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  • Brent McMurtry (CAN)
    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, McMurtry qualified 25th in the classic sprint and skied through the heats ...
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    Garrott Kuzzy (USA)
    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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    Brittany Webster (CAN)
    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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    Morgan Arritola (USA)
    Morgan Arritola was born in Bend, OR in 1986 and began skiing at 16 for the Sun Valley Sports Education Foundation. Despite her late start, Arritola clinched four JO titles and has been a member of the World Juniors team and U23s for the last 4 years. Arritola credits her coach Rick Kapala from SVS...
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    Devon Kershaw (CAN)
    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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    Kris Freeman (USA)
    Kris Freeman was born in Andover, NH in 1980, began ski racing at age five, and hasn’t stopped since. Freeman won J2 Nationals at 15, took 8th in the sprint at World Juniors at 18 and is the only male junior besides Bill Koch to ever win a Senior US National Title.
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    Dasha Gaiazova (CAN)
    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 and Canmore.
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    Liz Stephen (USA)
    Originally an alpine skier at Burke Mountain Academy in Vermont, Liz Stephen switched to Nordic in 10th grade. In her six years as a Nordic skier, Stephen has quickly ascended the ranks of Nordic competition under the coaching of Matt Whitcomb and the support of her teammates at Burke as well as on...
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    Drew Goldsack (CAN)
    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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    Stefan Kuhn (CAN)
    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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Results
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Northug Claims Individual Gold, Teichmann Silver
Feb 28, 2010 - By
 - Petter Northug used his trademark sprint to overtake Axel Teichmann in the homestretch to win his first individual gold medal of the 2010 Olympics. 2 Comments
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Kowalczyk Gets Her Gold, Bjoergen Ends Record Olympics With Silver
Feb 27, 2010 - By
 - Pouring rain, heavy snow, back to pouring rain, classic Whistler weather, and no one was more happy than Justyna Kowalczyk.  She plowed her way through the muck to earn the ... 5 Comments
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Bjoergen Leads Norway to Relay Gold
Feb 25, 2010 - By
 - Lightning. Bears. Concrete walls. Those are a few things that might be able to stop Norway’s Marit Bjoergen right now. Mere mortals from Italy, Finland, and Germany? Fat c...
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Norwegian Men Finally Golden as Northug Closes
Feb 22, 2010 - By
 - He had to wait, but Petter Northug finally got to show off his dominating sprint finish against his perennial whipping boy Axel Teichmann.  Northug and teammate Oystein Pett... 3 Comments
Neuner Comes Back for Second Gold, Third Medal of Games
Feb 21, 2010 - By
 - 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.
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Ustyugov Breaks out For Russia in Biathlon Mass Start
Feb 21, 2010 - By
 - 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... 6 Comments
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Bjoergen Doubles Down on Gold; Haag Breaks Through
Feb 19, 2010 - By
 - 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... 2 Comments
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Berger Captures 100th Norwegian Olympic Winter Gold in Women’s Biathlon
Feb 18, 2010 - By
 - As the second starter in the women's individual 15km, Tora Berger (NOR) had a long wait to see if her 1st place time would hold up, and when her last competitor crossed the l...
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Russians Win Gold and Silver in Men’s Sprint
Feb 17, 2010 - By
 - Russia took the top two spots in the men's classic sprint, overcoming a tough Norwegian triumvirate in the final.  Nikita Kriukov won gold, inches ahead of teammate Alexande... 2 Comments
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Bjoergen Leads Women’s Sprint Qualifier, Randall Through in 10th
Feb 17, 2010 - By
 - Marit Bjoergen (NOR) and Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) skied away form the competition in the women's classic sprint qualifier.  Kikkan Randall (USA) qualified in an excellent 1...
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Ferry Navigates Tough Biathlon Field, Claims Gold
Feb 16, 2010 - By
 - After several athletes in the men’s 12.5k biathlon pursuit started early, Swedish coaches were seen yelling at event officials, trying to get them to stop the race.  You c...
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Kalla Wins First Olympic Gold
Feb 15, 2010 - By
 - Charlotte Kalla (SWE) skied to a 6.6 second victory in the women's 10km freestyle under cloudy skies at Whistler Olympic Park on Monday morning. Kristina Smigaun-Vaehi (EST) ... 5 Comments
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