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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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    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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    Simi Hamilton (USA)
    Simeon "Simi" Hamilton is a 9-time Junior Champion and 3-time All-American whose sprint speed this season led him to win 4 sprint qualifiers in North America and one at the 2010 U23 Championships in Germany.
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    Caitlin Compton (USA)
    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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    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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    Holly Brooks (USA)
    Holly started this season out with a bang, winning three SuperTour races and taking second in three more.  With these races Holly put herself in position to be named to the 2010 Olympic Team.  Most recently, in the Canmore World Cups she took 21st in the sprint qualification and 24th in the 1...
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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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    Gordon Jewett (CAN)
    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 Games after racing to his first national title in 2009 in...
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    Ivan Babikov (CAN)
    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 in the 2007-08 season, with the exception of one 2nd place...
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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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