Sturz im Shuttlecock Corner - Cresta Run (Sports 2016, par Arnd Wiegmann) - Swiss Press Award

Arnd Wiegmann
An unidentified rider falls into straw as he fails to pass Shuttlcock Corner during a practice at the natural ice run of the Cresta Run in the Swiss mountain resort of St. Moritz February 6, 2015. The private St. Moritz Tobogganing Club (SMTC), with its world-wide membership, was founded in St Moritz 1887. The natural ice run starts in St. Moritz and winds its way down a valley to what was the village of Cresta, but which now forms part of the village Celerina. It is approximately 3/4 mile (1,212m) in length with a drop of 514 feet (157m) and has to be built new every year from snow and water. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND)
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1re place
Photo / Sports
2016
Arnd Wiegmann
Les coureurs de skeleton qui s’élancent pour le Cresta Run, entre Saint-Moritz et Celerina, peuvent atteindre des vitesses jusqu’à 130 km / h. Le canal de glace, c’est la piste de luge du très sélect Saint-Moritz Tobogganing Club. Son passage le plus dangereux, protégé par des bottes de paille, est le Shuttlecock. Une chance pour ce coureur, inconnu, le 6 février 2015.
