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Weekend ice hockey action leaves Davos on top

This content was published on Dec 16, 2001 Davos ended the weekend nine points clear of their nearest rivals, Ambri, after notching up a 5-2 Saturday night victory over Fribourg. Second-placed Ambri failed to seize the opportunity on Sunday to make any inroad on Davos’ lead, when the team only managed to secure a 2-2 draw at home to seventh-placed Lugano. Rapperswil-Jona completed…

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Ammann jumps for joy

This content was published on Dec 16, 2001 The 20-year-old from St Gallen was beaten into second place by Poland’s Adam Malysz, who clocked up a combined distance of 281.7 metres. Sunday’s podium finish marked the end of an astonishing weekend for the Swiss star, who just 24 hours earlier had clocked up the best performance of his career by finishing seventh. Ammann…

Nef races to victory in Val d’Isère

This content was published on Dec 16, 2001 Nef, the reigning World Cup giant slalom champion, set the fastest time in the second run of the day to win the event with a combined time of 2:23.80. Her overall time was nearly two-thirds of a second faster than that of Sweden’s Anja Paerson, who settled for second place on 2:24.46. Austria’s Michaela Dorfmeister,…

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Blow to Berlusconi as Swiss evidence is given green light

This content was published on Dec 16, 2001 An Italian tribunal on Saturday ruled that documents sent to Milan by the Swiss authorities could be used in court as evidence in an ongoing investigation into charges of corruption. Berlusconi, together with the former Italian defence minister, Cesare Previti, stands accused of attempting to bribe judges to give favourable verdicts in cases concerning his…

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Swimmers perform well in Antwerp

This content was published on Dec 16, 2001 The 24-year-old swimmer from Zurich finished in 28″27 just behind Janine Pietsch from Germany, who fetched the bronze medal with a time of 27″79. “I really enjoyed the final and I am happy about the otherwise hated fourth place,” Diezi said about her best performance ever in an international competition. Ilona Hlavackova from the Czech…

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Swiss take silver at European curling championships

This content was published on Dec 15, 2001 In a tense final match, which Switzerland lost by just a single stone, Sweden claimed the European championship title after defeating Andreas Schwaller’s men 5-4. Even though the Swiss did not manage to get all the way to the top, Schwaller is pleased with his team’s performance. “I am happy. Out of the ten teams…

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Top five finish for Cavegn in Val Gardena

This content was published on Dec 15, 2001 Cavegn, who 24 hours earlier finished seventh in the same event, ended the race just four tenths of a second behind the overall winner, Austria’s Stephan Eberharter, who claimed victory with a time of 2.01:24. Swiss team coach, Fritz Züger, expressed his delight at Cavegn’s performance. “He really deserved not just to win a podium…

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Shortwave gives way to the web

This content was published on Dec 15, 2001 The Swiss parliament has been discussing the future of SRI’s output, amid concerns that cutbacks in traditional shortwave broadcasts would limit the possibility of the Swiss living abroad to access information about their own country. But the director of swissinfo/SRI, Nicholas Lombard, said the Internet had surpassed shortwave as a means of delivering information and…

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Floating candles light up Christmas in Zurich

This content was published on Dec 15, 2001 At precisely 6pm, about 800 candles will be launched from the Rathaus Bridge in the middle of the old town into the river. The “floating lights” festival lends a warm seasonal atmosphere to Zurich. Hot punch and ginger bread will be served in the Weinplatz square for the occasion, to warm hands and fill stomachs.…

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Curlers reach European final

This content was published on Dec 15, 2001 The Swiss team won 8-6, a result which will allow them to face Sweden in the final in Vierumäki. But Friday’s European semi-final victory – the first in six years for a Swiss men’s team – was the fruit of much sweat and tears. Victory seemed close at hand, with Switzerland leading 7-2 after a…

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