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Insider Couple Implies Widespread Doping in Russian Sports in 60 Minutes Interview
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Insider Couple Implies Widespread Doping in Russian Sports in 60 Minutes Interview

BrainspiralMay 9, 2016

On Sunday evening, 60 Minutes aired a 13-minute interview with Vitaly and Yuliya Stepanov, the whistleblowers who prompted a German documentary on Russia's systematic doping in track and field and WADA's resulting ban on the entire team. Vitaly suggests the corruption extends to Russian Winter Olympians as well, including at least four who achieved gold in Sochi with the help of federal agents.

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Trying Not to Break the Piggy Bank: Hosting World Cups in North America
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Trying Not to Break the Piggy Bank: Hosting World Cups in North America

Jason AlbertApril 25, 2016

It's been 15 years since the U.S. hosted a cross-country World Cup. In that time, Canada has hosted such international races on home snow multiple times, most recently with the eight-stage Ski Tour Canada. The cost of hosting World Cups is high and the benefits are sometimes hard to measure. FasterSkier explores how Canada has pulled it off and why the U.S. avoids the risk.

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Silver in Presque Isle: Dunklee Gets Her Due in Home World Cup
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Silver in Presque Isle: Dunklee Gets Her Due in Home World Cup

Alex KochonFebruary 11, 2016

Susan Dunklee had been looking forward to racing at a home World Cup for the better part of the last five years, and then some. She found her "happy" place on Thursday to achieve a historic career-best: second place in the women's IBU World Cup sprint. "In order to have my best performances in biathlon or anything in life … I really have to find what I love about it,” she said.

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25 Years In at USBA, Cobb Pushes Comprehensive Rules Reform Through International Biathlon Union
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25 Years In at USBA, Cobb Pushes Comprehensive Rules Reform Through International Biathlon Union

Chelsea LittleSeptember 15, 20141

U.S. Biathlon's Max Cobb also chaired the IBU Technical Committee for the past several years - and he just passed rule changes at the IBU Congress that include a system-wide qualification points system and added Wild Card entries to major events. "People voted in favor of a more fair, open, and sporting system – I was really gratified," Cobb said.

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With USOC Support and Own Foundation, U.S. Biathlon Confident About Post-Olympic Financials
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With USOC Support and Own Foundation, U.S. Biathlon Confident About Post-Olympic Financials

Chelsea LittleJuly 7, 2014

This spring, nordic organizations across the U.S. and Canada were hit hard by cuts from their Olympic funding partners. U.S. Biathlon Association President Max Cobb says his group wasn't one of them: USBA didn't get its full request, but it got enough. "It's a relief," he said. USBA also has the added benefit of a foundation to help with additional fundraising.

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Biathlon to Discontinue Blood Testing at Olympics; Internal Discord, Anger from Antidoping Advocates
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Biathlon to Discontinue Blood Testing at Olympics; Internal Discord, Anger from Antidoping Advocates

Chelsea LittleJune 25, 2014

The International Biathlon Union's Executive board voted last month to discontinue its blood testing at the Olympic Games, meaning that the Athlete Biological Passport program will no longer be implemented there. The decision was taken without consulting the organization's Medical Committee, and the IBU has not offered an explanation to its members.

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USBA CEO on NoCo: ‘The Good Thing is That They Have a Track Record of Being Super Successful’
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USBA CEO on NoCo: ‘The Good Thing is That They Have a Track Record of Being Super Successful’

BrainspiralMay 27, 2014

U.S. Biathlon CEO Max Cobb says that it took four or five years for his organization to get on its feet after splitting from modern pentathlon in 1980 -- but that whatever route U.S. Nordic Combined takes, the good news for them is that they have proven success and that direct fundraising tools have entered a whole new realm in the past few years.

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In Post-Olympic Push, U.S. Biathlon Introduces Muscular New Development Program
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In Post-Olympic Push, U.S. Biathlon Introduces Muscular New Development Program

Chelsea LittleMay 23, 2014

The U.S. Biathlon Association is focusing resources on the future: for the first time in years, there's a development team, a recruitment camp, coaches seminars and regional development efforts. Plus, High Performance Director Bernd Eisenbichler is now the Chief of Sport, and will also oversee development - that's "why I’m staying with U.S. biathlon," he said.

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With Warm Conditions, Many Crashes, and No Freezing in Sight, Questions of Olympic Course Safety Return
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With Warm Conditions, Many Crashes, and No Freezing in Sight, Questions of Olympic Course Safety Return

Chelsea LittleFebruary 10, 2014

After athlete complaints at last year's World Cup, Sochi organizers removed a particularly dangerous downhill from the biathlon course. But with warm conditions and deep, rutted snow, the rest of the course became treacherous today, with at least four major crashes between the 59 racers. Freezing nights are not predicted until next week, suggesting that the cross country ski courses, too, may be in for some ugly conditions.

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