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‘There is nothing quite as mad as this:’ How a 60-year-old novice can complete the world’s oldest ski race
Now the most popular race of its kind, it was founded by the Kandahar Ski Racing club in 1928 when 19 members climbed to the summit of the Swiss Schilthorn mountain (2,970m) over two days ...
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Olympic skier Tereza Nova in medically induced coma after brain surgery following downhill crash in Germany
the Czech ski federation said. The 26-year-old skier fell down during a final training session on the Kandahar course. The federation said she “will remain in the medically induced coma as long ...
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A new start for the ‘sleeping beauty’ of the Swiss Alps
This eccentric ski-racing community, now with about 1,200 members, was hastily founded in February 1925 for a race against the Kandahar Club, based in nearby Mürren. The name is a reference to ...