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Snow Wreaks Havoc on Olympic Biathlon Races

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 14, 2010

American hopes for a medal in the men’s 10k biathlon sprint fell about as hard as the snow did in the middle of today’s race. 25 minutes into the event, the steady drizzle that came down throughout the morning morphed into a wild snow squall, slowing the skiing drastically and effectively squashing the chances of anyone still on course. The medalists in the race—France’s Vincent Jay, Norway’s Emil Hegle Svendsen, and Croatia’s Jakov Fak—all were...

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USBA Announces Athlete Nominations to the U.S. Olympic Committee

FasterSkierJanuary 11, 2010

NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine – The International Competition Committee of the U.S. Biathlon Association conducted a final review of results from the IBU Cup races in Altenberg, Germany this morning. As a result, the U.S Biathlon Association will forward the following list of athletes to the United States Olympic Committee. Men’s Olympic Team Nominations: 1) Tim Burke, Paul Smith’s, NY- prequalification from 2008-2009 season (2 top 15 results at WC) 2) Jay Hakkinen, Kasilof, AK- prequalification from...

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Burke has chance at Yellow Bib, Today a “Best” for Team Result; Amazing Awaits. . .

December 19, 20091

“I guess that’s the best team result I’ve seen so far”, head coach Per Nilsson couldn’t help smiling after today’s sprint competition in Pokljuka, Slovenia. With three US athletes starting in tomorrow’s pursuit there are plenty of things to be happy about – or to even pray for. Burke has Chance on Yellow Bib Tim Burke’s eighth place in the sprint competition would already be amazing without the fact that he has a great chance...

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Tim Burke 8th, Teela 26th in IBU World Cup, Zina Kocher (CAN) 10th

December 19, 2009

Today’s sprint was the second of a three-race IBU World Cup event in Pokljuka, Slovenia. Russia swept the day in both women’s and men’s events, as Svetlana Sleptsova and Ivan Tcherezov won their respective fields. Tcherezov shot cleanly in both stages and took the win over Domi Landertinger (AUT) by 11 seconds. In third by 42 seconds was Thomas Frei (SUI) with one penalty. Tim Burke of the U.S. had another stellar result, placing 8th with two penalties and finishing...

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Jeremy Teela Third at Whistler World Cup

FasterSkierMarch 12, 20092

Whistler, British Columbia, Canada – Jeremy Teela (Anchorage, AK) turned in the best result of his career with a third place finish in the 20K Individual competition today. Teela’s third place is the best US result in a World Cup level competition since Josh Thompson finished second in the Canmore, Canada World Cup in 1992, in ironically the same event, the 20K. Teela, whose best ever 20K previously was 14th place in the 2002 Olympic...

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Americans find the targets in Oberhof

events@fasterskier.comJanuary 11, 2009

Oberhof, Germany – Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK) could have been happier, but not much. Hitting nine out of ten targets in world class time, Hakkinen finished 17th in the ultra competitive Oberhof World Cup Sprint, with a time of 26:55.8, one second behind 15th place and just ten seconds out of tenth. The result moves Hakkinen into 26th place in the overall World Cup ranking and qualifies him for the Mass Start competition on Sunday....

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