SEEFELD IN TIROL, Austria— It’s been a week of memorable firsts here in Seefeld Stadium during these Winter Youth Olympic Games. The very Youth Games themselves, hosted by the Austrian city of Innsbruck, served as the winter debut for the [...]
FS Video Exclusive: USA Takes Bronze in Inaugural YOG Mixed Relay
SEEFELD IN TIROL, Austria– Anna Kubek, Heather Mooney, Sean Doherty and Paddy Caldwell have some important news they’d like to share with you. History was made here in the storied Seefeld Arena during the Cross-Country/Biathlon Mixed Relay event, with [...]
YOG Freestyle Sprints: Scandinavians Back on Top, Caldwell Wins ‘Biggest Loser’ Competition to take 5th
January 19, 2012 By David McCahill
SEEFELD IN TIROL, Austria— Today’s evening sprints in Seefeld were big for the Scandinavians. Having walked away from the sole distance event of Games with nothing but a pair of clunky 4th place “wooden medals”, the Nordic powerhouse nations came [...]
YOG Day Five: Russia Doubles Down in Classic Distance Races, Mooney Posts Top North American Finish with 13th
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. Clear skies and cold temperatures delayed start times by one hour, but the resulting bomber [...]
YOG Women’s Biathlon Pursuit: Perfect Conditions, Tricky Racing—Kubek Leads North Americans in 10th
January 16, 2012 By David McCahill
SEEFELD IN TIROL, Austria– Every Nordic race director is well versed in Murphy’s Law. Today, Seefeld Stadium was more or less the Titanic—the unsinkable race venue. Temps were cold, the loops were covered with a meter and a half of [...]
YOG: Men’s Biathlon 10km Pursuit—Homberg delivers Gold for Germany, Bittersweet 7th for Canada’s Stuart Harden
January 16, 2012 By David McCahill
SEEFELD IN TIROL, Austria In his address to the competitors and spectators who packed the bleachers of the Bergisel stadium during the Opening Ceremonies of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, IOC President Jacques Rogge emphasized the importance [...]
YOG Day Three Recap: Double Duty for the Double Hitters in Seefeld
January 15, 2012 By David McCahill
–SEEFELD IN TIROL, Austria It was a busy day for the double hitters today in Seefeld during the second day of competition at the Youth Olympic Games. Bluebird skies, calm winds, and perfect tracks delivered the type of conditions that [...]
YOG Day One: Jumpers Soar in Seefeld
January 14, 2012 By David McCahill
SEEFELD IN TIROL, Austria– Beneath crisp blue skies, the world’s finest junior ski jumpers flew into the annals of Olympic history today in Seefeld, Austria. The individual ski jumping event marked the first competition event to be held at the [...]
Inaugural Youth Winter Olympic Games Underway: Herzlich Willkommen in Innsbruck!
January 13, 2012 By David McCahill
INNSBRUCK, Ausria – Welcome to Innsbruck, Austria! After a 36 year hiatus, Olympic competition has now returned to the bustling university city of Innsbruck for a third time in the form of the Inaugural Youth Winter Olympic Games. The capital [...]
Interview: Bjørndalen Says “Nordic Skiing Is Terribly Boring, It Can’t Even Compare With Biathlon”
November 15, 2011 By Chelsea Little
“Not Successful” in Oslo, Bauer Refocuses on Tour de Ski, Overall World Cup for 2012
November 8, 2011 By Chelsea Little
CAS Overturns IOC’s Rule Against Dopers, Opens Door to Sochi for Yaroshenko, Matveeva, and Others
October 10, 2011 By Chelsea Little
After a Year of Health Struggles, Nilsson Forced into Early Retirement
October 3, 2011 By Chelsea Little
Swedish biathlete Mattias Nilsson is hanging up his rifle at age 29, he abruptly announced on Thursday. After struggling with health problems all year – including hemochromatosis, when too much iron builds up in the body – Nilsson received confirmation [...]
Starting from Nothing: Estonian Skiing, Past, Present, and Future
Before flying to Estonia last January, I didn’t know much about that nation’s cross-country skiers aside from their names—and their medal records. Jaak Mae, Andrus Veerpalu, and Kristina Smigun-Vaehi—between the three of them, seven Olympic and 10 World Championship medals. [...]
Olympic Gold Medalist Anna Carin Zidek Retires
July 22, 2011 By Chelsea Little
After a long spring of indecision, Anna Carin Zidek of Sweden finally announced her retirement from biathlon last week. “I no longer have any desire, my motivation has disappeared, and so I will stop,” the 2006 Olympic gold medalist told [...]
Burke is Back!
July 20, 2011 By Chelsea Little
Canadian Anti-Doping Efforts Move Forward with Blood Passport Program
July 14, 2011 By Chelsea Little
Between April 2010 and March 2011, the Canadian Center for Ethics in Sport (CCES) administered 3,708 urine tests and 436 blood tests in its efforts to curb doping by Canadian athletes. In the last quarter of that year, skiers and [...]
