclusively by men. And in the 90s, southern TV stations only brought attractive women into football discussions for visual reasons according to the motto “Smile and be silent”, while in this country women in football were not even allowed to take the microphone. More and more female football experts are now setting the tone. After the last international match against Slovenia at ORF we didn’t have that Herbert Prohaskarather Viktoria Schnaderbeck the first (analysis) word.

Gymnastics President Jahn knows best how to behave both in front of and behind the microphone, having been one for 32 years ORF-Sports editor was in the picture without vainly pushing herself into it.

Jahn currently sees herself working as a voluntary mediator. The reason is rhythmic gymnastics. The Olympic discipline, which has traditionally been high in Russia and has been known since Wladimir Putins close relationship with the Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva41, probably has the highest priority. The girls are drilled accordingly hard for success. Also in Austria, where there was much promise from the imported know-how. However, the hatred between Russian naturalized talents (before the war) and Ukrainian talents who later fled prevent conflict-free coexistence.

Told by their parents, the girls don’t even greet each other. Unfortunately, Christmas peace is a utopia even on a neutral Viennese gymnasium floor.