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Swiss placed third on final day of ski season

This content was published on Mar 15, 2009 Italy triumphed in the final race, with Austria coming second. The Italians managed to score only 21 points and saw their athletes win three of the four super-G rounds. Fabienne Suter was the best of the Swiss, winning the third leg, the penultimate super-G round, with a time of 57.77 seconds. Austria tied with Italy…

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Coach Krueger balances ambition and pragmatism

This content was published on Mar 15, 2009 Coaching the alpine country’s national men’s team has been “a dream job” for the past 12 years for Canadian-born Ralph Krueger, a former player in Europe’s professional leagues. Never short on words – both in English and his particular brand of anglicised German – Krueger explained after a practice session in Geneva that having entered…

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Two speed flyers killed in two days

This content was published on Mar 14, 2009 The first accident, which claimed the life of a 23-year-old enthusiast, happened in the Titlis region near Engleberg on Friday. A 36-year-old speed flyer was killed on the Diablerets glacier in western Switzerland on Saturday. Following several serious accidents, since last year those wishing to practise the sport have to complete special training and hold…

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The governor of the Tower of London and his Swiss roots

This content was published on Mar 14, 2009

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Maurice Steger: Venezia 1625

This content was published on Mar 13, 2009 Sonata II, a Sopran solo Maurice Steger, recorder

“Everyone is going to Australia nowadays”

This content was published on Mar 13, 2009 Following in the footsteps of their compatriots from Ticino, almost two hundred young men left the valley for the “fifth continent”. An exodus which contemporaries watched with anxiety. “Yesterday morning in the town square [of Poschiavo], you could have witnessed a moving spectacle: another party of 31 men and lads in the prime of life…

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Cuche wins crystal globe trophy in giant slalom

This content was published on Mar 13, 2009 A crystal globe goes to the season’s best athlete in each discipline. Cuche topped the final GS standings with 474 points. Austria’s Benjamin Raich, who won Friday’s event, was second overall with 462 points. Ted Ligety of the United States – last year’s titleholder – came third overall with 421 points. He finished second in…

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Bells and whistles

This content was published on Mar 13, 2009 In Switzerland it’s mostly cows that have bells around their necks, but dogs, cats, goats, reindeer and even camels also wear them in other lands. The practice dates back thousands of years, and you can learn more about it at the History and Ethnology Museum in St Gallen, which has a unique collection. (Julie Hunt,…

On target

This content was published on Mar 13, 2009 Shooting competitions took place across the whole of Switzerland over the first weekend of June, including in Überstorf, in canton Fribourg. Around 2,000 people from the region took part. In Switzerland as a whole, the number of participants was around 146,000. The annual event mixes sport and competition with a party atmosphere. (Photos and text:…

Swiss instructor shares love of Irish dance

This content was published on Mar 13, 2009 Every week, students gather at the dance studio off Tribschenstrasse to practise their jigs and reels. Instructor Manfred Trinkler is there to greet them as they arrive – just as he has been doing for the past ten years. The 42-year-old dance teacher from central Switzerland still vividly remembers his first encounter with Irish step…

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