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MWSC biathletes BethAnn Chamberlain and Walt Shepard, along with MWSC alum, Laura Spector, headed to Germany today for the last stage of Olympic Trials. They will be joined by Zach Hall, Susan Dunklee and Sarah Studebaker for a training camp at Rhupold...
Christmas has come and gone, and the next phase of the season is just around the corner. The Cross-Country World Cup continues with the Tour de Ski, starting on January 1st in Oberhof, Germany. The first three events of the Tour are in Oberhof – the Prologue, a 10/15km classical pursuit and a classic sprint. The Nordic Combined World Cup also picks up in Oberhof, overlapping with the Tour. Two competitions are on the 2nd...
Tim Burke is in the New York Times again and Laura Spector in the Boston Globe. Taking dead aim – Larua Spector in the Boston Globe
In exactly nine days, the fourth edition of the Viessmann FIS Tour de Ski performance by Craft Sportswear will get underway. For the first time this exciting race series will start on New Year’s Day in Oberhof, Germany. This season, the three Oberhof Stages will be followed by a sprint in Prague. After a rest day the Tour will continue with another premiere, an A to B race from Cortina to Toblach with a 17...
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO (Dec. 23) – He said it could have been anyone’s day. But Wednesday belonged to hometown hero Johnny Spillane (Steamboat Springs, CO) who, in front of family, friends and fans, solidified a nomination to the 2010 U.S. Olympic Team for nordic combined at Olympic Trials in Steamboat. Less than a mile from where he grew up, Spillane entered the cross country round at the grounds of Howelsen Hill sitting third behind fellow...
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# of days since I’ve been in VT: 33 # of different hotels/houses I’ve stayed in: 5 # of races I’ve done: 10 # of times I skied around the same 2.5 k loop of manmade snow at Mt. Itasca, in races alone: 19 % of biathlon races that I made a dumb mistake in: 40% % of shots hit [...]
The first period of World Cup racing has come to an end and I could not be happier with the result. Taking over the Yellow bib in the last race really was a dream come true for me. I am honored to be the first American to reach the top of the World Cup rankings. [...]
The first period of World Cup racing has come to an end and I could not be happier with the result. Taking over the Yellow bib in the last race really was a dream come true for me. I am honored to be the first American to reach the top of the World Cup rankings. [...]
Currently sitting in the Milwaukee Airport. Hoping to make my way back east after being in Minnesota for the last week racing in the world team trials for biathlon. The races went as well as they probably should have for me. With the lack of snow in N...
Currently sitting in the Milwaukee Airport. Hoping to make my way back east after being in Minnesota for the last week racing in the world team trials for biathlon. The races went as well as they probably should have for me. With the lack of snow in N...
CANMORE, Alta.—Canada’s Brian McKeever has done his part, and is ready for an opportunity to hit the start line at Whistler Olympic Park in February and ski into the history books as the first-ever athlete to compete at the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The 30-year-old McKeever won the men’s 50-kilometre Haywood NorAm individual start classic-ski race in convincing fashion on Tuesday which boosts his chances of securing a spot on Canada’s Olympic Cross-Country Ski...
Vancouver – The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear arguments in the case of the women ski jumpers suing VANOC to participate in the 2010 Olympics, according to Ross Clark, Q.C., lead counsel for the women and a partner with Davis LLP in Vancouver. “We are very disappointed the Supreme Court of Canada does not view this as matter of national importance and will not have the opportunity to hear our arguments,” Clark said. ...
The International Competition Committee of the US Biathlon Association has named the following athletes to the IBU Cup Team for January 2010. The athletes will compete at Altenberg, Germany 7-10 January and Nove Mesto, CZE 13-16 January.
Mt Itasca, Coleraine, MN – Perfect corduroy greeted athletes at Mt Itasca for Day 5 of competition of the World Team Trials. BethAnn Chamberlain (Grand Rapids, MN) came out swinging and posted the only clean shooting of the day. So far, the Trial events had not gone well for Chamberlain and she needed a victory in order to qualify for the IBU Cup team. Though she now calls Presque Isle, ME home, Chamberlain...
Today the International Competition Committee of the US Biathlon Association has named the following athletes to the Youth & Junior World Championship Team. The athletes will compete at Torsby, Sweden from January 26 through February 3, 2010. Junior Women: Competition 19-Dec 20-Dec 22-Dec 2 of 3 Ranking Sprint Pursuit Sprint TOTAL 1 Boutot, Grace 100.99 102.08 106.67 208.75 2 Byrne, Addie 102.63 101.10 95.27 203.73 Youth Women: Competition 19-Dec 20-Dec 22-Dec 2 of 3 Ranking...
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