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I wanted to go to Aspen and fight for the world championship medals there. But Colin Wili’s journey ended at the Frankfurt airport.
Legend:
The trip to the United States still worked
Colin Wili at the 2019 World Cup in Park City.
Keystone
On Thursday Colin Wili should have competed in the Slopestyle classification at the Aspen World Championships (USA). Would have. Because the Appenzeller is still stuck in Europe. The 22-year-old was not allowed to board the US-bound plane in Frankfurt because his name is not found in the US Swiss-Ski border control system and the athlete presented all documents to in due time, as claimed.
“Since then, I’ve been waiting to get a permit after all,” says Wili. After 3 days of waiting in Frankfurt, Wili returned to Switzerland. Your case is not a priority in the United States. Swiss-Ski went to the US embassy in Bern, and his teammates and coaches were lobbying the organizer in Aspen. So far without success.
Wili had to register for the slopestyle competition on Saturday because the sixth of the 2019 World Cup did not arrive in Colorado in time for qualifying. “Now I look forward to making it to the Big Air competition and the World Cup, which will take place a week later at the same location,” says Wili.
