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(Press Release) USA Nordic Sport Nominates Nordic Combined Team Roster For Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022

FasterSkierJanuary 19, 2022

PARK CITY, UTAH (January 19, 2022) — USA Nordic Sport announced today its nominations for the U.S. Olympic Nordic Combined Team that will represent Team USA at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Nominations are to be confirmed by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee when it formally announces the U.S. Olympic Team. Athletes to Watch The team will be headlined by three-time Olympian Taylor Fletcher, who looks for his first Olympic podium. Fletcher’s top finishes at the Olympics include...

Collegiate Interviews News Training Workouts

Wednesday Workout: Spring ‘Break’ from Skiing with Utah’s Kevin Bolger

Gabby NaranjaApril 26, 2017

With spring in full swing and many skiers returning to training, this week’s Wednesday Workout is presented by University of Utah Ski Team member, Kevin Bolger. While most of his athletic accomplishments from this past season are nordic-based — he’s a NCAA All-American, the 2017 Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association (RMISA) U.S. nationals classic sprint champion — most of Bolger’s spring workouts mean giving skiing a spring ‘break.’ *** It’s no secret that natives of Sweden, Norway and other overseas nations often...

Testing, Choosing Race Skis & Positive Self-Talk

TokoFebruary 15, 2017

Complete e-blast) Testing and Choosing Race Skis at the Boulder Mountain Tour 2017 On a typical day in the Wood River Valley, you can pretty much bet on sunny days, cold nights, firm new snow and amazing grooming. But so far, this hasn’t been a typical year in Ketchum. Last week it didn’t seem to stop snowing, with about 20 inches accumulating on Friday and Saturday, it made for some interesting ski testing, and racing!...

Camps Dryland General News US Ski Team

Fast and Female for Boys: USST Hosts Speed Camp in Park City

Alex KochonOctober 8, 20132

With Fast and Female catering to young female skiers for the last eight years, Andy Newell and Simi Hamilton finally came up with an option for boys: Speed Camp. On Sunday afternoon, the same time as Fast and Female's Champ Camp, the U.S. Ski Team hosted its first all-male camp for juniors at Soldier Hollow.

Continental Cup Racing

Notes and Quotes from the Showdown

Audrey ManganNovember 24, 2011

With four separate races run in West Yellowstone on Wednesday, there was a lot going on. Here are bits and pieces of what didn’t make the official race report cut: On Getting the Season Started “At the start of the season you never quite know where you’re at, it takes a bit of time to get into the race season. We typically try to have our athletes start in good shape.” Chris Jeffries, Alberta...

Nordic Combined Racing World Cup

US NoCo: Lodwick 4th at Thriller World Cup Race

Inge ScheveDecember 18, 2010

Only a tenth of a second separated Todd Lodwick from third place in the Nordic Combined in Ramsau, Austria.

Continental Cup General News Nordic Combined Racing

NoCo: Taylor Fletcher Podiums at COC, Secures Extra WC Spot

Inge ScheveDecember 13, 2010

Only margins out of second place, US Ski Team’s Taylor Fletcher hauled into third place Sunday, climbing out of 28th to secure an extra World Cup spot for the United States.

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T. Fletcher Finishes Career Best 14th

FasterSkierAugust 13, 2010

OBERWIESENTHAL, Germany – The first of the two final nordic combined Grand Prix competitions of the summer was completed on Friday in Oberwiesenthal. Norway’s Magnus-H. Moan took home the win, while Olympian Taylor Fletcher (Steamboat Springs, CO) crossed the line with a career best finish in 14th and first for the U.S. Moan captured the third of four Grand Prixs this summer, finishing with a time of 28:30.00. Germany’s Johannes Rydzek found himself nine seconds...

General News Nordic Combined Racing US Ski Team World Cup

U.S. Nordic Combined Wants to “Keep It Rolling”

Nathaniel HerzMay 31, 2010

With their dominating performances at the 2010 Olympics, Billy Demong, Johnny Spillane, and Todd Lodwick have welded their names to the sport of nordic combined like Bill Koch did to cross-country skiing. But if Head Coach Dave Jarrett has his way over the next few years, they won’t be the only ones people remember. After taking three silvers and a gold from the Games, the team’s main focus for 2011 is winning more medals—they want...

Nordic Combined Racing

USSA Nominates 2011 Nordic Combined Team

FasterSkierApril 20, 2010

USSA has released nominations for the 2011 US Nordic Combined Team. Led by Olympic medalists Billy Demong, Johnny Spillane, and Todd Lodwick, the team would consist of nine members. Athletes must accept the responsibilities of a USST athlete. The final team will be named later this spring. Demong became the first US skier to win a gold medal in any of the nordic sports this year in Vancouver. Spillane won three silver medals, and Lodwick...

Nordic Combined Racing Results

Norway Wins Team Event at Home, US 5th in World Cup Nordic Combined

FasterSkierMarch 13, 2010

Oslo, Norway – The Norwegian team gave the home crowd a show as the nation won the nordic combined team event at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival Saturday, the biggest sporting event in Norway. The U.S. Ski Team went with its three individual Olympic medalists, adding 18 year old Nick Hendrickson (Park City, UT) as the fourth for the rare World Cup team event. “Being in the fight at the beginning and in the end, fighting...