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Underdogs bite back

This content was published on Mar 10, 2001 Trailing 1-0 in the best-of-seven series coming into Saturday’s game, Pekka Rautakallio’s side succeeded in levelling the tie with a confident display. Despite having lost the services of influential Swedish defender Fredrik Olausson, the team from the Swiss capital looked solid in defence and wasted little time in opening a lead. Two first period goals…

St Gallen humbled by Servette

This content was published on Mar 10, 2001 Two early goals from midfielder Johann Lonfat and a 44th minute strike from Goran Obradovic helped Servette to a 3-1 lead at half-time, with Marco Zwyssig grabbing St Gallen’s only reply. After the break, Servette striker Alex Frei completed the convincing scoreline with his second goal for the Genevan side since moving from Lucerne at…

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World Cup triumph for Annen

This content was published on Mar 10, 2001 Annen held a 17-point lead coming into the final race at Lake Placid, and was able to secure the overall title with a fourth-place finish despite Spies’ victory on the American track. The canton Schwyz bobsledder is only the third skier to clinch the two-man title, following Gustav Weder in 1990 and Christian Reich last…

Bucher on track for indoor medal

This content was published on Mar 10, 2001 “After this race I should be able to win a medal in the final,” said the 24-year-old runner after crossing the line more than two tenths of a second ahead of Botswana’s Glody Dube. The only man to run faster than Bucher on Saturday was Russia’s Yuriy Borzakovskiy, holder of this year’s fastest indoor time…

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Hingis through to third round at Indian Wells

This content was published on Mar 10, 2001 The world number one had an unexpectedly tough time against her opponent in the first round, before eventually edging ahead 7-5. “If she played like that all the time,” said the 20-year-old Swiss afterwards, “she’d be in the top 10 or top 20, but she’s not.” Hingis proved her point in the second set, winning…

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Russia protests US decision to keep Borodin behind bars

This content was published on Mar 10, 2001 Bail was denied in a court hearing on Friday by a US magistrate, who cited concerns that Borodin might try to seek refuge at the Russian embassy. Borodin’s lawyer, Barry Kingham, launched an immediate appeal against the ruling. The Russian foreign ministry said in a statement that it rejected the refusal to grant bail, and…

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Rare slalom win for Nef

This content was published on Mar 10, 2001 Nef has won five giant slalom races this season, picking up the World Cup and world championship titles along the way, but Saturday’s triumph marked only her second ever victory in the slalom. Her last slalom win came more than five years ago during a night-time race in Sestriere. “This is probably my greatest victory…

Maier snatches giant slalom title from Von Grünigen

This content was published on Mar 10, 2001 Von Grünigen came into Saturday’s race in Are, Sweden 40 points ahead of Maier in the giant slalom standings and needed only to finish second to take the season’s title. After finishing the first of his two runs in second place behind Maier, the Swiss skier appeared to be on course for the main prize.…

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Bucher scrapes through to 800 metre semi-finals in Milan

This content was published on Mar 9, 2001 Bucher, holder of the world’s best time in the race last season, came third in his qualifying heat, recording a time of 1:47.88, behind first-placed Pawel Czapiewski (1:47.75) from Poland and France’s Florent Lacasse (1:47.82). Only the top two runners of each heat are guaranteed a place in the semi-finals. Bucher qualified as one of…

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Rey-Bellet wins final super-G

This content was published on Mar 9, 2001 The 28-year-old athlete from canton Valais won Friday’s women’s super-G at the World Cup finals in Are, Sweden with a time of 1’09″52. Rey-Bellet was the first skier to make her way down the course after heavy fog had brought more than five hours of delay. Rey-Bellet’s win marked the fourth World Cup victory of…

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