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WRS stories about Olympics
Are the Olympics just too big for Switzerland?
Monday, 4 March, 2013
The people of Graubünden turned down a chance to host the 2022 Winter Games in a public vote yesterday. Host Jo Fahy asks WRS’s Lucas Chambers if the Olympics are just too big for Switzerland and if the Swiss are ever likely to say “yes” again:
Monday, 4 March, 2013
The people of Graubünden turned down a chance to host the 2022 Winter Games in a public vote yesterday. Host Jo Fahy asks WRS’s Lucas Chambers if the Olympics are just too big for Switzerland and if the Swiss are ever likely to say “yes” again:
Graubünden looks at sustainable projects for Olympic bid
Thursday, 7 February, 2013
Olympic cities want to see their money being used wisely, so that the value lasts long after the closing ceremonies. What will be the legacy of the Winter Olympics if they are to be held in Switzerland in 2022? This is a question that the team promoting a potential Swiss bid is currently considering. WRS’s Jo Fahy has the details:
Thursday, 7 February, 2013
Olympic cities want to see their money being used wisely, so that the value lasts long after the closing ceremonies. What will be the legacy of the Winter Olympics if they are to be held in Switzerland in 2022? This is a question that the team promoting a potential Swiss bid is currently considering. WRS’s Jo Fahy has the details:
Fastest man on wheels races toward London
Friday, 20 April, 2012
Marcel Hug might just be the epitome of perseverance and determination. After two bronze medals in the 2004 Athens Paralympics, he didn’t win a single medal in Beijing four years later. But that only inspired him to work harder. And in the following years, Hug became the best wheelchair track-and-field athlete in the world. For the final installment of the Swiss Olympic Dreams series, WRS’s Alex Helmick visits Hug at his training facility, just outside Lucerne:
Friday, 20 April, 2012
Marcel Hug might just be the epitome of perseverance and determination. After two bronze medals in the 2004 Athens Paralympics, he didn’t win a single medal in Beijing four years later. But that only inspired him to work harder. And in the following years, Hug became the best wheelchair track-and-field athlete in the world. For the final installment of the Swiss Olympic Dreams series, WRS’s Alex Helmick visits Hug at his training facility, just outside Lucerne:
Swiss Olympic Dreams: Capturing the art of sport
Thursday, 19 April, 2012
Eleanor Cardozo captures the grace and beauty of gymnasts like few other sculptors. Maybe that is because she used to be one. For the fourth installment of our Swiss Olympic Dreams series, Alex Helmick visits the Swiss studios of the British-born Cardozo, whose sculptures have been showcased around the world, including an exhibition at London’s Heathrow airport in honor of the 2012 Olympics.:
Thursday, 19 April, 2012
Eleanor Cardozo captures the grace and beauty of gymnasts like few other sculptors. Maybe that is because she used to be one. For the fourth installment of our Swiss Olympic Dreams series, Alex Helmick visits the Swiss studios of the British-born Cardozo, whose sculptures have been showcased around the world, including an exhibition at London’s Heathrow airport in honor of the 2012 Olympics.:
Swiss Olympic Dreams: Judo champ aims for London medal
Wednesday, 18 April, 2012
The Swiss Olympic Dreams series continues with Juliane Robra, an eight-time Swiss individual judo champ. She was also a bronze medalist at the 2010 European Championships. WRS’s Alex Helmick caught up with her during a training day in Geneva:
Wednesday, 18 April, 2012
The Swiss Olympic Dreams series continues with Juliane Robra, an eight-time Swiss individual judo champ. She was also a bronze medalist at the 2010 European Championships. WRS’s Alex Helmick caught up with her during a training day in Geneva:
Swiss Olympic Dreams: Beach volleyball
Tuesday, 17 April, 2012
The Swiss Olympic Dreams series continues with two of the best beach volleyball players in the world: Nadine Zumkehr and Simone Kuhn. The pair has won multiple Swiss championships and medaled at European championships as well. WRS’s Alex Helmick caught up with them during a training session at the Beachcenter in Bern:
Tuesday, 17 April, 2012
The Swiss Olympic Dreams series continues with two of the best beach volleyball players in the world: Nadine Zumkehr and Simone Kuhn. The pair has won multiple Swiss championships and medaled at European championships as well. WRS’s Alex Helmick caught up with them during a training session at the Beachcenter in Bern:
Joining Viktor Röthlin on the road to London
Monday, 16 April, 2012
The Swiss Olympic Dreams series starts with one of Switzerland’s best known runners, Viktor Röthlin. He is the reigning European marathon champion, taking that title after a near-fatal illness. He was hit with a blood clot, thrombosis, that nearly cost him more than just his running career. WRS’s Alex Helmick caught up with him during a training session in Bern:
Monday, 16 April, 2012
The Swiss Olympic Dreams series starts with one of Switzerland’s best known runners, Viktor Röthlin. He is the reigning European marathon champion, taking that title after a near-fatal illness. He was hit with a blood clot, thrombosis, that nearly cost him more than just his running career. WRS’s Alex Helmick caught up with him during a training session in Bern:
Swiss architect to create Olympic green legacy for London
Monday, 28 November, 2011
While Switzerland’s athletes aren’t expected to be hauling home bags of gold medals at next year’s London’s Olympics, there will be a lot of Swiss talent on show. Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten has been commissioned to design the green grounds of the Olympic park—with a focus on leaving a long-term legacy for the city. According to architect Günther Vogt it is a design concept typically Swiss. From London, Sandra Gathmann reports:
