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    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 first Olympics in Vancouver. The Toronoto-native netted three top-30 results at the 2009 U23 World Championships in Praz de Lys, including a ...
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    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 Wood points out, Renner has always been an all-around skier, excelling in ...
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    Torin Koos was born in Leavenworth, Washington in 1980 and began skiing with his local Leavenworth Winter Sports Club. Encouraged by his parents and first coach T.J. Owen, Koos knew in second grade that he wanted to be an Olympic athlete. It wasn’t until his early years at the University of Utah,...
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    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 sprint.
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    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 should come as no surprise given his strong World ...
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    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.
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    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 Kershaw. In front of the home crowd in Canmore in 2008, Goldsack sk...
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    Garrott Kuzzy first began ski racing in eighth grade in his hometown of Hayward, Wisconsin. Kuzzy competed in his first World Cup in 2008 in Canmore, clinching ninth in the freestyle sprint.  He will be part of the 2010 Olympic team in Vancouver.
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    Caitlin Compton began her ski career as an alpine skier and switched full time to Nordic her junior year of high school. After winning a race at JOs in 1999 and being named to the Junior World Team in 2000, Compton pursued her studies at Northern Michigan University.
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    Kikkan Randall began ski racing in high school as a way to stay in shape for running during the off-season and quickly became one of the top U.S. Junior racers, following in the footsteps of her aunt and 1980 U.S. Olympian, Betsy Haines. As part of the U.S. Ski Team, Kikkan has been a nine-time US ...
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 - Olympic gold medalist Beckie Scott was the Chef de Mission for team Canada in Innsbruck. In an interview, she talked about the Youth Olympic Games and their role in athlete development.
Canadian Coach Max Thompson congratulates Team Germany's Coach following the Team Jumping event in Seefeld
 - Team Canada surprises the traditional jumping powerhouses to take a historic Bronze in the YOG Team Ski Jumping event in Seefeld.
Heather Mooney cheers on teammate Paddy Caldwell as he leads Russian Alexander Selyaninov--Classic event Gold medalist-- into the stadium on the final lap
 - Sean Doherty, Heather Mooney, Anna Kubek and Paddy Caldwell finish a historic third in Youth Olympic Games XC/Biathlon Mixed Relay. Germany takes Gold, Russia outsprints US f... 2 Comments
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 - History was made in Seefeld Arena as Team USA-- consisting of  Biathletes Anna Kubek and Sean Doherty and Cross-Country skiers Heather Mooney and Patrick Caldwell-- crossed... 1 Comment
Desperate to leave their mark on the Youth Olympic Games, the Norwegians gave it everything tonight in the Freestyle Sprints
 - Norwegians finally leave their mark, taking both top spots in the YOG Freestyle Sprints in Seefeld. Paddy Caldwell skis a brilliant race, bringing home an unexpected 5th plac...
Frenzied fans line the finishing straight for Tuesday's YOG Classic Event
 - While Standard and Poors may have recently downgraded Austria’s credit-worthiness to ‘AA’, no one is questioning Tyrol’s ability to put on world class ski races. Russ... 3 Comments
Chloe Chevalier of France leads Anna Kubek down the first descent
 - Russian Uliana Kaysheva avoids shooting complications to win Gold in the Women's 7.5km Biathlon Pursuit in Seefeld. American Anna Kubek of Duluth led the North Americans with...
Cheng Harden Standing 1
 - Moments after Stuart Harden crossed the finish line in first place, it appeared to be a dream come true for the young Canadian biathlete. However, it wasn’t meant to be. Th...
The Seefeld Biathlon Stadium: Garnished with blue skies and white Alps
 - With a Nordic Combined Individual Gunderson event in the morning followed by the Biathlon Sprint event in the afternoon, Day Three at the Winter Youth Olympic Games was packe...
Youth Olympians prepare for takeoff atop the HS 75 meter hill in Seefeld
 - Japan's Sara Takanashi and Slovenia's Anze Lanisek earn the first Gold Medals of the 2012 Youth Winter Olympic Games during the Individual Ski Jumping competitions in Seefeld...
Innsbruck's downtown boulevard "Maria Theresien Strasse" is alive with Youth Olympic spirit.
 - With athletes from 70 countries watching, the first-ever Youth Olympic Games kicked off with opening ceremonies in Innsbruck, Austria.
 - On Monday, Austria's national anti-doping agency found Christian Hoffmann guilty of doping charges and handed the world champion a six-year ban from cross-country skiing. Som... 7 Comments
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 - The king of biathlon is "hungry for wins." Here, he trash-talks Emil Hegle Svendsen, laughs at the idea of retiring in your 30s, and admits that he should hire someone to do ...
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 - In an exclusive interview, the Czech - who loves emoticons! - talked about training with the Germans, working on his sprint speed, and trying not to think about how long Andr...
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 - The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that the International Olympic Committee could not bar athletes who had completed their doping bans from competing at subsequent Olym...
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 - Swedish biathlete Mattias Nilsson, a two-time Olympian, was diagnosed with a leaky heart valve last week and had no choice but to leave competitive sports at age 29.
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 - The Estonian star's case has been full of misunderstandings, and neither side has conducted themselves completely gracefully. 3 Comments
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 - Estonian skiers have collected a total of 17 medals at Olympics and World Championships over the past 12 years. But now the country faces a crossroads - and a crisis. 2 Comments
Zidek on the homestretch in the 15km individual competition at the 2010 Olympic Games.
 - The Swede switched from skiing to biathlon at age 29, and won Olympic gold just four years later. In December, she became the oldest athlete to ever win a World Cup at age 37.
 - Biathlete Tim Burke talked to FasterSkier about recovering from compartment syndrome surgery, sci-fi training tools, and the choice of Pyeong Chang for the 2018 Olympics.
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