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Just Shy of Podium, Bryan Fletcher, Lodwick Combine for U.S. NoCo’s Best Team Sprint in Fourth

Emily SchwingDecember 14, 2013

Bryan Fletcher and Todd Lodwick narrowly missed the podium in the 2 x 7.5-kilometer sprint in Ramsau, Austria, finishing fourth for U.S. Nordic Combined's best result in a team sprint. "We train all summer and to have a result like [this] is humbling,” Lodwick says. “We’re really, really proud to put Norway in its place and to know that we are the fastest team out there, whether it’s by a second or ten seconds, it doesn’t matter."

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Weekend Roundup: Live From Hochfilzen and U.S. Women Go Big in Lillehammer

FasterSkierDecember 9, 2013

FasterSkier reported live at the IBU World Cup in Hochfilzen, Austria, and 2,000 kilometers north in Lillehammer, Norway, the U.S. cross-country and nordic-combined teams found success in Lillehammer. NorAm racing kicked off in British Columbia, and Bozeman SuperTour skiers braved the cold to get distance races in after Saturday's sprints were canceled.

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Demong Gets It Done in Placid with Ninth National Title; Van and Alexander Dominate Ski Jumping

FasterSkierOctober 14, 2013

Billy Demong put himself in fighting position and went on to win Sunday's 10 k rollerski at U.S. Nordic Combined Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y., holding off the Fletcher brothers for his ninth national title.

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Sochi Unveils Olympic Medals – Soon To Come to North America?

Chelsea LittleMay 31, 2013

The Sochi Organizing Committee showed off, for the first time, the beautiful meals that will be up for grabs at the Olympics in February. Across the nordic sports, North Americans could medal in, we estimate, four events - and if you start talking a little crazy, maybe almost a dozen sets of the handcrafted hardware could come back across the Atlantic.

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Taylor Fletcher Rises to the Top, Achieves Nordic Combined Skier of the Year

Alex KochonApril 27, 2013

After reaching the World Cup podium and helping his team land a historic bronze at World Championships, Taylor Fletcher is FasterSkier's Nordic Combined Skier of the Year at the age of 22.

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Spillane Calls It a Career, Explains Decision Before 2014 Olympics

Alex KochonApril 23, 2013

Last week, Johnny Spillane announced his retirement after well over a decade on the U.S. Nordic Combined Team. The four-time Olympian explains why he decided to call it a career before the 2014 Winter Games.

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Weekly Roundup: Norway, Khanty-Mansiysk, Toblach and Fairbanks

Chelsea LittleMarch 18, 2013

From Drammen to nearby Oslo, to a frigid and snowy biathlon weekend in Siberia, and Norwegian dominance and U.S. junior nationals - a lot of exciting racing this weekend, much of it with extra significance as the end of the season draws near.

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Fletcher Flies at Holmenkollen with Fifth-Place Finish

Audrey ManganMarch 15, 2013

When Taylor Fletcher jumps just a bit farther on the hill it will be a frightening day for nordic combined world. In the penultimate World Cup of the season on Friday in Oslo, Norway, the 22-year-old skied the fastest 10 k time of the day by 17 seconds to move from 23rd after the jumping competition to fifth at the end of the cross-country race. Fletcher led three Americans in the top 15.

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Weekly Roundup: A Crystal Globe, NCAAs and More from Sochi

Audrey ManganMarch 11, 2013

With only a few weeks left of racing across the nordic sports at each competitive level, the season is beginning to show distinct signs of drawing to a close. Most notably, Kikkan Randall (USA) won her one and only shot at a freestyle sprint duel with Marit Bjørgen (NOR) in Lahti, Finland, and in the process locked down the sprint crystal globe a full three competitions before the end of the season. Emil Joensson (SWE) did the...

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Weekly Roundup: World Championships, Oslo, Vasaloppet

Chelsea LittleMarch 5, 2013

The classic races of World Championships took place in Val di Fiemme: interval start, relay, marathon. Biathletes competed in Oslo, Americans held their own in Slavic Cup action, and Swedes (and everyone else) gave it their all in the Vasaloppet. Summaries of the action, along with links to reporting and results.

