With the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia nearing completion, multiple highly-anticipated events still continue to excite sporting fans around the globe. While Sweden, Canada, the United States and Finland placed themselves in the semifinals of the fan favorite men’s hockey tournament, high profile events such as the Women’s 4x6km Relay Biathlon, Women’s Slalom, Short-track Speedskating, Men’s slalom and the Men’s Ice Hockey Gold Medal game remain among the must-see Winter Games events. The United States, Canada, Russia and the Netherlands continue to add to their medal counts but with the final days in Sochi coming to a close, expect tight medal races to continue with international teams from Norway, Germany, France and Sweden still in the fight.
Among the aforementioned events, the Alpine Skiing event of Men’s Slalom might be the most interesting of the remaining games. Usual powers in Marcel Hirscher, Ivica Kostelic, Felix Neureuther and Ted Ligety will undoubtedly garner loads of attention since each is a popular and respected competitor in the event but another increasingly notable contestant will also receive his fair share of air time. Competing in his sixth Winter Olympics at the age of 55, Mexican Alpine skier Hubertus Von Hohenlohe hopes to bring home his first Winter Games medal in this weekend’s action-packed Men’s Slalom.
A descendant of German royalty as the son of Prince Alfonso Hohenlohe and Princess Ira Fürstenberg, Hubertus Von Hohenlohe hopes to represent his entire family in the best way possible when he takes to the slalom event Saturday morning. Fully aware that his name is completely different from most Mexican names, the 55-year-old Olympian says he was born in Mexico City because certain members of his family always wanted their lineage to have a place in Mexico as well. Though it sounds a bit off when associating him with Mexican ties, Von Hohenlohe doesn’t mind when he becomes the topic of conversation.
“It sounds strange,” he said of his full name. “But it’s really not that bad. We always wanted to have one member of the family who was Mexican. So they chose that I was going to be born in Mexico. That was the idea. I feel very Latin in a way, and Spanish. The Spanish were the ones who came to Mexico in the end, so I do feel Mexican. Naturally I have more ties to Spain, but I'm more of a Latin person. Although our name is very German, and we're a German aristocratic family, we really grew up in more of a Mediterranean way. My look is not very German. People think I'm from Argentina, or, I don't know, Italy. But they don't think I'm from Germany and Austria.”
Von Hohenlohe will now take his talents and name into one of the most competitive Olympic events at the 2014 Winter Games, hoping to cap off what has been an enjoyable Russia experience.
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Alpine Skiing – Men’s Slalom: DATE, TIME & VIEWING INFO
DATE: Saturday, February 22
TIME: First Run - 7:45am, ET / Second Run – 11:45am, ET
LIVE STREAM: CLICK HERE
TV COVERAGE: NBC Television will broadcast the event via tape delay at 8:00pm, ET
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