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Olympics: Käser squanders lead but improves ranking

This content was published on Sep 18, 2000 “I became somewhat nervous when I was out ahead,” Käser said after the race. Käser’s seventh place boosted her standing to 12th overall, with another eight races to go in the 11-race series. In the first two races at the weekend she finished in 15th and 16th place. However, she was confident she would improve…

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Out & About in Switzerland: Music round the clock in Romont

This content was published on Sep 18, 2000 It’s a special event called “20 Hours of Music”. First held in 1996, the organisers have invited nearly 40 musical acts, ranging from French chansonniers to full-blown orchestras, who’ll perform from the wee hours of the morning to midnight. The event will kick off in front of the Abbey, the oldest building in the western…

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Proposals put forward to ease fears of dangerous dogs

This content was published on Sep 18, 2000 The group of veterinary scientists, animal rights experts and politicians said in their report, published on Monday, that a ban on certain breeds would not yield any results. Nonetheless, they said the government does have a constitutional right to take such action. The experts have called on the government to set up a central register…

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Olympics: Gier brothers struggle in rowing

This content was published on Sep 18, 2000 In the first heats, the Swiss brothers lost out by more than three seconds to the Polish pairing of Tomasz Kucharski and Robert Sycz. The Giers’ time was only the seventh fastest of the day, but the two said afterwards they were still confident of improving. “It certainly wasn’t a bad race,” Michael insisted. “We…

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Football: Lugano and Lausanne on top form

This content was published on Sep 18, 2000 Lugano made short work of Lucerne, with Argentina player Christian Gimenez pounding in three goals within the space of 18 first half minutes. With ten goals this season, he shares the honour of being top scorer with Basel’s Jean-Michel Tchouga. Tchouga was unable to add to his impressive tally on Sunday against Lausanne. The Cameroonian…

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Swiss film-makers honoured at Belgian festival

This content was published on Sep 18, 2000 Over 20 classic and more recently-made Swiss films, will be screened at the festival and two of them are entered for the official competition for full-length features. The Geneva director, Nicolas Wadimoff, is submitting “Mondialito” – which was released last week – in a bid to repeat his success with his first film “Clandestins”, which…

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Olympics: Hablützel-Bürki wins fencing silver medal

This content was published on Sep 17, 2000 Hablützlel-Bürki, who finished in the final sixteen at the last Olympics in Atlanta, had to negotiate a tricky draw in Sydney just to make it into the semi-finals. After beating Cuba’s Mirayda Garcia in her first bout, the Swiss fencer came up against the world number one, Ildiko Mincza of Hungary. Hablützel-Bürki’s stunning 15-9 win…

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Olympics: Diploma for Hug in men’s triathlon

This content was published on Sep 17, 2000 The competition in the men’s event was always expected to be tight. Before the race it was said that up to two dozen athletes had the potential to take the gold. The close finishing times of the top competitors proved the predictions right, with just 57 seconds separating the Canadian winner, Simon Whitfield, from Hug…

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Olympics: Flying start for rowing champ Müller

This content was published on Sep 17, 2000 The California-based rower finished the first heat more than three lengths ahead of his competitors, automatically securing himself a place in Thursday’s semi-finals. Müller said he was happy with his time after rowing the 2,000-metre course in just under seven minutes. New Zealand’s Rob Waddell, probably Müller’s greatest rival, was the only other rower to…

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Olympics: Lütolf eighth in breaststroke final

This content was published on Sep 17, 2000 Simply reaching the last eight was a massive achievement for the 20-year-old from St Gallen, who became the first Swiss swimmer to contest an Olympic final since Dano Halsall and Stéphane Volery 12 years ago. But although Lütolf was only expected to make up the numbers, he swam an extraordinarily fast first 50 metres, putting…

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