Olympic champion Sabine Spitz had a completely different, new experience of mountain bike challenges during the filming of the two-part ZDF crime thriller "Und tot bist du" (And you're dead).

In the Black Forest thriller on the ZDF television channel, which will be broadcast on Monday, April 8 and Wednesday, April 10 at 8:15 pm, Spitz took on several challenging and not entirely harmless riding scenes on a mountain bike for actress Jaëla Probst in her role as Vanessa Cabell.

"When the request came, I was of course surprised at first, but immediately found it exciting to do something like this," says Sabine Spitz about this special task. During the shoot near Freudenstadt, the German champion then brought all her mountain bike experience to bear in designing the scene and selecting the route.

Sabine Spitz and actress Jaëla Probst. Photo ©Ralf Schäuble

The fact that Vanessa Cabell's breakneck ride will still not end well is due to the script and doesn't bother the Beijing Olympic champion: "I can live with it in fiction and if the dramaturgy makes it necessary, it's fine," she says with humor. In any case, she really enjoyed her foray into the film industry and could always imagine doing it again if the opportunity arose.

This is not the first time that Sabine Spitz has been involved in a TV production. She made three guest appearances in the ARD/SWR TV series "Die Fallers", which is also set in the Black Forest. She played herself with extensive text content.

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