Swiss downhill success at Bormio
Silvan Zurbriggen has come second in the men’s downhill world champion skiing event in Bormio, only eight hundredths of a second behind the winner.
Michael Walchhofer of Austria finished Wednesday’s descent in the Italian resort in 1:59:66, his third victory of the season.
The two were the only ones to come in in under two minutes. Another Swiss, Patrick Küng, was fourth, at 2:00:26.
Zurbriggen, a slalom specialist, was the surprise downhill winner at Val Gardena earlier this month.
The result leaves him just one point ahead of Walchhofer at the top of the overall World Cup standings for the season so far after 11 out of 37 events.
At the end of last season Zurbriggen was eighth in the overall rankings, and Walchhofer tenth. The Grand Crystal Globe awarded to the best overall skier was won by another Swiss, Carlo Janka.
More
No house generation: the impossibility of buying property in Switzerland
More
Online quarrel reveals Swiss life of luxury of Cameroon’s ruling family
More
UK and Switzerland open way for direct rail link
More
Cross purposes: the unique Swiss flag
More
Activist takes on Swatch maverick as Omega empire falters
In compliance with the JTI standards
More: SWI swissinfo.ch certified by the Journalism Trust Initiative
You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here . Please join us!
If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.