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CAS Overturns IOC’s Rule Against Dopers, Opens Door to Sochi for Yaroshenko, Matveeva, and Others

Chelsea LittleOctober 10, 2011

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) recently reached a decision which could drastically change the competitive landscape at the Sochi Olympics. “I can not describe in words how happy I will be able to defend the honor of Russia in Sochi,” Russian skier Natalia Matveeva told skisport.ru. Matveeva has stood on the World Cup podium ten times, and recently finished a two-year doping ban after testing positive for EPO. But even though she had...

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With Park City Time Trial, USST Readies for Winter

Audrey ManganOctober 8, 2011

The U.S. Ski Team (USST) wrapped up its first full week of a 14-day training camp in Park City, UT on Friday with an individual start classic rollerski time trial at Soldier Hollow. In the crisp Utah air at just under 6,000 feet, 16 men and 11 women completed the 16.5 k and 12.3 k courses, respectively. Noah Hoffman (USST/Team Homegrown), skiing on a pair of Swenors, bested the men’s field by over two minutes...

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New Quarry Road Trails in Maine Will Have “Something for Everyone”

Chelsea LittleOctober 7, 2011

When John Koons was growing up in Waterville, Maine forty years ago, skiing was the thing to do. “When I was a youngster we had a ski hill,” Koons told FasterSkier. “It was sponsored and run by Colby College. It was an alpine slope, and we had snowmaking and we had lights, and it was really a wonderful place for kids to go.” But like so many small hills around New England and the rest...

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Park City Fast and Female Event Brings Together Athletes from Across Disciplines

Audrey ManganOctober 5, 2011

On October 8, 25 elite female athletes from six different sports will come together in Park City for the fourth Fast and Female event in the US this year, and the first one in the States to include athletes from sports outside of cross country skiing. On Saturday afternoon from 1 to 4 pm at the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) Center for Excellence, girls ages 9 to 19 will be joining top biathletes,...

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NDC Thunder Bay, Len Valjas Highlight Massive Southern Ontario Training Camp

Kieran JonesOctober 4, 2011

Over 115 athletes, 30 coaches, the full National Development Center Thunder Bay (NDC T-Bay) roster, and Canadian National Ski Team (CNST) World Cup team member Len Valjas. Does this sound like any ski camp you’ve been to this year? Unless you’re in Norway, chances are it sounds more like a skiing fantasy rather than reality. Yet Ontario’s Team Hardwood, a club just outside of Orillia, Ontario, attracted the massive numbers in a training camp at...

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An Uncertain Future for Royal Gorge

Alex KochonOctober 3, 20111

The thing about Royal Gorge is, nobody really knows how big it is. Trail reports have varied since the cross-country ski resort went up on Donner Summit in 1971, suggesting the nearly 3,000-acre property offers anywhere between 195 to 320 kilometers of groomed terrain. Back in the early stages of the Royal Gorge’s rapid development in Soda Springs, Calif., founder John Slouber claimed it was the largest nordic ski area in North America. Forty years...

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After a Year of Health Struggles, Nilsson Forced into Early Retirement

Chelsea LittleOctober 3, 2011

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 last week that he had a leaky heart valve and that it was dangerous for him to continue competing in endurance sports. “I had been somewhat prepared that this could be the news, but not...

General Juniors Regional / Local

After “Giving It a Try” With Racing, Whiton Takes Over As Head Coach at Gould Academy

Chelsea LittleSeptember 30, 2011

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Fast and Female to Host First-Ever Park City Event October 8th

Chelsea LittleSeptember 27, 2011

A dynamic and inspiring group of world-class female athletes is preparing to host a once-in-a-lifetime Fast and Female event in Park City on October 8, 2011 at the USSA’s Center of Excellence. Held in partnership with the U. S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) and open to girls ages 9 to 19 practicing all sports, the event will feature an afternoon of fun and non-competitive dryland training followed by a motivational presentation. The activity will...

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A Relaxed Kuzzy Shifts Training Gears, Gives Back

Alex KochonSeptember 27, 20112

Note: This is the second profile in a new series about working out with high-performance athletes. While Alex Matthews was in Middlebury to observe and report, she focused on the kids who trained with U.S. Olympian Garrott Kuzzy at a summer camp. MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — Leaning on the back of his Volkswagen station wagon, Garrott Kuzzy smiled as his training partners arrived at the Middlebury College parking lot. All seven poured out of two vehicles....

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Stephen Takes Advantage of Summer Training; Primed for Winter

Kieran JonesSeptember 26, 2011

Despite her small stature, Liz Stephen had a big season in 2011-2012. She had the best string of World Cup results in her young career, finishing in the top 30 three times over the course of the World Cup season. Stephen also had a strong performance at the World Championships in Oslo, finishing an impressive 16th in the 30 k freestyle, as well as 24th in the 15 k skiathlon. The diminutive 24 year old,...

