Nino Schurter and Daniela Ryf Swiss Sportswoman of the year. The praise could not be greater, and comes at you from all possible sides, from coaches, team mates, competitors, and journalists: Nino Schurter is the Roger Federer of the sport, is to hear one for quite some time and to read.

in fact, there are some Parallels between the Tennis Maestro and the mountain Dominator. Nino Schurter is leaving; he shapes the Cross-Country scene for nearly ten years. For the sixth Time, the 32-year-old from Grisons in 2018 won the world Cup for the fourth Time in a row he was in this year’s world champion. The seventh world championship title was his most beautiful. He won him in Lenzerheide, not 30 minutes before his door-to-door in Chur, a Swiss audience and a record crowd.

Nino Schurter with his first trophy. (Source: SRF)

The home victory, the next was a master-piece of the perfectionists. Never before has the hype around his Person was before a Competition so great as this year’s world Cup. Friends, Acquaintances, Fans, sponsors and journalists – so many people wanted something to replace the local hero, is on its way, the outgoing Frenchman Julien Absalon as the most successful mountain bikers.

The Olympic champion in 2016, also mastered this challenge so, as he has done often in his career. With perfect planning, meticulous preparation and a fine sense for the right measure in all matters before the Competition. And with a perfect race under maximum pressure. The Italian Gerhard Kerschbaumer, the second best at the world Cup-day, able to keep up with his pace on the longest. Finally, Schurter triumphed nevertheless, solo. Especially sweet of the success was also because Bedava bahis of the Schurter was able to take in the goal of his daughter Lisa in his arms.

Daniela Ryf 2018 undefeated

Daniela Ryf finished undefeated the year 2018. She has also won two world Championships and a European title. In her Ironman European title win in Frankfurt, six professional men realized just a better overall time as Ryf.

The highlight of the season in Hawaii was Ryf, in spite of a jellyfish attack for the fourth Time Ironman world champion and set new standards several new standards. The 31-year-old solo thurnerin improved in 8:26:16 hours on the Big Island of your own track record by 2016 to about 20 minutes. The Basis for this is the impressive was at the end of Radrekord (4:26:07).

Ryf was glad to have after a jelly fish bite just before the swim Start of the race in spite of the pain in the first discipline continued. “This was the best Race of my career.” With the fourth Ironman world championship title Ryf is no longer at the castle for four times the English Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington, who is active. Only record winner Paula Newby-Fraser (8’s Ironman world title in Hawaii) realised so far, four wins in a series on the most important Triathlon in the world.

Daniela Ryf get to 2018 the Award for the second Time. (Source: SRF)

third-party title for hockey Team

The national ice hockey team in the world championship,-silver medal winner of Copenhagen won the election prior to the footballers of the Young Boys and the Alpine Ski Team that won with Ramon Zenhäusern, Daniel Yule, Luca Aerni, Wendy Holdener and Denise feierabend of the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang Gold. For the ice-hockey national team, it is after 1986 and 2013, the third award.

After that he may take with the hockey team already won the award for Team of the year, was national coach Patrick Fischer honored a second Time. The Zug won in the election for the coach of the year against YB-most of coach Adi Hütter and mountain Biking national coach Bruno Diethelm.

Julien Wanders Newcomer of the year

at The Newcomer of the year was elected to the Geneva long-distance runner, Julien Wanders. The 22-Year-old, of the improved in February, the Swiss record in the half marathon, and a month later, at the half marathon world championship in Valencia, with the strong 8. Was surprised, mentioned in the choice of the swimming champion Jérémy Desplanches and the U23 Cycling world – and European champion Marc Hirschi on the other places.

The disabled athlete of the year is for the first Time, Theo Gmür. The 22-year-old Valais, at the Paralympics in March, gold medal winner in downhill, Super-G and giant slalom, swung the election against the wheelchair athletes Marcel Hug and Manuela Schär rose to the top. Hug had won the Award the last five times in a row. (sda)

Created: 09.12.2018, 19:38 PM