Switzerland's best Olympic athletes
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Double gold for ski jumper Simon Ammann (EPA/Patrik Seeger) Keystone -
Dario Cologna says he even shocked himself when he handily won the 15km freestyle (skating) cross-country event (Reuters/Stefan Wermuth) Keystone -
Pumping for gold: Didier Défago flexed into first place during the men's downhill skiing event. (Keystone/Sergey Ponomarev) Keystone -
Olivia Nobs nabs the bronze in snowboard cross. (EPPA/Andrew Gombert) Keystone -
Silvan Zurbriggen took third in the men's super combined, a mix of downhill and super-G skiing. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Keystone -
Big man Michael Schmid muscled his way to gold in the first Olympic ski cross contest, continuing a Swiss tradition of excelling in new events at the Winter Games. (AP Photo/Bela Szandaleszky) -
The men's curling team manoeuvered into bronze with a win over Sweden. From left: Simon Strübin, skip Markus Eggler, Ralph Stöckli and Jan Hauser. Keystone -
With form like this, Carlo Janka laid a nearly perfect run to win gold in the giant slalom. (Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella)
The Swiss hoped to return from Canada with ten to 12 medals. They grabbed nine, including six gold.
This content was published on February 28, 2010 - 11:50
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