Articles from February 2010
- Magdalena Neuner (GER) claimed her second gold of the Olympics, overcoming two penalties to stage a come-from-behind win over Olga Zaitseva (RUS) and teammate Simone Hauswald.
Feb 21, 2010
- By Topher Sabot - Evgeny Usyugov (RUS) won the first biathlon Olympic men’s gold for Russia in 16 years, skiing away from bronze medalist Paval Hurajt (SVK) in the final lap. Martin Fourca...
Feb 21, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - With three rough outings at the Olympics already under his belt, Tim Burke (USA) had little to lose in Monday’s 15k mass start race. And in the words of Per Nilsson, Burke'...
Feb 21, 2010
- One of the most exciting and anticipated cross country races in the Games just ended. The 30 km Men's Pursuit race which involves 15 km in the classical technique followed by...
Feb 21, 2010
- By Aubrey Smith - Ida Sargent (DAR) dominated the women's races, while Franz Bernstein (UVM) held onto his yellow jersey in the classic race and Eric Packer (DAR) barely edged Wyatt Fereday (C...
Feb 21, 2010
- Michigan Tech’s Oskar Lund and Northern Michigan’s Laura DeWitt were the individual winners on day 1 of the NCAA’s Central Regional Championship on Saturday. The 5/10 k...
Feb 21, 2010
- By Topher Sabot - Kris Freeman (USA) suffered a debilitating blood sugar crash just before the midway point of 30km Olympic pursuit. Freeman collapsed, but finished the race after replenishi...
Feb 21, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - With temperatures at Whistler Olympic Park over 50 degrees on Saturday, it was easily warm enough for a bike race. And that was basically what spectators got, as the racing, ...
Feb 21, 2010
- Southam, the only American other than Kris Freeman to start the 30km pursuit, skied to a solid 34th place finish. This result is on par with his performance at t...
Feb 20, 2010
- By Topher Sabot - Entering these 2010 Olympic Games, the top result by a Canadian man was a 14th by the legendary Pierre Harvey in 1988. Ivan Babikov bettered that with an 8th place in the 1...
Feb 20, 2010
- By Ollie Burruss - Dussault blew away a small but talented women's field to take an authoritative victory. Widmer overcame a tough men's field of top North Americans to take victory in what w...
Feb 20, 2010
- By Topher Sabot - The cross-country men will have a difficult time matching the women in today’s 30km pursuit. Expect a tight pack for most of the race, with the medals decided in the last...
Feb 20, 2010
- In the 15 km Pursuit Women's Cross-country competition, Marit Björgen of Norway was able to repeat her Olympic victory in the sprint. She had received super material "under ...
Feb 20, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - After being “screwed by the jury” in Wednesday’s sprint, according to one of her teammates, Canada’s Sara Renner had some unfinished business to take care of.
Feb 19, 2010
- By Topher Sabot - Two days after winning the 100th gold medal in Norway’s Winter Olympic history, Marit Bjoergen wasn’t ready to stop. She added to that tally Friday, skiing t...
Feb 19, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - The silver lining is out there somewhere, but time is running out for the Americans to find it in Whistler. Despite a beautiful day of sunny skies and spring-like conditions,...
Feb 19, 2010
- By Topher Sabot - The Whistler weather continues to surprise – in a good way. For the third consecutive day the sky is clear and the sun strong. Temperatures are climbing rapidly and wil...
Feb 19, 2010
- Yesterday everything went smoothly both in terms of the conditions for the racers as well as the weather. Those who followed the Olympics on TV, saw that we were treated to a...
Feb 19, 2010
- Read a first hand account of the Maine Huts and Trails Marathon that was held last weekend in beautiful Carrabassett Valley, Maine. Ira Weissman skied the 20km race and recou...
Feb 18, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - Anyone watching knew that it was going to be close. When Sergey Novikov (BLR) left the range after his final round of shooting in the 20k individual start, he led Norwegians...