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From World Cups to Triathlons: Kris Freeman’s Diabetes Management and Pushing the Envelope

Jason AlbertJune 7, 2019

Kris Freeman manages Diabetes. He did this on the World Cup for years and at four Olympics. He remains a competitor and continues to test himself since retiring from elite level skiing in 2018. “Retired” for Freeman means remaining fit and jumping into the odd cross-country ski race: he placed third this year in the National Championship 15-kilometer classic race in Craftsbury, Vermont. Freeman has turned his attention and his considerable capacities to triathlons. We...

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Freeman Back in West for First Time in Nine Years, Primed for Season After Summer of Camp Visits

Alex KochonNovember 27, 2014

On Friday, Kris Freeman, 34, will start the season in West Yellowstone for just the second time in his life. He's had quite a journey since his last visit in 2005, and even in the last year, and he explains how he's recovered from chronic fatigue and two procedures, and kept it all in perspective with his diabetes work.

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Bryntesson’s Söckertoppen Camp Takes ‘Best from the Athletic World and Puts That in the Diabetic World’

Chelsea LittleSeptember 19, 2014

Despite being diagnosed as a diabetic when he was a kid, Robin Bryntesson is still one of the top skiers in the world. And one of the busiest: in the summer he runs a camp for children with diabetes, he's constantly producing funny videos, and his downloadable technique app just went live.

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Give Me The Blåbärssoppa and Nobody Gets Hurt: An American at the Vasaloppet

Chelsea LittleMarch 3, 20143

I might be a nobody who struggled my way through Sweden's 90 k Vasaloppet with next to no preparation, but I also saw what it takes to win the Vasa: through the generosity of a friend, I accidentally embedded myself with Team Robin Bryntesson. Here's the next installment of our first-person staff accounts of famous races.

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Freeman Retools Mass-Start Strategy, Considers CamelBak

Alex KochonMay 7, 20128

Tell Kris Freeman something he doesn’t know about racing with diabetes. Better yet, give him hope that he can ski faster. That’s exactly how Dr. Jim Stray-Gundersen piqued Freeman’s interest two months ago in Norway. Without having seen him race, Stray-Gundersen got right to the point in Oslo. Forget about what happened in the past; let’s look to the future. How do you feel about racing with a CamelBak? For Freeman and his personal coach...

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With Help from Caldwell, Freeman Chases Down a Dose

Nathaniel HerzDecember 17, 201017

Kris Freeman does not give up easily. Freeman, an American cross-country skier, has weathered a diagnosis of type one diabetes—which, for the careers of most endurance athletes, would have been a death sentence. He has picked himself up from a snowbank and finished a race at the Olympics after passing out on the side of the trail from hypoglycemia. He has pushed through two surgeries on his lower legs to relieve the debilitating symptoms of...

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Freeman Speaks Out About Diabetes

FasterSkierJuly 15, 2009

The U.S. Cross Country Ski Team’s Kris Freeman had an outstanding year in 2009 as he earned two U.S. titles and a fourth place at World Championships. But, even with intense training for the 2010 Olympics at the forefront of his mind, Freeman is taking the time to speak to youth about Diabetes. A Type 1 diabetic, Freeman was told when he was diagnosed that he would have to end his career as an endurance...