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Disappointment in the halfpipe

This content was published on Feb 12, 2002 Along with Swiss team-mates Therry Brunner and Marcel Hitz, Simmen failed to make it beyond Monday’s qualifying stage. Simmen had appeared on course for a place in the finals during both of his qualifying runs, but both times the Nagano gold medallist made mistakes at the bottom of the half-pipe. On each occasion the 24-year-old…

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Women’s downhill postponed

This content was published on Feb 11, 2002 The difficult conditions initially prompted the Salt Lake City officials to push back the starting time by one, and then two hours. Now the women will have to wait until Tuesday to prove who is the world’s fastest in the downhill event. Switzerland have three women entered in the prestigious downhill race. Sylviane Berthod is…

Police warn of forged 100-franc bills

This content was published on Feb 11, 2002 The cantonal police said phoney currency is now circulating in Bellinzona after being found in several other carnivals in central Switzerland and canton Solothurn earlier this week. Police said the paper and the copies were of “relatively good quality”, which has helped the swift and initially undetected distribution of the blue notes. The latest forgeries…

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Yeslam Binladin denies connection to tax havens

This content was published on Feb 11, 2002 In an interview with swissinfo and the Sunday edition of the Swiss newspaper “Le Matin”, Yeslam Binladin said it was a mistake to take measures to stop the publication of a book, written by Jean-Charles Brisard and Guillaume Dasquié. “We were wrong [to prevent the publication of the book]. For some people my silence proved…

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Ammann jumps for joy

This content was published on Feb 11, 2002 “For me, a medal was a dream. It’s unbelievable. I have won it, I have done it,” said the 20-year-old ski jumper from St Gallen. Walter Steiner, the former Swiss ski jumper who won silver at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, summed up the nation’s delight with Ammann’s world-class performance. “What Simon has…

Bronze for Reuteler

This content was published on Feb 10, 2002 Less than three hours after Simon Ammann sent Swiss fans wild with his ski jumping triumph, the 22-year-old snowboarder from Zurich managed to complete a memorable opening weekend for Switzerland. A smooth first run, including a neat 720 degree turn, lifted Reuteler into third place at the halfway stage. Despite falling while attempting another 720…

Shock gold for Ammann

This content was published on Feb 10, 2002 The 20-year-old student from St Gallen outjumped hot favourites Sven Hannewald and Adam Malysz to secure the first shock victory of the Salt Lake City Games. Competing at the highest World Cup jumping arena in the world, the young Swiss outsoared all his rivals to win Sunday’s final with a combined tally of 269 points.…

Bucher back on track

This content was published on Feb 10, 2002 Bucher set an early year’s best time at the Belgian event, covering his specialist distance in 1’45″80. In what has become almost his trademark approach to the discipline, Bucher started ferociously, passing the halfway mark in less than 53 seconds. Bucher’s pace was enough to take him across the finish line almost one and a…

No miracle in Moscow

This content was published on Feb 10, 2002 Following an impressive singles victory by Roger Federer on Sunday over world number four Yevgeny Kafelnikov, the Swiss team found themselves level with Russia at 2-2 going into the fifth and final match of the weekend. But Swiss number two Michel Kratochvil was unable to complete the miracle, losing in straight sets (6-1, 7-6, 6-4)…

Olympic round up: diploma for Hoffmann

This content was published on Feb 10, 2002 As expected the Swiss ski team struggled to get anywhere near the podium but for once their fierce rivals from Austria weren’t able to completely dominate the event. While a gold medal for Fritz Strobl certainly kept the Austrian team happy, Norway’s Lasse Kjus managed to sneak in ahead of pre-race favourite Stephan Eberharter to…

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