phelps 7,220 Posted February 2 #11 Share Posted February 2 54 minutes ago, Federer91 said: Some of you may have seen an interesting name while scrolling the results. Swiss born Anina Zurbriggen competing for . I thought it was another market deal, but apparently her mother is Bulgarian and she decided to compete for BG from this season (because she couldn't make the Swiss team i presume ). Couldn't find who her father is and what is her connection to the legendary Zurbriggen family. This has sparked a new strategy for our Federation in looking for foreign-born athletes with Bulgarian ancestry. she comes from the same place of the great Pirmin (Saas-Almagell), but I think she has no relationship with him Zurbriggen is a very common name in that area (like Smith in the English speaking Countries or Rossi in Italy) Federer91 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,217 Posted February 2 #12 Share Posted February 2 40 minutes ago, Grassmarket said: Yeah, probably not going to work as well for as it does for . But Rahneva won Skeleton Gold today, so there’s a start! Not hard to predict, as usually it's lower tier athletes, that wouldn't cut in their current nation, that seek change. I was specifically talking about alpine skiing also. Rahneva is in no way someone, who is even in the conversation for a variety of reasons: A) She is an elite athlete already in her sport and probably very happy; B) Her sport has absolutely no foundation here and we bring absolutely nothing from a sporting perspective; C) She is 35 and if she ever wanted to compete for BG, it would have come up long ago; D) Again, she is 35 and the Federations here would want to select younger athletes, that have lot's of years ahead of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,217 Posted February 2 #13 Share Posted February 2 10 minutes ago, phelps said: she comes from the same place of the great Pirmin (Saas-Almagell), but I think she has no relationship with him Zurbriggen is a very common name in that area (like Smith in the English speaking Countries or Rossi in Italy) Darn it, i was hoping she had magical genes in her too. phelps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,908 Posted February 5 #14 Share Posted February 5 Now this is embarassing in this day & age. https://www.fis-ski.com/en/alpine-skiing/alpine-news-multimedia/news-multimedia/news/season-2023-24/fis-alpine-world-junior-ski-championships-streaming-statement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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