Cluster: Swiss Identity

Tour de France: Jalabert slips into yellow jersey for fifth stage

This content was published on Jul 4, 2000 Once finished the 70 kilometre race from Nantes to Saint Nazaire, in just over one hour, 25 minutes. The defending champion, the American, Lance Armstrong, led his US Postal team into second place 46 seconds behind, followed by Jan Ulrich’s Deutsche Telekom team. The Banesto team, led by Switzerland’s Alex Zülle came in fifth. It…

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Swiss swimmers settle for eighth

This content was published on Jul 4, 2000 Angela Zumstein, Nicole Zahnd, Sandrine Paquier and Hanna Milushka broke the Swiss record by more than half a second during qualifying. Although they could only manage eighth place in the final itself, their performance was seen as an unexpected boost to an otherwise disappointing day. None of the Swiss individuals in action on Tuesday made…

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Hingis crashes to Venus

This content was published on Jul 4, 2000 There was no doubt going into the game that Williams would prove to be Hingis’s most serious challenge so far. But the world number one appeared to be in good form, having reached the quarterfinals without dropping a single set. Hingis also had history on her side. In their off-court verbal warfare the two women…

Handball: Pfadi ditch Mühlethaler

This content was published on Jul 4, 2000 The club, which won the Swiss title five times in a row between 1993 and 1998 failed to perform last season, despite a promising start. Knocked out in the semi-finals of both the championship playoffs and the Swiss cup, Mühlethaler’s side also suffered a heavy defeat against Germany’s Grosswallstadt in the City Cup. Pfadi’s management…

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Victim of Israeli secret operation denies extremist links

This content was published on Jul 4, 2000 The Lebanese witness, Abdallah el-Zein, told the court that he ran an Islamic centre in Switzerland with links to Lebanon and Iran, but said its activities were chiefly concerned with promoting friendship and sport. Swiss federal police believe that such centres – known as Ahl el-Beit – are used to recruit extremists loyal to Iran.…

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Top athletes in Lausanne and on the net

This content was published on Jul 4, 2000 Despite a number of notable absentees, eight Olympic and nine World Champions will be in action at the Pontaise Olympic stadium. Those missing include a number of the favourites for Sydney. Marion Jones, Michael Johnson and Maurice Greene are all concentrating their efforts on qualifying for the US national Olympic squad. But there will still…

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Summer festival season swings into action

This content was published on Jul 4, 2000 In Basel, tens of thousands of people lined the streets to watch a procession of bands playing the fifes and drums, and an estimated 77,000 fans of traditional Swiss music attended a yodelling festival at Buochs in Canton Nidwalden. But not all the music was folkloric. About 22,000 people went to the annual open-air festival…

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Lawyer finds church bells too much of an earful

This content was published on Jul 4, 2000 Korinna Fröhlich is fed up with being woken up at five o’clock every morning, and wants the bell ringing delayed by two hours so she can get a decent night’s sleep. For centuries, church bells have acted as communal alarm clocks. Before the advent of watches and snooze buttons, farming communities depended on the chimes…

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Hingis to face Venus Williams in quarterfinals

This content was published on Jul 4, 2000 Switzerland’s world number one cruised into the last eight with a ruthless fourth round performance against Germany’s Anke Huber. Hingis allowed her opponent just one game in the opening set and was barely more charitable in the second as she cruised to a straight sets victory (6-1, 6-2). The match lasted just 53 minutes. Huber…

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Lütolf and Novy fail to make a splash

This content was published on Jul 4, 2000 After tying with France’s Hugues Duboscq for the last qualifying place, Lütolf was forced into a ‘swim off’ which the Frenchman narrowly won. It was a frustrating end to the tournament for Lütolf, who had earlier managed the second-best time of his career. “Missing out on my first European finals by so small a margin…

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