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    Sara Renner (CAN)
    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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    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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    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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    Perianne Jones (CAN)
    A five year member of the Senior National Team, Jones has progressively improved on the WC circuit leading up to this season, placing in the top-30 several times last year. Jones qualified for this year’s Olympic Team with a 6th place finish in the team sprint (along with Sara Renner) at the Libe...
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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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    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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    Alex Harvey (CAN)
    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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    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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    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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    Kikkan Randall (USA)
    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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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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