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Sunday Rundown: Lillehammer, Östersund & West Yellowstone (Updated x6)
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Sunday Rundown: Lillehammer, Östersund & West Yellowstone (Updated x6)

FasterSkierDecember 4, 2016

Welcome to The Rundown, your quick primer of need-to-know information about the day’s racing. We’ll be updating this digest as the day goes on with additional results, photos and quotes. The Rundown is NOT a race report; stay tuned for complete race reports later today with interviews from the day’s top racers. (Note: This Rundown has been updated to include comments from U.S. Nordic Combined’s Bryan Fletcher, who placed ninth on Sunday at the World...

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Koukalová Nabs First Win of Season; Dunklee 22nd in Östersund Pursuit
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Koukalová Nabs First Win of Season; Dunklee 22nd in Östersund Pursuit

Harald ZimmerDecember 4, 2016

Last year’s defending overall World Cup champion Gabriela Koukalová of the Czech Republic also had started out fairly well into the new season during the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup opening week in Östersund, Sweden. But a victory was still missing. She corrected that on Sunday, moving up from the third starting position, told Swiss broadcaster SRF. “All the top stars congratulated me … I can only remember half of it. It’s like a movie...

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Doherty Takes Charge and Pursuit Gold in His Last IBU Junior World Championships Race
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Doherty Takes Charge and Pursuit Gold in His Last IBU Junior World Championships Race

Alex KochonJanuary 31, 2016

Sean Doherty's just like any 20 year old, except that he has 10 biathlon world junior titles to his name and won the last race of his junior career in Romania on Sunday. "I get nervous just like any other human,” he explained. “There’s a lot of pressure for these races I just did, and I’m really happy with how I performed with it all, but it’s something that’s not that easy to deal with.”

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