https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A new Swiss bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics has emerged from a Bern committee proposing multiple sites for the Games. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160131/swiss-proposals-for-winter-olympics-multiply Sun, 31 Jan 2016 22:22:14 +0100 swiss-proposals-for-winter-olympics-multiply International Olympic Committee (IOC) head Thomas Bach on Thursday said that Paris would be an "exemplary" host of the 2024 Olympics after meeting French President François Hollande in Lausanne. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150416/french-backing-for-paris-olympic-bid Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:34:40 +0200 french-backing-for-paris-olympic-bid Patrizia Kummer nabbed Switzerland’s sixth gold medal at the Sochi Olympics after finishing first in the women’s parallel giant slalom on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140219/alpine-snowboarders-boost-switzerlands-medal-count Wed, 19 Feb 2014 16:45:00 +0100 alpine-snowboarders-boost-switzerlands-medal-count Switzerland's Sandro Viletta won the men's Olympic super-combined ski competition on Friday, topping a shock podium that included neither favourites Ted Ligety of the US or Frenchman Alexis Pinturault. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140214/swiss-skier-viletta-mines-super-combined-gold Fri, 14 Feb 2014 16:46:00 +0100 swiss-skier-viletta-mines-super-combined-gold Switzerland’s men’s ice hockey team salvaged a win at the Sochi Olympics over Latvia on Wednesday with a goal scored just 7.9 seconds before the end of the game. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140212/swiss-hockey-team-wins-in-dying-seconds Wed, 12 Feb 2014 23:00:00 +0100 swiss-hockey-team-wins-in-dying-seconds Swiss outsider Dominique Gisin and Slovenian Tina Maze finished in a dead heat as for the first time in Winter Olympics history they shared an alpine skiing gold medal in a dramatic women's downhill on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140212/switzerlands-gisin-shares-olympic-downhill-gold Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:44:00 +0100 switzerlands-gisin-shares-olympic-downhill-gold Jackie Shamoun, the lone member of the Lebanese Olympic women’s alpine ski team, who studies and trains in Switzerland, has sparked a controversy after posing topless at a skiing resort in her home country. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140211/olympic-skier-and-swiss-student-in-nude-video-furore Tue, 11 Feb 2014 23:14:00 +0100 olympic-skier-and-swiss-student-in-nude-video-furore Switzerland's Iouri Podladtchikov produced one of the big upsets of the Olympics in Russia on Tuesday as he dethroned superstar Shaun White to win men's snowboard halfpipe gold. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140211/podladtchikov-dethrones-white-to-win-halfpipe-gold Tue, 11 Feb 2014 21:21:00 +0100 podladtchikov-dethrones-white-to-win-halfpipe-gold Switzerland is sending a record number of athletes to next month's Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, officials announced on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140128/swiss-send-record-number-of-athletes-to-sochi Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:58:00 +0100 swiss-send-record-number-of-athletes-to-sochi