David McCahill – FasterSkier

YOG: Capping an Outstanding Day for North America, Canadians Fly to Bronze in Team Jumping

David McCahillJanuary 22, 2012

SEEFELD IN TIROL, Austria— Despite significant recent snowfall, the Youth Olympic Games staff managed to polish the HS 75 meter jump in Seefeld Arena in time for Saturday’s Team Jumping event—the final Nordic event of the Games. The Canadian Team— consisting of female special jumper Taylor Henrich, male special jumper Dusty Korek and Nordic Combined skier Nathaniel Mah— managed to take advantage of the inconsistent conditions to secure a historic Bronze medal. The team...

Biathlon Juniors Olympics Uncategorized

YOG: US Mixed Relay Team Powers Its Way onto the Podium and into the History Books

David McCahillJanuary 21, 20122

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 International Olympic Committee’s latest concoction, thereby making Innsbruck— the two time host of the Olympic Games, in 1964 and 1976— the first city to host three Olympic Games. The Youth Games is a shiny new...

Biathlon Juniors Olympics

FS Video Exclusive: USA Takes Bronze in Inaugural YOG Mixed Relay

David McCahillJanuary 21, 20121

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 Team USA crossing the line in 3rd to take the Bronze medal. A detailed report will follow shortly.

Juniors Olympics

YOG Freestyle Sprints: Scandinavians Back on Top, Caldwell Wins ‘Biggest Loser’ Competition to take 5th

David McCahillJanuary 19, 2012

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 out this evening with their guns blazin’. But the Americans, specifically members of the Caldwell family, have a history of turning heads in Seefeld. This time around it was young Paddy who made quite a...

Juniors Olympics

YOG Day Five: Russia Doubles Down in Classic Distance Races, Mooney Posts Top North American Finish with 13th

David McCahillJanuary 19, 20123

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 tracks in Seefeld Stadium heated up quickly beneath the skis of the world’s fastest Junior racers during Tuesday’s YOG Classic races. Russian athletes took advantage of the familiar brisk conditions to steal the show—in the...

Biathlon Juniors Olympics

YOG Women’s Biathlon Pursuit: Perfect Conditions, Tricky Racing—Kubek Leads North Americans in 10th

David McCahillJanuary 16, 2012

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 perfectly groomed snow, thousands of cowbell clanging Tyroleans lined the course, and the IBU’s finest were on hand to supervise. The Women’s 7.5km Pursuit event at the Youth Olympic Games was to go off without...

Biathlon Juniors Olympics

YOG: Men’s Biathlon 10km Pursuit—Homberg delivers Gold for Germany, Bittersweet 7th for Canada’s Stuart Harden

David McCahillJanuary 16, 2012

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 of the Games with respect to the core Olympic values. “You have a chance to be true champions, not only by winning medals, but by conducting yourself like Olympians,” Rogge told the 1,078 Youth Olympians...

Biathlon Juniors Nordic Combined Olympics

YOG Day Three Recap: Double Duty for the Double Hitters in Seefeld

David McCahillJanuary 15, 2012

–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 race directors dream of. Nordic Combined Men’s Individual Competition Action kicked off Sunday morning with the Nordic Combined Men’s Individual competition. Competitors took part in one competitive round of jumping held on the HS...

Juniors Olympics Ski Jumping

YOG Day One: Jumpers Soar in Seefeld

David McCahillJanuary 14, 2012

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 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games. As if to prove that world-class ski jumps are more prevalent in Austria than are Mini-Golf courses in Fort Lauderdale, Youth Olympic action shifted today across the Inn River valley...

Juniors Olympics

Inaugural Youth Winter Olympic Games Underway: Herzlich Willkommen in Innsbruck!

David McCahillJanuary 13, 2012

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 city of the alpine province of Tyrol in Austria’s western panhandle, Innsbruck twice hosted the world during the 1964 and 1976 Olympic Winter Games and now proudly bears the distinction of being the only city...