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Weekly Race Roundup: Golden Americans, Historic Bronze for Harvey and NoCo, Another Birkie in the Books

Chelsea LittleFebruary 25, 2013

Marit Bjørgen of Norway and Nikita Kriukov of Russia both have two gold medals to their names so far this Championships, and Dario Cologna finally got the title he's been search for; but Americans made a splash too, in every discipline, with Sarah Hendrickson winning jumping, Kikkan Randall and Jessie Diggins the team sprint, and the nordic combined team bronze in the team event. Alex Harvey also made history when he took bronze in the classic sprint, the first individual World Champs medal for Canada.

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Led by Fletcher in 14th, U.S. NoCo Shakes Off Cobwebs at World Champs

Alex KochonFebruary 22, 2013

After a not-so-hot day on the normal hill in Predazzo, the U.S. Nordic Combined Team relied on Bryan Fletcher to capture a top 15, which he did in 14th, while Demong settled for 23rd, Taylor Fletcher was 25th and Todd Lodwick placed 35th.

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U.S. Nordic Combined Team Enters Another World Championships with Big Expectations

Alex KochonFebruary 22, 2013

With at least six World Championships under their belts, the U.S. Nordic Combined veterans know what to expect in Val di Fiemme, and jumping coach Chris GIlbertson said it's going to take big performances to reach three medals in four events.

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Fletchers Form Growing on the Final Stretch to World Championships

February 2, 2013

Be grateful it wasn’t you weren’t crouched on top of the ski jump in Sochi, Russia, on Saturday fighting for a starting place in the 10 kilometer skate race to follow. Chances are, your nerve would have abandoned you. Brothers Bryan and Taylor Fletcher have no such reservations. Although even they admit the conditions for jumping today were rather unnerving. “The jumping today was really foggy,” Bryan Fletcher said. “Its was definitely a challenge to...

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Weekly Roundup: Juniors Week

Chelsea LittleJanuary 28, 2013

Sixteen youth, junior, and U23 World Championship races, SuperTour Tours, NorAms that served as the last selection races for Canada's World Champs team, nordic combined in Germany, two college series - it was another busy weekend in the nordic world. Here's everything you need to know.

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Fletcher Continues Ascent with Podium Finish in Seefeld

Audrey ManganJanuary 20, 2013

Taylor Fletcher kept on rolling in Seefeld, Austria, on Sunday with a third place in the Gundersen normal hill competition. It was his first career World Cup podium finish.

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Fletcher Finishes Just Shy of Podium with Career-Best Fifth in Seefeld

Audrey ManganJanuary 19, 2013

The top American result to come out of Europe on Saturday? Taylor Fletcher's career-best fifth-place finish in Seefeld, Austria. With a jump that put him in 28th going onto the cross-country course, Fletcher skied within two seconds of the podium, posting the fastest course time by 18 seconds in the process.

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Weekend Roundup: Dénouement

Chelsea LittleJanuary 14, 2013

After the Tour de Ski, cross country skiers took a rest while the sprinters returned to the fore, with perennial favorites Teodor Peterson (sprint) and Maiken Caspersen Falla (team sprint) taking wins in Liberec; new faces also rose to the top, like Mona-Liisa Mahlvaleto of Finland in the women's sprint. In biathlon, Martin Fourcade is back to himself and Tora Berger won the mass start on the same course she took her World Championship title last year. Domestic racing was on pause.

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Weekly Roundup: Happy New Year!

Chelsea LittleJanuary 7, 2013

It's no exaggeration to say that this might have been the busiest week of the year to be a North American ski fan. With the Tour de Ski practically every day, U.S. Nationals, and some big NorAms used to determine junior and U23 trip rosters, plus biathlon and nordic combined, here are the highlights.

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Weekend Roundup: Period One and Done

FasterSkierDecember 17, 2012

Performances from the final World Cups of 2012 provided plenty of fodder for speculation over the holiday break. With a lot going on this weekend, here's our recap of racing from around the world.

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