At the steepest start in the world: Accola dug in for the World Cup slope in St. Moritz

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Before the downhill premiere this Saturday in Zermatt, excavators caused a commotion on the glacier. Even before the 2003 World Cup downhill in St. Moritz, there was already talk about an excavator. Paul Accola had taken part in the steepest start in the world with a gradient of 100 percent – the drivers reached a speed of 130 km/h after 7 seconds. Slope architect Bernard Russi then: “Luckily I don’t have to drive anymore.” By the way, Austrian Michael Walchhofner won gold.

His life in 301 characters? Impossible. Therefore only keywords. Last name: Cesar Luis Menotti. Average striker, left winger, supporter of Maradona, sloganist, chain smoker, critic of the military regime, intellectual, eccentric and, as a coach, world champion of 1978 with Argentina. Today he turns 85.

Shortest tenure of coaches in Super League

1 Bernard Challandes: 18 days, Xamax, 2011
This ranking includes coaching changes since 2003 (start of the Super League). Interim coaches are not eligible. Challandes saved Xamax from relegation in the 10/11 season with 2 points in 3 games, but after the 0-2 defeat in the cup final against Sion he was gone again.

2 François Ciccolini: 23 days, Xamax, 2011
0:3 against Lucerne and 0:2 against Basel – Ciccolini was allowed to sit on the sidelines at Xamax during two bankruptcies. Then sole ruler Bulat Tschagayev came into action for the first time in the chaos season 11/12 and threw the Frenchman out.

3 Heiko Vogel: 31 days, Basel, 2023
4 games, 4 defeats, 0:10. Last place, 5 points behind the penultimate Stade-Lausanne. Vogel’s transition from sports director at FCB to coach was a fiasco. He had to leave on Tuesday.

4 Tomislav Stipic: 33 days, classification, 2019
“We were on the right track,” he said after the sack and five games without a win (three draws). Stipic came on for Thorsten Fink and was replaced by Uli Forte, who could not prevent the second classification relegation since 1949.

5 Joaquin Caparros: 38 days, Xamax, 2012
After a 2-2 draw against Lausanne, Chechen boss Tschagayev storms the dressing room. He is accompanied by armed bodyguards. There are scuffles with Caparros. Three days later the Spaniard was thrown out.

30 years

The NHL has been waiting for a Stanley Cup winner from Canada for a long time. The Montreal Canadiens were the last team to achieve this feat in 1993. It was its 24th title, by the way. With 15 points after 10 games and a 5th place, the Vancouver Canucks from the motherland of ice hockey had the best start to the season in the NHL.

Source : Blick