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Abuse in competitive sports not just gymnastics, that’s what the Sunday papers write

Abuse in competitive sports not just gymnastics

The debate on abuse in sport has so far been limited to gymnastics, but now the “NZZ am Sonntag” reports that other athletes are said to have been affected as well. Marina Ganci was internationally successful in synchronized swimming, but the 25-year-old told the newspaper how unbearable she had found some training sessions at the Limmat-Nixen Zurich. Ganci said it often happened that she or other athletes had to cry from exertion or pain. Ganci temporarily fell into anorexia, so she makes that coach jointly responsible. The same thing happened to Alyssa Thöni, also a synchronized swimmer, and figure skater Yoonmi Lehmann, she said. The French-speaking Swiss weighed only 30 kilos when she arrived at the hospital in 2019. All three report derogatory comments from their coaches about her weight at “NZZ am Sonntag”.

Keystone SDA under pressure

Pressure on the Keystone-SDA news agency is mounting, according to a report by “NZZ am Sonntag.” Several major publishers would resign from the services of the Keystone-SDA text and image agency in the next year, he said. The commuter newspaper “20 Minuten” will renounce all offers from the Swiss news agency from 2021. CH-Media and NZZ-Mediengruppe would also buy fewer services in the text area; continuous. Keystone-SDA declined to comment on the lost orders to “NZZ am Sonntag.” A spokesperson for Keystone-SDA only told the newspaper that the company continues to “claim to be an industrial solution as a multimedia news agency and contribute to diversity and quality in the Swiss media sector.”

Registry of donations in Libero Operation

According to the “SonntagsZeitung”, Operation Libero received a great response to the call it made on Wednesday for donations. In the first 24 hours, 130,000 francs were collected. The political organization had never received so many donations in one day. By Saturday, donations had risen to more than 200,000 francs, the newspaper wrote, citing information from the organization. “It is anything but natural for people to express their support for us, especially in the days of Corona,” co-president Laura Zimmermann told the newspaper. This is a confirmation that there are many people who find the work of Operation Libero important, he said. The organization wants to raise half a million through crowdfunding by the end of February to ensure its continued existence.

Swatch Group was the victim of a cyber attack

According to the “NZZ am Sonntag”, a cyber attack on the Swatch Group paralyzed the Omega factory in Biel at the end of September. Omega boss Raynald Aeschlimann confirmed this to the newspaper. “Omega’s production was completely stagnant for eight days,” he said. The attack hit the watchmaker’s highly automated warehouse especially hard. The year 2020 was generally a special one, Aeschlimann explained. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, 50 of the 170 boutiques had to close at times. However, no one at Omega has been laid off due to the corona virus. It was said that even the postponement of the new James Bond film did not have too great a negative impact.

Association takes legal action against Coop

According to the “SonntagsZeitung”, the detailwandel.ch association is initiating legal proceedings against the wholesaler Coop. Raffael Wüthrich, co-president of the association, told the newspaper that the cooperative broke the law in the elections for the regional council of the cooperative. “We will take legal action against Coop in the coming days and appeal to the civil court in Basel,” he said. The retailer changed the conditions for the regional council elections in an evening and foggy campaign in September and thus set significantly higher hurdles, it was said to justify. Now the signature of 6 instead of 2 percent of the cooperative members is required. These also need to be collected in 15 rather than 30 days.

Almost 200 UZH students apparently cheated

According to the “NZZ am Sonntag”, the University of Zurich has charged almost 200 people with exam fraud. Since then, a good half of them admitted to cheating online tests in the spring. But now the evidence the university brings against students has been shown to be scientifically questionable. Similar response patterns would be used as an indication. The accusations can hardly be refuted, but it was said.

Sommaruga on the burden in the presidential year

In an interview with Federal President Simonetta Sommaruga in the newspapers “Le Matin Dimanche” and “SonntagsZeitung”, the SP policy said, when asked about the balance of his presidential year, that the moment was psychologically very stressful. “Sometimes I feel the weight of responsibility late into the night,” Sommaruga said. To contain the spread of the coronavirus, he sincerely believes that much has been done to support the economy. But you have to be honest, no one knows where this coronavirus crisis is going. “The most difficult thing is the duration of the uncertainty,” emphasized Sommaruga. The SP politician does not accept the criticism of the Federal Council for having acted too late. “If the Federal Council had acted earlier, that would never have been accepted. Because the differences between the cantons were too great. Today the situation is worrisome everywhere, that’s why we get involved again, ”he said.

(bal / sda)