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After 8 Years Leading US Biathlon Women, Kähkönen to Head Up Finnish Team
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After 8 Years Leading US Biathlon Women, Kähkönen to Head Up Finnish Team

Chelsea LittleApril 3, 2018

When Jonne Kähkönen was hired to be the women’s national team coach by the US Biathlon Association (USBA) in 2010, there wasn’t much of a playbook to follow. The Finn couldn’t mimic the footsteps of his predecessor, because there wasn’t one. For the first time, the women’s team was going to have a coach of their own. “The men’s program was on a really high level going into Vancouver [2010 Olympics],” USBA Chief of Sport...

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Interview: USBA Women’s Coach Jonne Kahkonen on Momentum, Mind Games, and Makarainen

Chelsea LittleMay 19, 2011

(Note: This is the second in a series of interviews with U.S. Biathlon Association coaches and staff. The first was with USBA Head Coach Per Nilsson.) Last summer, the U.S. Biathlon Association made a big change by hiring Jonne Kahkonen as a dedicated head coach for the women’s team. Up until that point, the women hadn’t had their own program. “There were enough of us to really warrant having a women’s coach, and having a...

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Interview: 2010 Olympian Haley Johnson Retires from Biathlon

Chelsea LittleMay 7, 20111

After many years on the national and international stage, 2010 Olympian Haley Johnson is calling it quits. 29-year-old Johnson, who had several of the top U.S. women’s finishes in biathlon events in the last five years, was nominated for the national team again this year. So it came as a surprise to some that she turned down that nomination and is instead moving to Denver to finish her college degree and get married. “She called...

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