Fankhauser inherits and wins on the Brünig

Not one of the many favorites, but the 27-year-old Entlebuch bricklayer Erich Fankhauser won the swing festival on the Brünig. For the first time since 2010 triumphed over the Brünig again a Central Switzerland.

Erich Fankhauser had no one on the bill. For three years and the victories in the canton of Lucerne and the Teilverbandsfest of Southwest Switzerland, Entlebucher no longer won any grand Schwingfest

. He succumbed to the Bernese Oberlander Simon Anderegg, who won his 100th crown in Brünig (5th place). Then he walked from the back to the top. Fankhauser beat Remo Schenkel (10:00), Simon Röthlisberger (9,75), Hanspeter Luginbühl (9,75), Florian Weyermann (9,75) and Ruedi Roschi (10:00). He did not defeat a single Confederate. But after six races, he had a quarter more in the account than Christian Stucki, the triple Brünig winner.

Fankhauser was hoping for a put closure. Jungpund Joel Wicki and fight king Kilian Wenger Fankhauser have done the favor. In the twelve-minute final, Wenger could not do more, and Wicki did not want to do more. "Maybe I should have risked more, but I was expecting Joel to do more," says Kilian Wenger

"My victory is Wicki's great achievement" [19659009] The final opponent Joel Wicki had his bill, but already done. "Even before the end, I realized that my colleague would win the event at a booth.Of course, I would have liked to win too.Finally, I told myself that I did not want to risk the final victory of Central Switzerland with too much risk, for me it is true: I am satisfied with my birthday, I am not hurt and I can hope for the next victory next week-end. "

Joel Wicki, the dominator of this season, crowned his teammate Erich Fankhauser, For Fankhauser, this triumph was "incredible" at first sight. He thanked Wicki ("My victory is the great merit of Wicki "And I take the victory, of course. But I admit, I did not even dream of winning such a party. It was too unrealistic for me. »

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