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The year in sound: Cheerio Tosio

Tosio said farewell to Bern in 2001 Keystone Archive

All this week swissinfo is replaying highlights from this year's audio archive. Today we revisit the final match of Bern ice hockey legend Renato Tosio.

Tosio hung up his goalkeeping gloves in March following a defeat to Lugano in the championship play-offs. Incredibly, the game completed an uninterrupted run of 655 matches by Tosio for Bern – a world record.

At the end of a highly emotional night for the charismatic star and his fans, Tosio spoke to swissinfo about his playing career and his future plans as sporting director for Chur ice hockey club.

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