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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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Blank finish to men’s super-G season

This content was published on Mar 9, 2001 Despite a late improvement in the weather, the men’s race was called off in the middle of the afternoon so as to allow the women’s super-G race to go ahead. While Austria’s Hermann Maier has already clinched the super-G crown and the overall men’s title, the women’s race could still have a bearing on the…

Culture

Judging books by their covers

This content was published on Mar 9, 2001 The competition, organised by the federal cultural office, rewards graphic designers for their efforts, and takes into account factors such as typography and binding. This year, a jury of experts chose 35 books and pamphlets published in 2000 from a selection of 317, and the winners have just been announced. “The aim,” says competition organiser…

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American country music takes Zurich by storm

This content was published on Mar 9, 2001 The festival brings together established and up-and-coming acts from North America and Switzerland, which counts the biggest community of country music fans in German-speaking Europe – possibly on the whole continent. More than 30,000 fans are expected to have attended the festival by the time it ends. And the festival organisers have done everything possible…

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Italian-speaking Ticino grapples with language threat

This content was published on Mar 9, 2001 The last national census in 1990 found that just under 10 per cent of the canton’s 300,000 inhabitants speak German. But there are pockets where the proportion is far higher. Orselina, near Locarno, counts a German-speaking population of 45 per cent, while the figure in Ascona is 28 per cent and 25 per cent in…

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