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Canyon Parks Mourns Loss of Winter Specialist

Alex KochonSeptember 26, 2011

When Kim Francom remembered Jessie Gardiner, the image of how they met rang crystal clear. Some 25 years ago, Gardiner had appeared on horseback, riding down a road in Park City, Utah. At the time, Francom had an adaptive horse-riding program in the area, and Gardiner immediately volunteered her services. Twenty years later, Francom needed a winter specialist as the Canyon Parks supervisor in Springville, Utah. He had made a point to keep in touch...

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How Andrus Veerpalu’s Doping Case Turned into a Mudfight

Chelsea LittleSeptember 26, 20113

As soon as the news broke that Estonian Olympic gold medalist and world champion Andrus Veerpalu had tested positive for human growth hormone (HGH), the ski world knew that a fight lay ahead. For Veerpalu and the Estonians, a doping ban would be disastrous; as FasterSkier reported a 1999 study by a group of European and Australian researchers showed that exercise did spike HGH levels in the bloodstream by more then tenfold, the decline was dramatic...

General News US Ski Team

Notes and Quotes from the Climb to the Castle

Topher SabotSeptember 23, 20111

Andy Newell is very pleased with the state of his fitness. After struggling to advance past the quarterfinals in many World Cup sprints last season, Newell feels like his endurance is better than ever. “I have never been able to keep up with Bird [Kris Freeman] and Tim [Tim Burke] and Hoff [Noah Hoffman] and guys like that during some of these level 4 intervals, but this summer I have been starting to ski alot...

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Russian Sprint Coach Poised to Take Leadership Position

Audrey ManganSeptember 22, 2011

Earlier this month, the Russian Ski Federation made public that current men’s sprint team coach, Yuri Kaminsky, was poised to become the next head coach of the entire Russian National Team. With the Sochi Olympics coming up in 2014, the depth of Russia’s 100-plus athlete program, and the team’s fight to clean up its skiers and its image, much depends on the appointment. If Kaminsky and the Federation can come to an agreement on the...

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Alberta World Cup Academy Hosts Running Race, World Champ Kershaw to Contend

Kieran JonesSeptember 21, 2011

If you’ve ever wanted a chance to beat a World Champion, you’re in luck. Of course, it won’t be easy. The Alberta World Cup Academy (AWCA), the Canadian training center based in Canmore, Alberta, is hosting the Spray Drag Running Race – and World Champion and Canadian National Ski Team (CNST) member Devon Kershaw is headlining the event. The idea is pretty similar to the recent ‘Climb to the Castle’ held at Whiteface Mountain in...

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UAF Coach Wins Equinox Marathon

Alex KochonSeptember 21, 20111

Not far from the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus lies a notorious climb – 2,000 feet in five kilometers – and every year, the college’s cross country and nordic ski team members test themselves on its terrain. For the last three years, Matt Dunlap, the assistant coach for both, clocked his athletes from the side of the steep trail as they forged ahead. A week after this year’s fall time trial, he found himself racing...

Biathlon General Interviews Juniors

Youth Olympic Games Presents: Anna Kubek

Chelsea LittleSeptember 14, 2011

(Note: This is the second in a series of interviews with athletes who will be competing at the first-ever winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria this winter. The first interview was with Sean Doherty.) Of all the biathletes set to compete at the Youth Olympic Games in January, Anna Kubek of Duluth, Minnesota, might have the least experience: she only picked up biathlon in 2010, and hadn’t even skied before that point. But to...

General News Racing

Former Olympian Jewett Becomes Cycling Provincial Champ

Kieran JonesSeptember 12, 2011

Canadian Olympian and Canadian National Ski Team veteran Gord Jewett is still racing – but on his bike, rather than a pair of skis. Earlier this month Jewett became Alberta Provincial Road Cycling Champion, taking top honors in the 130 k race in Lethbridge, Alberta. The 33 year old Jewett, who lives in Calgary, Alberta, retired from ski racing following the 2010 season, where he competed in the Vancouver Olympics. Jewett races for the Rundel...

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Spillane Returns to Competition, “One Step at a Time”

Audrey ManganSeptember 8, 2011

Johnny Spillane, three-time Olympic silver medalist in Nordic Combined, returned to competition last week at the FIS Summer Grand Prix. After a long knee injury recovery and subsequently difficult World Cup season left the 31-year-old’s plans for the future up in the air, his participation marked an important decision to continue skiing. The question remains, however: how long will he be back for? When an odd cliff jump landing put Spillane out for four months...

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