Cluster: Swiss Identity

Olympics: Hablützel-Bürki wins fencing silver medal

This content was published on Sep 17, 2000 Hablützlel-Bürki, who finished in the final sixteen at the last Olympics in Atlanta, had to negotiate a tricky draw in Sydney just to make it into the semi-finals. After beating Cuba’s Mirayda Garcia in her first bout, the Swiss fencer came up against the world number one, Ildiko Mincza of Hungary. Hablützel-Bürki’s stunning 15-9 win…

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Olympics: Diploma for Hug in men’s triathlon

This content was published on Sep 17, 2000 The competition in the men’s event was always expected to be tight. Before the race it was said that up to two dozen athletes had the potential to take the gold. The close finishing times of the top competitors proved the predictions right, with just 57 seconds separating the Canadian winner, Simon Whitfield, from Hug…

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Olympics: Flying start for rowing champ Müller

This content was published on Sep 17, 2000 The California-based rower finished the first heat more than three lengths ahead of his competitors, automatically securing himself a place in Thursday’s semi-finals. Müller said he was happy with his time after rowing the 2,000-metre course in just under seven minutes. New Zealand’s Rob Waddell, probably Müller’s greatest rival, was the only other rower to…

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Olympics: Lütolf eighth in breaststroke final

This content was published on Sep 17, 2000 Simply reaching the last eight was a massive achievement for the 20-year-old from St Gallen, who became the first Swiss swimmer to contest an Olympic final since Dano Halsall and Stéphane Volery 12 years ago. But although Lütolf was only expected to make up the numbers, he swam an extraordinarily fast first 50 metres, putting…

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Olympic round up: canoeing, sailing, judo

This content was published on Sep 17, 2000 Friedli was well within the qualifying criteria for the individual kayak final, with 15 canoeists going through in total. The 25-year-old from Schaffhausen enjoyed an almost perfect first run, clipping only the penultimate gate for a two-second penalty. Her second run saw Friedli commit no less than five errors although she said afterwards that she…

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Olympics: Testing start for beach volleyballers

This content was published on Sep 17, 2000 The win moves the Lacigas into the last sixteen but despite their claims that they are treating the Olympics like any other competition, both brothers seemed nervous in their opening match. The Czech pair, Michal Palinek and Martin Lebl, are good friends and regular training partners of the Lacigas, but the 7,000-strong crowd that gathered…

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Thirty-seven Swiss firms sought protection on slave-labour claims

This content was published on Sep 17, 2000 The number of companies involved was made public in documents posted on Saturday on the Internet. The documents were among the latest additions to a website site that advises Holocaust survivors about progress in their $1.25 billion settlement with Swiss banks. According to the information disclosed, Nestlé, Roche and Novartis told a US District Court…

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Andy Warhol exhibition opens near Basel

This content was published on Sep 17, 2000 Georg Frei, a leading expert on the pop artist who came to public prominence in the 1960s, believes Warhol – who died in 1987 – will be talked about in the art world in 100, even 200 years’ time. “He himself was influenced by the entire history of art. But his use of colour and…

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Bastl out to Safin in Tashkent

This content was published on Sep 16, 2000 Safin made short work of Bastl, who was in his first ATP semi-final this year. He took the first set 6-2, and repeated the score in the second. A year ago, Bastl made it into the tournaments final, where he was defeated in straight sets by Germany’s Nicolas Kiefer. In the final Safin faces Italy’s…

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Zug leapfrog Davos to go top

This content was published on Sep 16, 2000 Zug scored two in the first period, leaving Zurich trailing. Neither side managed to find the net in the second. But in a knife-edge third period, Zurich scored three times, with Zug replying twice. Defeat leaves the Lions third in the table. Having been queue-jumped by Zug, previous leader Davos are now second. They drew…

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