Rahel Arnold is familiar with falls, as evidenced by the bruises on her knees. “As long as you get up once more than you fall down, everything’s fine,” she says with a laugh.

It’s not her research that makes her prone to falls, but her second passion: when the computer science doctoral student is not working on her project, she is usually found on roller skates – either training in the arena or at roller figure skating competitions. “Like figure skating, but on wheels,” she explains, on this afternoon in mid-June. She’s scheduled to take part in the Swiss Championships in Basel a few days later. Last year, she was able to take home the Swiss Championship title in the figures category and was a runner-up in free skating.

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