Mathias Flückiger has finally come out of the shadow of Nino Schurter
The Bernese won Olympic silver in mountain biking while the Grison, legend of the discipline, did not win a fourth medal in a row.
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–Mathias Flückiger at the time of the celebration with Japanese fans.
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Mathias Flückiger is a huge champion but he had the misfortune to come across a legend. As Stan Wawrinka inherited from Roger Federer, the mountain biker had to settle for regarder the wheeland Nino Schurter tourner faster than histhen his arrival in the elite, over a decade ago.
On Monday, «Flücki» has yet surpassed the master in s’donating Olympic mountain biking money to the Tokyo Olympics. While the Grison broke sOlympic medal series (read the box below) by failing at the foot of the podium.
Terrible course
At 130 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, the scenery looked like a postcard with endless wooded expanses. In the highlands of Izu, we could guess, thanks to some open passages, the terrible course traced in the forest. Fumes of dust protruding from the canopy alerted spectators to the advancing athletes.
