Swiss Identity

Record number of visitors flock to Lake Parade

This content was published on Aug 5, 2001 Saturday’s Lake Parade also sets Geneva’s annual summer celebration, the Fêtes de Genève, in motion. Over the next 10 days, the event will offer various attractions for an estimated 1.5 million visitors. This year, the party, one of the biggest in Switzerland, has a distinctly tropical flavour, with Tahiti as the central theme. For the…

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Ravers bring Zurich message of “love, freedom and tolerance”

This content was published on Aug 5, 2001 Up to 750,000 people are expected to participate, dancing their way along city streets and the shores of Lake Zurich. It is the 10th edition of the Street Parade, which is second in size only to Berlin’s Love Parade. The dancers are expected to express love, freedom and tolerance in the most outlandish fashion. The…

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Mauch comes second in Swiss Ironman contest

This content was published on Aug 5, 2001 Mauch was overtaken by the 1999 Ironman champion, Peter Kropko from Hungary, completing the circuit in 8 minutes 33:15, less than four minutes behind the winner. Another Swiss, Stefan Riesen, took third place. In the women’s category, the 37-year old Swiss, Ariane Gutknecht, came in third, only 2.42 minutes behind the German champion, Silvia Vaupel.…

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Mikaelian crashes out of PreCon final

This content was published on Aug 5, 2001 Mikaelian, who was playing her first WTA final, was unable to find a breach in Gersi’s game. Very nervous, she finally lost 4-6,1-6 against Gersi. “I thought far too much about the importance of this game,” Mikaelian said after Sunday’s final. Mikaelian committed a total of nine double faults in the course of the match,…

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Hingis loses San Diego semi-final

This content was published on Aug 5, 2001 Although Hingis used her usual tactic of trying to exhaust Seles in long rallies, her efforts on Saturday proved to be vain. “She was always on the offensive,” Hingis said after the match. “I could have won against Seles last year, but now she’s playing very well,” she concluded. Seles rapidly took control of the…

History

Missionaries ponder changes during Swiss home leave

This content was published on Aug 5, 2001 The culture shock that missionaries used to experience when arriving for their rare summer holidays in Switzerland is less marked than a decade ago. Cheaper air fares and the need for further education mean priests now take shorter, but more frequent home leaves – an arrangement which replaced a rigid rule that they spend seven…

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McMahon launches comeback at Zurich triathlon event

This content was published on Aug 5, 2001 The race marks McMahon’s return to professional sport after giving birth to her second child only 11 weeks ago. The triathlon Olympic winner lead the way in the 800 metres swimming event and the 6km bike ride, but was overtaken in the final 2km race by Spirig. In an interview with swissinfo, McMahon said she…

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FC Zurich stay on top

This content was published on Aug 5, 2001 The Bern-based Young Boys seemed unperturbed by the loss of their home stadium, the Wankdorf, on Friday, beating Sion 3-2 in front of a crowd of 10,200 spectators in Neufeld. Their victory puts them in second place in the league. Meanwhile, over at the Hardturm stadium, St Gallen dropped out of the top-eight in the…

Laciga brothers triumph over Russian team

This content was published on Aug 4, 2001 The Laciga prodigies defeated the Russians Sergey Ermishin and Mikhail Kouchnerev on the score of 21-19, 21-14. On Friday, the Lacigas dispatched Italy’s Ricardo Lione and “Eugio” Amore in three sets, 21-14, 17-21,15-3. The number three seeds, who entered the tournament fresh from a second place finish at last week’s Portugal Open in Espinho, have…

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Hingis progresses to San Diego semi-final

This content was published on Aug 4, 2001 Friday’s quarter-final match started out easily for Hingis, who took the first set 6-3. However, her pace was soon interrupted by Sugiyama’s low, hard groundstrokes and brilliant passing shots. After losing the first three games, Hingis was able to catch up and went ahead 5-4 with a running forehand pass. On her third match point,…

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