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Mountain mountain biking championships: 118 Swiss are preparing to shine in Valais

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VTTThe Worlds in Valais with 118 Swiss, including the stars

The world championships in Valais (August 30 – September 14) begin in a few days. The mountain bikers received their summons, some were forgotten …

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Robin Carrel, Crans-Montana

Nino Schurter was almost hot but he will participate in the world championships in Valais.

Nino Schurter was almost hot but he will participate in the world championships in Valais.

Freshfocus

We went to a line of an Excel painting near to end up with a 3 million magnitude earthquake with, like epicenter, German -speaking Switzerland. Yes, I know that scientists believe that an earthquake of a magnitude greater than 10 is unlikely. But imagine the Mountain Bike World Championships in Switzerland without Jolanda Neff or Nino Schurter! It will not happen, rest assured and especially blow your friends from Eastern Switzerland.

In the list of 118 Swiss cyclists present – all competitions, from mountain biking marathon to e -bike via descent and pump -track – at the world championships in Valais, which will take place from August 30 to September 14, Swiss Cycling had forgotten the two Swiss superstars in the first version of its selection, placarded to the bistro wall in which the feet organized His pre-competition press conference on Monday in Crans-Montana. The blunder was quickly corrected in the pen. But were there a few to tremble (for their jobs?).

Absent from the convocation list revealed by Swiss Cycling, Jolanda Neff and Nino Schurter were added to the pen. It was a simple forgetfulness. Phew!

Absent from the convocation list revealed by Swiss Cycling, Jolanda Neff and Nino Schurter were added to the pen. It was a simple forgetfulness. Phew!

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No Romands among “big”

In mountain biking, no surprise and especially no Romands among the “big”. We have tried to recruit the Nidwaldienne Alessandra Keller, who speaks French a little, Ticino Filippo Colombo, who wanders in the language of Molière, or the Appenzellois Ronja Blöchlinger, who lives and studies in Macolin above Bienne, but no one was likely to help us just a few days. The “Welsches” will fortunately be present in descent or even in mountain bike marathon for example, in the middle of a huge delegation which will run after the medals.

“Young people are growing hard, experienced athletes resist. Among the gentlemen, we have 10 athletes who met the selection criteria in XCC! This is much more than the seven places we have, ”said Patrick Müller, the Boss of Swiss Cycling. Jolanda Neff and the future pensioner Nino Schurter will necessarily be the headliners. But the glorious ancients will not necessarily be the best Swiss cards on the traces of Zermatt (Short-Track) and Crans-Montana (Olympic distance).

An organizational challenge

More generally, it is the whole of Valais that begins to realize that the competition is approaching. “This is a project that we set up five years ago,” said Julien Hess, the director of these world championships. We put a lot of energy and passion there. It will not just be a great event, but a moment that will leave a large sporting and tourist heritage. Human, too. Regarding competitions themselves, we did not simplify the task by organizing them throughout the canton. Doing everything in Crans would have simplified our work. But we decided to organize them throughout Valais and it was a challenge. ”

The course of the Olympic cross -country – the flagship competition – was tested in the World Cup a year ago. It was a bit retouched, thanks to the construction of a larger dike at Lake Chermignon. “We also watched over the experience of our visitors,” said Bruno Huggler, the boss of Crans-Montana Tourisme. Between the lake and the Rock Garden, there will be a very accessible place with a large screen of 63 m2! And lots of others spread over the course … We still have places for sale, given the space, the number of tickets is almost unlimited. ”

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