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With rising global temperatures threatening the viability of winter sports, Swiss ski resorts are implementing survival strategies. These climate concerns are casting a long shadow over a potential Swiss bid to host the 2038 Winter Olympics.
7 months ago · 3 sources
Sports
Switzerland's athletes excelled at the Olympics, with Franjo von Allmen and Tanguy Nef winning the men's team combined gold, and Mathilde Gremaud retaining her Olympic title in the slopestyle freestyle skiing competition.
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Sports
Despite voters in Graubünden and Valais rejecting previous Olympic projects in referendums, Swiss Olympic is moving forward with a bid for the 2038 Winter Games without a popular vote. This strategy is causing controversy and raising questions about whether the bid goes against the will of the people.
Le News
Olympics
The Swiss government has officially backed a nationwide bid to host the 2038 Winter Olympics, opening a consultation on providing up to CHF200 million in federal funding for a sustainable, decentralized event staged across the country's language regions.
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Obituary
Ueli Kestenholz, a pioneering Swiss snowboarder and Olympic bronze medallist from the 1998 Nagano Games, has died at the age of 50 after being swept away by an avalanche in Valais. The incident occurred as authorities issued heightened avalanche alerts for parts of the Swiss Alps.
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Olympics
Organizers for the 'Switzerland 2038' project have unveiled the proposed host venues for a potential Winter Olympics. The bid aims to utilize existing world-class facilities across ten cantons, including Geneva, Zurich, and Crans-Montana, to hold the games sustainably.
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sports
Investigation reveals power struggles and questionable financial dealings within Switzerland-based World DanceSport Federation's Olympic breaking program.
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sports
Olympic silver medalist and Swiss judo legend Eric Hänni, who won Switzerland's first Olympic judo medal in 1964, passed away on December 25.
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sports
Swiss national snowboard cross team member Sophie Hediger, 26, has died in an avalanche accident in Arosa, marking a tragic loss for Swiss winter sports just months after achieving her first World Cup podiums.
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