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Source: Keystone
17 years ago, today, on May 11, 2003, King of Struggle Christian Stucki celebrated the first crown festival victory with the triumph at the Emmental Wrestling Festival in Wasen. It is the beginning of a great career.
After the first victory, the national sports agency wrote that sooner or later Stucki would be a serious candidate to win the Schwingerkönig title. At the time, the 18-year-old from Zealand didn’t think until now, but this success had definitely given him a boost.
However, the sport in sawdust was not everything at the time. Stucki talks about youthful sins. “I had a lot of fun swinging, but I also wanted to enjoy life and hang out with colleagues.” The right click was made after the 2013 Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival in Burgdorf, where he finished second after a final loss against Matthias Sempach. Although he had trained well before, after this success he approached everything even more professionally. Last August he was crowned with victory at the “Federal” in Zug.
42 crown festivities and 128 crowns
Maybe it would have worked if I had invested more earlier. But it turned out well, I can be satisfied with my success, “Stucki says by phone to the Keystone-SDA news agency. 42 crowns festivities and 128 crowns adorn its impressive Palmarès. However, success in Zug could not be expected, as Stucki suffered an internal ligament tear in his left knee in May 2019 and only returned three weeks before the event in Zug. That was a bonus for him, “when I moved out of focus and I could see everything relatively relaxed.” In addition, the physical efforts that a season brings with it no longer apply.
Stucki, who was named “Swiss Athlete of the Year” in December, is now even more recognized. Is that sometimes tedious? “It depends on the shape of the day. We are all human beings and we cannot always be in a good mood. Sometimes I make a good face of an almost bad game. But it’s not that I’m annoying or that I always feel annoyed. That is part of being in public.
“Sometimes he was almost too kind and he defended me very little”
In any case, Stucki is someone who already stands out from his height: he measures 1.98 m and weighs 140 kg. It fell out of the ordinary as a child. Was that why they teased him sometimes? I wouldn’t say I’m kidding. I have always been a “dear Chaib”. Sometimes it was almost too sweet and she fought very little. But how does this character fit in with the swing, in which athletes are called “the bad guys”? «The fight man against man is something different from daily life, I can change there. But surely sometimes it would not be bad if the character’s traits were different ».
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Christian Stucki celebrates his victory in the final course against Joel Wicki
The two final course participants Christian Stucki (right) and Joel Wicki are picked up by their comrades. Finally, Wicki is number 1 in the ranking with Stucki; he can call himself “first crowned”
Joel Wicki before the final course at the source
Christian Stucki clenches his fists. He is a king of fighters
Christian Stucki celebrates his win with his Bern teammates
Christian Stucki is the king of wrestling
Christian Stucki applauds, Joel Wicki on the ground: Berner Hüne is the new king of wrestling
The defining moment in the final year: Christian Stucki turns Joel Wicki on his back
Christian Stucki celebrates his victory in the final course against Joel Wicki
The two final course participants Christian Stucki (right) and Joel Wicki are picked up by their comrades. Finally, Wicki is number 1 in the ranking with Stucki; he can call himself “first crowned”
Joel Wicki before the final course at the source
Christian Stucki clenches his fists. He is a king of fighters
Christian Stucki celebrates his win with his Bern teammates
In addition to the man-to-man fight, Stucki is fascinated by hanging around, colleagues. “You are an enemy in the sawdust and ten minutes later they joke together in the locker room,” says Stucki. The fact that she can no longer live her passion for the crown virus (all crown celebrations were canceled in late August) “is quite difficult. But it is also a relief. Uncertainty was what hit morale. Now we can reschedule for next season.
“I will definitely continue until Pratteln 2022”
Does the lost season mean that you will now extend your career for a year, after all, can you get some capital from the Schwingerkönig title? I’ve already considered it. I will definitely continue to Pratteln (where the federal will take place in 2022). Then I look at how to do it. But it is certainly not inconceivable to add another season. After all, Stucki now knows her body so well that she knows exactly when she can do what and when she needs to relax.
But this is all a dream of the future. Right now she likes not having as many commitments and being able to spend more time with the family. He works as a trucker three days a week, otherwise he takes care of the two children and helps his wife “as best as possible” at home. “This is certainly a positive aspect of the entire crisis,” says Stucki.
