Article about Swiss Nationals 2009
[x009] Short Program
[x001] Miscellaneous
Stéphane Lambiel is the protagonist in the short program. The two-time world champion has emerged clearly among men and leads the provisional front Jamal Othman swiss champion in office. Lambiel has delighted audiences in particular with a combination quadruple toeloop/toeloop simple, but also with a series of spins and steps worthy of a champion of his caliber.
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Posted on 15 Dec 2009 by RaChEl_R86 | 1 Comments
Interview after Recital at St. Pierre's Cathedral
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At Saint Pierre's cathedral, at the beginning of the Advent season the double world champion, Stéphane Lambiel, made the listeners thinking with thoughtful story he read loudly. After reading the story at "Noël Baroque Allemand", he talks about the upcoming Swiss nationals, his health and reveals why he, despite pains, cannot give up skating.
You've just told a contemplative story about a boy who doesn't know his nationality. How come?
SL:I've absolutely wanted to support this project because the money being raised will help the "Kinderdorf SOS". I really care for children. That's why I like to help underprivileged children. Regrettably there are many children who are less fortunate than we are. Actually I intended to fly to South Africa last summer. I wanted to get to know some organisations better. Sadly I didn't have enough time. So this occasion (Noël Baroque Allemand) came along at the right time. I was able to support the organisation with my reading after all. I will travel to South Africa some other time, once there will be more time.
What does the story mean to you?
SL:Though I didn't write the story – it does mean a lot to me. It's a story about a boy who doesn't know his Italian nationality. I can easily put myself in his shoes and I understand the reason why he's looking for his roots. His curiosity for the South is immense. He sees many things and realizes what's been happening around him. There are many similarities in the story and in my life. I myself have got these two things within me and I was able to see things from his perspective.
SL:I've absolutely wanted to support this project because the money being raised will help the "Kinderdorf SOS". I really care for children. That's why I like to help underprivileged children. Regrettably there are many children who are less fortunate than we are. Actually I intended to fly to South Africa last summer. I wanted to get to know some organisations better. Sadly I didn't have enough time. So this occasion (Noël Baroque Allemand) came along at the right time. I was able to support the organisation with my reading after all. I will travel to South Africa some other time, once there will be more time.
What does the story mean to you?
SL:Though I didn't write the story – it does mean a lot to me. It's a story about a boy who doesn't know his Italian nationality. I can easily put myself in his shoes and I understand the reason why he's looking for his roots. His curiosity for the South is immense. He sees many things and realizes what's been happening around him. There are many similarities in the story and in my life. I myself have got these two things within me and I was able to see things from his perspective.
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Posted on 14 Dec 2009 by RaChEl_R86 | 0 Comments
Lambiel: the body worn, mind free
Stéphane Lambiel is the star of the Championships in Switzerland, which opened today in Lugano. At two months of the Olympics, his entourage evokes a discipline and an increased artistic sense but also the latent groin pain, the same which forced him to withdraw from the competition.
At this time when Swiss Nationals just opened in Lugano, two months for the Olympics, where is Stéphane Lambiel?
While preparing to revive memories of a glorious past, magnified by announcing his retirement from competition last year, double world champion has to deal with a delicate physical state. In Valais everyone evokes his pain. The same pain at the adductor which had forced him to abandon the competition.
"Today, one starts with more experience, but something less, due to premature wear of the body, affecting all top athletes," said Majda Scharl, his physical preparation. "Pain is there: it is the everyday athletes. Peter Grütter, his coach says that "regularly trains five days a week, but very little, just to maintain. He must be very careful. The rest of his time is occupied by physiotherapy. "Asked to compare the health status of the champion from 2008, he says: "It has worsened. It was better this summer."
At this time when Swiss Nationals just opened in Lugano, two months for the Olympics, where is Stéphane Lambiel?
While preparing to revive memories of a glorious past, magnified by announcing his retirement from competition last year, double world champion has to deal with a delicate physical state. In Valais everyone evokes his pain. The same pain at the adductor which had forced him to abandon the competition.
"Today, one starts with more experience, but something less, due to premature wear of the body, affecting all top athletes," said Majda Scharl, his physical preparation. "Pain is there: it is the everyday athletes. Peter Grütter, his coach says that "regularly trains five days a week, but very little, just to maintain. He must be very careful. The rest of his time is occupied by physiotherapy. "Asked to compare the health status of the champion from 2008, he says: "It has worsened. It was better this summer."
