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Audrey Mangan

Audrey Mangan

Associate Editor Audrey Mangan is an associate editor for FasterSkier. She learned to ski in Mendon Ponds Park near Rochester, NY at the age of five, when her parents had to entice her onto the snow with a trail of [...]

Alex Matthews

Alex Matthews

Associate Editor An associate editor at FasterSkier, Alex Matthews was born to ski. What happened from there is anyone’s guess. With a Nordic center director for a dad, she learned the fundamentals early — first in northern New Hampshire and [...]

Kieran Jones

Kieran

FasterSkier Canadian Correspondent Kieran Jones is a wildly dedicated Nordic ski fan and skier. His enthusiasm for the sport stems from his parents’ forcing him into skiing early, rather than the traditional Canadian path of hockey. His fervor for skiing [...]

Chelsea Little

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Editor-At-Large, Biathlon Correspondent Chelsea Little began skiing with the Ford Sayre ski club in Hanover, NH, her sophomore year of high school as a way to stay in shape between cross-country and spring track. What began as fun soon turned [...]

Brian McKeever

Brian McKeever will make history at the 2010 Olympic Games by becoming the first winter sport athlete to compete at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. McKeever suffers from Stargardt’s disease, a degenerative vision condition that leaves the 30-year-old Canadian [...]

Madeleine Williams

A year ago at the 2009 World Cup in Whistler, Madeleine Williams had her best World Cup finish on the Olympic race course in the 15K pursuit. In a race that saw seven of her Canadian teammates place in the [...]

Brent McMurtry

Brent McMurtry, 23, notched his best World Cup result just one week before the Olympic Games with a 19th place finish in the classic sprint in Canmore. After placing a distant 66th the previous day in the 15K freestyle race, [...]

Stefan Kuhn

In his first Olympics, Stefan Kuhn looks to build upon his already successful career, highlighted by his outstanding sprint results. At the Olympic Trials in December, Kuhn impressed with a first place finish in the classic sprint in Canmore, which [...]

Gordon Jewett

Veteran racer Gordon Jewett races in his first Olympics in Vancouver. Back injuries plagued Jewett for much of his early years of senior level racing, but perseverance paid off and Jewett found himself poised to qualify for his first Olympic [...]

Drew Goldsack

Drew Goldsack

Four years ago in Torino, Drew Goldsack impressed with a 31st place finish in the freestyle sprint at the Games. 2007 brought a sixth place finish in the team sprint at the World Championships in Sapporo with Olympic teammate Devon [...]

Brittany Webster

Brittany Webster

At 22, Brittany Webster is the youngest member of the Canadian team, but brings a wealth of recent international junior racing experience that bodes well for her first Olympics in Vancouver. The Toronoto-native netted three top-30 results at the 2009 [...]

Dasha Gaiazova

Dasha Gaiazova, an alternate for the 2006 Games in Torino, looks poised for promising results at her first Olympic Winter Games.  She arrives in Vancouver on the heels of two impressive 12th place results in the recent World Cups in Estonia [...]

Perianne Jones

Perianne Jones

A five year member of the Senior National Team, Jones has progressively improved on the WC circuit leading up to this season, placing in the top-30 several times last year. Jones qualified for this year’s Olympic Team with a 6th [...]

Ivan Babikov

Ivan Babikov

A native of Russia, Babikov only recently received his Canadian citizenship, though he has been racing in the U.S. and Canada for a number of years. Excelling in distance races, Babikov won every North American distance race that he entered [...]

Alex Harvey

Alex Harvey

Harvey, age 21, has only 2 years on the Senior National Team, but an already impressive resume of results. A three time Canadian Junior champion, he won a silver and two bronze at World Junior events. Last season he continued [...]

Chandra Crawford

Chandra Crawford

An Olympic gold medal at the skate sprint in Torino was not enough to satisfy Chandra Crawford into complacency. The season following Crawford captured two WC golds and proved to the world that her Olympic medal was no fluke. But [...]

George Grey

George Gray

In his 10th year with the team, Grey has never skied in an Olympic year with such a strong men’s team. He is excited for the depth of the team and the prospects for team events. His focus being on [...]

Devon Kershaw

At his first Olympic games in 2006, Kershaw showed the nordic community his potential by winning the opening leg of the men’s relay. Following that he took bronze in a WC sprint and silver in the ‘07 Tour de Ski [...]

Sara Renner

Sara Renner

In her first full season back after having a daughter in February of 2007, Renner is looking to come back in full form, with “consistent top 10 results in distance racing” and “a return of my sprinting form”. As Dave [...]

Simi Hamilton

Simi Hamilton

Hometown: Aspen, CO Birthplace: Aspen, CO Birthdate: 05/14/1987 Height: 5-10 Weight: 180 Club: Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation School: Middlebury College Equipment: Fischer, Swix, Rudy Project Top Results: 2 time  U.S. Champion; 9 time Junior National Champion; 3 time NCAA [...]