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Interview: Randall Roles Again
Mar 20, 2010
 - Kikkan Randall kept on rolling, turning in a career-best 14th place distance performance in Falun, Sweden.
Northug Sprints To Victory in Falun
Mar 20, 2010 - By Topher Sabot
 - Petter Northug once again used his finish speed to win the mass start pursuit in Falun.  Tobias Angerer was 2nd, just ahead of Lukas Bauer (CZE). 1 Comment
Fourcade, Hauswald Double Up in Norway
Mar 20, 2010 - By Nathaniel Herz
 - Two athletes, two races, four wins. Saturday morning, Germany’s Simone Hauswald and France’s Martin Fourcade each took their second consecutive biathlon World Cup victor...
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Barnes-Colliander Doubles Up With Win in Fort Kent Pursuit; Roberts Gets First Victory
Mar 20, 2010 - By Nathaniel Herz
 - Sometimes, pretty good is good enough, and in Saturday’s races at the North American Biathlon Championships, that was the case. Despite a smattering of misses by each of t...
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Cologna, Kowalczyk Win World Cup Finals Prologue
Mar 19, 2010 - By Nathaniel Herz
 - The distance of the first race of the World Cup finals may have been unfamiliar, but the pair of names atop the results sheet on Friday were anything but. Though rarely race...
2018 Applicant Cities submit Application Files to IOC
Mar 18, 2010
 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that all three cities applying to become candidates to host the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in 2018 have submitted th...
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Barnes-Colliander, Simons Win Biathlon Sprint Titles
Mar 18, 2010 - By Nathaniel Herz
 - Neither Tracy Barnes-Colliander nor Casey Simons got what they really wanted this winter, which was a trip to Vancouver to compete in the 2010 Olympics. But after today’s ...
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Biathlon Championships Set to Blast Off in Maine
Mar 18, 2010 - By Nathaniel Herz
 - You can always count on snow in northern Maine. Throw in skis and guns, and you’ve got a recipe for a pretty good week. Three days of racing kick off this morning at the N...
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Andrew Johnson and Marshall Greene weigh in on Engadin
Mar 17, 2010 - By Aubrey Smith
 - Johnson and Greene just returned from the Engadin Ski Marathon in Switzerland, where they raced against a very competitive Worldloppet field, including winner Dario Cologna. 
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Book Review: The Night Olympic Team
Mar 16, 2010 - By Christa Case Bryant
 - Christa Case Bryant reviews Dr. Caroline Hatton's “The Night Olympic Team,” a fascinating first-hand look behind the scenes of the 2002 Salt Lake Doping scandal involving...
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Dario Cologna (SUI) and Suzanne Nystrom (SWE) win Engadin Ski Marathon; Johnson and Greene of U.S. in 31st, 34th
Mar 16, 2010 - By Aubrey Smith
 - Vancouver gold-medalist Cologna battled a very competitive field to win the FIS Cup marathon, while Nystrom had to beat local favorite Seraina Mischol. Andrew Johnson and Mar...
Interview: Randall Takes Third Career World Cup Podium
Mar 15, 2010 - By Topher Sabot
 - On Sunday Kikkan Randall finished 2nd in the freestyle sprint at the Holmenkollen Ski Stadium in Oslo, Norway.  Randall was coming off an excellent Olympics where she raced ... 4 Comments
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Antje Maempel (DU) and Franz Bernstein (UVM) take NCAA skate race titles
Mar 15, 2010 - By Aubrey Smith
 - Maempel helped Denver win the overall team championship with her fourth consecutive NCAA win, while Bernstein out-sprinted classic champion Matt Gelso (CU) and Martin Kaas (U...
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How Do You Get 15 Skiers to Slovenia?
Mar 13, 2010 - By Nathaniel Herz
 - The IOC hasn’t yet decided on a location for the 2018 Winter Olympics. But it’s safe to say that the road to those Games travels through Slovenia, where 15 American skier... 1 Comment
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Colorado’s Matt Gelso and Denver’s Antje Maempel take NCAA classic titles
Mar 11, 2010 - By Aubrey Smith
 - The first of two NCAA national collegiate championship races took place today at Howelsen Hill in "Ski Town USA". 7 Comments
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Waxing for 57,000
Mar 11, 2010
 - Classic technique for 90K, 57,000 registered skiers. Welcome to the 2010 Vasaloppet week.  A lot of folks need wax help. Toko is the wax supplier, providing assistance to an...
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Vasaloppet Oppet Spar
Mar 11, 2010
 - Sweden's Vasaloppet is considered the largest Nordic race in the world. The big deal is the 90K classic mass start at the end of the week. But there are several races over th...
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Consistency in World Cup Skiing
Mar 11, 2010 - By Joran Elias
 - Kris Freeman recently commented on his FasterSkier.com blog, "I am a serious contender for the most volatile and inconsistent skier on the world cup", in reference to his dis... 14 Comments
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Last Chance to Registar for the New England Ski Museum’s Bretton Woods Nordic Marathon
Mar 10, 2010
 - Registration for the New England Ski Museum’s Bretton Woods Nordic Marathon is open through 5 pm  (EST) on Wednesday, March 10.  The race will take place on Saturday, Mar...
2010 Olympic Gold and Silver Medalists to Visit Troops Overseas
Mar 10, 2010
 - The 2010 U.S. Olympic Nordic Combined Team takes the helm of the Armed Forces Entertainment  “Olympic Heavy Medal Tour,” bringing for the very first time, four Olympic m... 3 Comments