Rad-Juwel makes people smile

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Despite the successes of Mujinga Kambundji, Jason Joseph and Co., track and field athletes in Switzerland are sometimes underestimated. Anyone who competes at the top of a world sport deserves a little more respect now and then.

Audrey Werro (19) gets it done on Friday night. The Freiburg native is one of the next Swiss athletic giants, over 800 m she became U20 European champion in 2021, last year she won World Cup silver in the same age category. And she is also close to the greats: at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul in March, she narrowly missed out on a medal.

The reward: Swiss Sports Aid’s Young Talent Award as Young Athlete of the Year 2022. “I want to perfect my training and show myself in good shape at the Elite World Championships in Budapest in the summer,” said Werro, who was able to stay not long. “Tonight I’m going to training camp with Tenero, happy with a nice check in the car.” The winners in the individual athlete category receive CHF 12,000

Christen wants to be among the elite this year

The men’s prize goes to Rad-Juwel Jan Christen (18). De Gippinger has had an extremely successful junior season: cyclocross world champion, European road champion, silver mountain bike world championship and Swiss champion in the disciplines of track, cyclocross, mountain bike and time trial. No wonder the top team of the World Tour UAE has already signed the Swiss for five years.

“My big goal in 2023 is to participate in the Lombardy Tour in October as part of the UAE team,” said Christen, who accepted the award via live broadcast. “Big names have won so far, especially Marco Odermatt and Nino Schurter are role models for me and I am very happy to receive the award. Maybe I need the money now for driving lessons’, he laughs in the audience.

Schermer receives team prize

“Enjoy the spotlight, you haven’t experienced that too often,” Olympic ski cross champion Ryan Regez, one of the praise singers, urged the young Swiss promises. “Victory is not only motivation, but above all will. And a lot of sweat and suffering. Will is what makes great victories tangible. So reach for the stars and dream big.”

The prize for the junior team of the year (15,000.00) goes to the U20 fencers who became European champions in the autumn. They too are planning big things: all four of them want to participate in the Olympic Games in 2028 and continue the successful Swiss sword tradition.

Source : Blick