2017 Junior Nationals – FasterSkier

Mt. Van Hoevenberg’s Snow Factory a ‘Game Changer’

Peter MindeApril 7, 2017

When it came to investing in snowmaking, New York State’s Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) went with the go-big mentality, leasing a TechnoAlpin Snow Factory for the Mount Van Hoevenberg nordic center and using the technology throughout the 2016/2017 winter season. Following the previous 2015/2016 season, in which Mt. Van Hoevenberg, “Van Ho” for short, was open 37 days, according to ORDA’s annual report, the authority acquired and installed a self-contained snowmaking system at Van Ho, the 1980 Winter Olympic venue in Lake...

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Junior Nationals Video: Day 4 Freestyle Relays

India HarveyMarch 14, 2017

The 2017 U.S. Junior Nationals came to a close on Saturday, with below-zero temperatures and whipping wind across the Olympic Jumping Complex in Lake Placid, N.Y., delaying the races to later in the day. But the races still commenced and FasterSkier was there to catch the action. Here is the final highlights video. For more on results, Day 1 video | Day 3

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Junior Nationals Video: Day 3 Classic Individual Starts

India HarveyMarch 13, 2017

The final day of individual events at 2017 U.S. Junior Nationals took place Friday in Lake Placid, N.Y., with the 5/10/15-kilometer classic mass starts being switched to individual starts instead for fear of crashes on the Olympic Jumping Complex’s 2.5 k loop. Here is a highlights video from the U16, U18 and U20 men’s and women’s races, including interviews with some of the top finishers. For more on the results and podium finishers, check out Day...

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Junior Nationals Video: Day 2 Classic Sprints

India HarveyMarch 12, 2017

FasterSkier returned to Lake Placid, N.Y., for the second day of racing at 2017 U.S. Junior Nationals at the Olympic Jumping Complex. Here is a highlights video from the U16, U18 and U20 men’s and women’s sprints, including interviews with some of the top finishers. For more on the results and podium finishers, check out Day 1 video

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Friday Rundown: Kontiolahti & Lake Placid (Updated)

FasterSkierMarch 10, 2017

IBU World Cup (Kontiolahti, Finland): Men’s & women’s sprints [UPDATED] Fifth place is becoming a habit for US Biathlon’s Susan Dunklee, who shot 9/10 on Friday (1+0) and finished 34.9 seconds out of first for her third fifth-place result in the last three individual races. Twice at last week’s International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in PyeongChang, South Korea, Dunklee placed fifth: first in the sprint and again in the pursuit. She ended her racing there...

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Junior Nationals Video: Day 1 Skate Individual Starts

India HarveyMarch 8, 2017

FasterSkier was on site to witness the action of the first day of racing at 2017 U.S. Junior Nationals in Lake Placid, N.Y., with 5- and 10-kilometer freestyle individual starts behind held on a 2.5 k loop at the Olympic Jumping Complex. Here is a video recapping the day’s top finishers, and for more on the results and podium finishers, check out