Alpine skiing: things are not going as expected for Swiss in Canada

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At Panorama ski resort in Canada, snow cannons are also running at full speed while the Swiss are training.
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Therefore, despite the sun, there is a fog here.
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However, Niels Hintermann has an entirely different problem.
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The Instagram page of the 2017 Lauberhorn winner was hacked.

Marcel W. Peren (text) and Sven Thomman (photos)

Two runs in Lake Louise and preparations for the Super-G are not going as planned by the Swiss Ski Speed Team. Because until a few days ago there was little snow on the desired training slope at Panorama (British Columbia), four-time overall Downhill World Cup winner Beat Fuse and his teammates had to train on a softer surface in the unpopular Nakiska. Ski Resort. On the track where Frenchman David Poisson collided with a tree and died four years ago due to poor safety precautions. That’s why ski mates reacted with relief when they got the green light for some units at Panorama on Friday.

poor visibility despite sunlight

Hope turned into anger on Saturday morning! The slope conditions are dire. But since the snow cannons are running at full speed, visibility is low despite the sun, especially in the last part of the route. Zurich’s Niels Hintermann therefore had to stop his one run. But he makes a good face of the difficult task: “Our coaches have tried very hard to get a lot out of these tough conditions. I am extremely grateful for that.”

Hinterman has been hacked

However, the winner of the Lauberhorn Combi 2017 is furious when contacted on her social network. A hacker paralyzed the 26-year-old’s Instagram profile. «Most likely, I fell for a so-called phishing email. Anyway, on the Wednesday afternoon before fitness training, I already discovered comments on my page under my name that I never did. And after the Condi session, I no longer had access to my account.”

Most shameless action by an unknown hacker: “He posted a series of photos of himself on my site, an unmatched cheek.” Hintermann now hopes to find the culprit with the help of a German commercial law firm.