Monday, 28 November, 2011
While Switzerland’s athletes aren’t expected to be hauling home bags of gold medals at next year’s London’s Olympics, there will be a lot of Swiss talent on show. Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten has been commissioned to design the green grounds of the Olympic park—with a focus on leaving a long-term legacy for the city. According to architect Günther Vogt it is a design concept typically Swiss. From London, Sandra Gathmann reports:
UK's Lord Bates walks over 3,000 miles for Olympic Truce
Wednesday, 19 October, 2011
He may be a little tired, and his feet a little sore, but Lord Michael Bates took time out from his “Walk For Truce” to tell WRS how his one man mission is going to ensure a peaceful London 2012 Olympic Games. This week, the UN General Assembly in New York unanimously adopted the traditional Olympic Truce ahead of next year’s games. The British government is behind the truce, and Lord Bates, a UK Conservative Party politician, is walking thousands of miles from Mount Olympus to London to campaign for UN member states to action it. WRS’s Lucia Walton caught up with him at Gare Cornavin in Geneva city centre just before he caught a train to Milan. Bates told her about his meeting with the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon earlier this week:
Wednesday, 19 October, 2011
He may be a little tired, and his feet a little sore, but Lord Michael Bates took time out from his “Walk For Truce” to tell WRS how his one man mission is going to ensure a peaceful London 2012 Olympic Games. This week, the UN General Assembly in New York unanimously adopted the traditional Olympic Truce ahead of next year’s games. The British government is behind the truce, and Lord Bates, a UK Conservative Party politician, is walking thousands of miles from Mount Olympus to London to campaign for UN member states to action it. WRS’s Lucia Walton caught up with him at Gare Cornavin in Geneva city centre just before he caught a train to Milan. Bates told her about his meeting with the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon earlier this week:
Olympic posters: Some rare, some dark
Monday, 18 October, 2010
Lausanne’s Olympic Museum is one of the contributors to a historical display of posters from the Games dating back over a century.The exhibition is a reminder of the controversial aspects of the Olympics. Reporter Catherine Drew went to view them at the Sutton Central Library in Greater London:
Monday, 18 October, 2010
Lausanne’s Olympic Museum is one of the contributors to a historical display of posters from the Games dating back over a century.The exhibition is a reminder of the controversial aspects of the Olympics. Reporter Catherine Drew went to view them at the Sutton Central Library in Greater London:
An Olympic bid in the works?
Wednesday, 13 October, 2010
Could Switzerland pull off a successful bid to host the 2022 winter Olympics? Despite numerous bids, especially in the last few years, there’s still no torch on the horizon. But Swiss Olympic’s Jörg Schild says this time the same mistakes won’t happen again. Lucas Chambers reports:
Wednesday, 13 October, 2010
Could Switzerland pull off a successful bid to host the 2022 winter Olympics? Despite numerous bids, especially in the last few years, there’s still no torch on the horizon. But Swiss Olympic’s Jörg Schild says this time the same mistakes won’t happen again. Lucas Chambers reports:
Remembering the man behind the rings
Thursday, 22 April, 2010
Thursday, 22 April, 2010
The former president of the International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch, has died at the age of 89. The Spaniard, who was the second longest-serving president in the history of the IOC, retired from the post in 2001 after 21 years at the helm. His achievements in building up the modern Olympics Games are offset by the Salt Lake City corruption scandal when several IOC members accepted bribes in return for their votes.
Jean-Loup Chappelet, a professor at the Graduate School of Public Administration in Lausanne, worked at IOC headquarters alongside Samaranch during the 1980s. WRS reporter Vincent Landon began by asking him about Samaranch, the man:
Olympic Round-Up: Swiss team 11th in medal count
Tuesday, 2 March, 2010
The Swiss Olympic Team comes home with a decent medal count, six gold and three bronze durîng a very successful and so far drug-free winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. Matthew Leighton has one last look back at the Olympics-plus a look at the upcoming football friendly between Switzerland and Uruguay, and the start of the tennis season with the Davis Cup.
Tuesday, 2 March, 2010
The Swiss Olympic Team comes home with a decent medal count, six gold and three bronze durîng a very successful and so far drug-free winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. Matthew Leighton has one last look back at the Olympics-plus a look at the upcoming football friendly between Switzerland and Uruguay, and the start of the tennis season with the Davis Cup.
Olympic Round-Up: Great successes, great challenges at the Games
Monday, 1 March, 2010
Canada came away with the gold in men’s ice hockey last night, beating the USA 3-2 in a nail-biting finish, so the host nation can’t help but call the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver a success. But the XXI Winter Games wasn’t without its challenges: Namely warm weather. Matthew Leighton caught up with IOC spokesperson Mark Adams to find out what went right and what didn’t:
Monday, 1 March, 2010
Canada came away with the gold in men’s ice hockey last night, beating the USA 3-2 in a nail-biting finish, so the host nation can’t help but call the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver a success. But the XXI Winter Games wasn’t without its challenges: Namely warm weather. Matthew Leighton caught up with IOC spokesperson Mark Adams to find out what went right and what didn’t:
