Racing in "La Grande Odyssée", a 1,000km sledge dog competition through the French and Swiss Alps.
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An airborne Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland competes on the uneven bars in the Gymnastics World Championships in Rotterdam.
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Moriwaki Moto2 rider Thomas Lüthi of Switzerland rides past seagulls during the qualifying session of the Australian Grand Prix.
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Swiss runner Werner Schweizer, 71, trains for the 166km Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc. The race was cancelled due to bad weather.
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Not all riders managed to finish qualifying for the finals of the BMX Swiss Cup in Echichens near Lausanne.
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Swiss-sponsored Alinghi 5 sails in Valencia, Spain, ahead of the 33rd America's Cup.
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Tennis' biggest rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal warm up during the Qatar Open in Doha.
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A calm moment for Toro Rosso Formula One driver Sébastien Buemi of Switzerland during practice at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
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Novel rollerblading at the farmers' horse and trotter race event in Schwarzenburg near Bern.
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The Swiss troupe Eurodancers fly the flag at the Cheerleading Championships in St Gallen.
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The thinker's sport. The Swiss town of Biel hosted the masters tournament of the 43rd International Chess Festival.
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Ready to leap into the swimming leg during the Ironman Triathlon Switzerland in Zurich.
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Allegations of corruption by Fifa's board members have cast a shadow over its president, Sepp Blatter of Switzerland.
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The world's elite ice climbers scaled a multi-storey car park in the finals of the Men's Speed Climbing Competition at the UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup in Saas Fee.
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Switzerland's early group match win over the eventual World Cup winners Spain was hailed as the "miracle of Durban".
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The first running stage of the Red Bull X-Row, as Club Aviron Vevey of Switzerland carry their boat through the Hohle Gasse, where William Tell is said to have shot the bailiff Gessler.
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Torn knee ligaments forced Olympic downhill skiing champion Didier Défago to rule out the 2010/2011 ski season.
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Over 11,000 people took part in the annual Engadine cross country ski marathon from Maloja to S-Chanf in Switzerland.
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Oscar Pistorius of South Africa before the 400-metre-race at the international athletics meeting in Nottwil, Switzerland.
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Swiss goalie Jonas Hiller fails to stop a shot during the second period of a men's quarterfinal round ice hockey game against the United States at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.
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Another gold medal for Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara after he finishes ahead in the elite men's time trial at the UCI Road Cycling World Championships in Australia.
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Practising in the sawdust for the Swiss alpine wrestling crown, the oldest sport in Switzerland.
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