Swiss Leader of Ski World Championships at Crans-Montana Suspended Awaiting Trial
- Claude-Alain Schmidhalter, president of the Crans-Montana Alpine World Championships organizing committee, was suspended while awaiting a fraud trial.
- Swiss Ski provisionally suspended Schmidhalter as a federation vice president after the Valais prosecutor’s office indicted him.
- Swiss Ski said the case is unrelated to skiing, and Schmidhalter remains presumed innocent.
- The Alpine World Championships will begin in Crans-Montana on February 1, following a fire that killed 41 people and injured 115.
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The Alpine World Championships are due to be held in Switzerland in February. On Wednesday, the association's vice president was suspended and charged with fraud.
A few months after Crans-Montana's Alpine Ski World Championships, scheduled for February 1 to February 14, 2027, the president of the organizing committee was suspended from his duties. Claude-Alain Schmidhalter was also suspended from the position of vice president of the Swiss Ski Federation, pending the trial scheduled for October 27, after his [...] The article Suspended the president of the Crans-Montana Ski World Championships: he is at t…
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Swiss leader of ski world championships at Crans-Montana suspended awaiting trial
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — The organizing president of the Alpine skiing world championships in Crans-Montana in February was suspended Wednesday as he awaits trial for fraud in his business.
Mega-Wirbel a few months before the Ski World Cup 2027 in Switzerland: The head of the organization of the big event resigns after serious fraud charges.
In a few months, the World Ski Championship will rise in Crans-Montana. However, a side-show-place threatens to cloud the festival.
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