What Neff, Keller, Colombo and co. say about Mathias Flückiger

One day after Switzerland won the World Team Championship title, Swiss television interviewed several athletes and national coach Bruno Diethelm about how they dealt with the doping allegations against Mathias Flückiger. Their reactions range from deeply affected to professionally distanced. Neff and Keller speak on a different channel.

It quickly becomes clear that the doping finding came as a shock to all the athletes who have been riding with or against Mathias Flückiger in mountain bike races for years. Vital Albin, Filippo Colombo and Thomas Litscher have all had to find a way to perform in these crucial weeks of the season. Team-mate Albin seems to have found it particularly difficult. National coach Bruno Diethelm has been in contact with Flückiger and tells us how he is trying to cope with the situation.

On blue News, Jolanda Neff expresses the well-intentioned but steep thesis that Flückiger must have been the victim of a malicious act. "Mathias is the sweetest person on earth, and we have a culture of fair sport in Switzerland," she said. Alessandra Keller is much more cautious on the same news portal: "I can't believe it, but I can't put my hand in the fire for someone else either." She obviously fears that the accusations will also rub off on her, as she emphasizes that her colleague in the Thömus RN Racing Team is a sole trader.

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