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Posted on 10 Dec 2009 by RaChEl_R86 | 1 Comments
Swiss Nationals: Important for Lambiel
The championships in Switzerland on Friday and Saturday at Lugano particular significance for Stéphane Lambiel, Sarah Meier. A deux mois des Jeux et à cinq semaines des Européens, les deux champions, à court de compétition, ont besoin de se roder. At two months of games and five weeks of Europeans, the two champions in the short competition, need to honing.
"This year's National Championship is very important to me because I played a test this season. It is a good opportunity to once again show my programs before the Europeans," said Lambiel.
Since late March 2008 and the Worlds of Goteborg, which had preceded his break, the double world champion (2005 and 2006) attended only one real competition in late September in Oberstdorf (GER), he won face competition from average level. The adversity won't be greater in Lugano, on the contrary, but that isn't the essential. Stéphane wish to seduce, to have fun and be efficient, as always, in interpretating his new programs.
He remains quite mysterious about his state of form: "For fifteen days, I can train normally again. I hope to show in this competition that I'm able to training. I will then have a bit of time to arrive in full form to the European Championships. (Tallin from 19 to 23 January 2010), notes the eightfold Swiss Champion.
After inflammation in the heel which has forced him to withdraw after the short program at the Grand Prix of Nagano (Japan) in November, Sarah Meier was also in great need of these championships in Switzerland to get back into the bath. She will appear there using for the first time the music from 'Romeo and Juliet', her new free program. If the pain in the foot and heel haven't disappeared, Zurich " is training well again" for about ten days.
Posted on 10 Dec 2009 by RaChEl_R86 | 1 Comments
"I cannot give everything any more"
Lambiel radiates inner strength - despite the fragile physique
The Swiss figure skater Stéphane Lambiel has thrown himself into the Olympic adventure, even when his body is showing the limits. With charisma and good timing, it could go well. Even if he says: "On the ice, I simply must go through the pain and try to forget it."
Reports from the training of an Olympic-favorite should sound different. "I'm sorry that I cannot bring better news,“ says Peter Grütter after one hour early morning training, coach, who works with this exceptional talent from Valais already 15 years, sounds concern. "We must work very carefully and always look, which just goes," he says. The body of 24-year-old figure skater, the 2005 and 2006 world champion, allows now no more power training. The pain caused by adductor injury, what forced him to withdraw a year ago is now „under the control“, said he by the comeback in the late summer. But who has whom in the handle, it can not be so easy to decide - Lambiel the pain or the pain Lambiel?
I approach with insecure feeling Basel for a meeting with him. He will attend there a photoshoot on the Rhine with ex-Playmate Christina Surer, the moderator of Eisgala Basel. It’s gonna be his only show appearance before the Olympics. Does someone and his fans build a pipe dream, far from the reality of competitive sport?
The Swiss figure skater Stéphane Lambiel has thrown himself into the Olympic adventure, even when his body is showing the limits. With charisma and good timing, it could go well. Even if he says: "On the ice, I simply must go through the pain and try to forget it."
Reports from the training of an Olympic-favorite should sound different. "I'm sorry that I cannot bring better news,“ says Peter Grütter after one hour early morning training, coach, who works with this exceptional talent from Valais already 15 years, sounds concern. "We must work very carefully and always look, which just goes," he says. The body of 24-year-old figure skater, the 2005 and 2006 world champion, allows now no more power training. The pain caused by adductor injury, what forced him to withdraw a year ago is now „under the control“, said he by the comeback in the late summer. But who has whom in the handle, it can not be so easy to decide - Lambiel the pain or the pain Lambiel?
I approach with insecure feeling Basel for a meeting with him. He will attend there a photoshoot on the Rhine with ex-Playmate Christina Surer, the moderator of Eisgala Basel. It’s gonna be his only show appearance before the Olympics. Does someone and his fans build a pipe dream, far from the reality of competitive sport?
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Posted on 09 Dec 2009 by RaChEl_R86 | 0 Comments
[Photos] - Art On Ice 2009
[x025] Lausanne
[x008] Off Ice
Source: Gary Scott & John Hottinger
Posted on 09 Dec 2009 by RaChEl_R86 | 0 Comments
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