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Bill Koch Reflects on U.S. Gold: ‘This could just be the start of an era’

Alex KochonFebruary 22, 2018

Like the rest of the U.S. cross-country skiing community with a watchful eye on the Olympics, Bill Koch had been waiting for Olympic women’s freestyle team sprint unfold via live timing on the computer — numbers rather than images — as opposed to a live broadcast. When he saw USA rank first at the finish, becoming the first Americans to do so in an Olympic cross-country race (and the first to win a medal since his...

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7 Things You Didn’t Know About Sophie Caldwell

BrainspiralNovember 20, 2013

An assortment of random facts about Sophie Caldwell, now entering her first season as a full-fledged member of the U.S. Ski Team, including her fear of cold water and the one food she doesn't like.

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Zimmermann Takes Training to Peru with Inca Runners

Alex KochonOctober 30, 2012

When Peru’s first Winter Olympian asks you to help him out, you say yes. At least that’s how Leif Zimmermann reacted last year. The two were acquaintances when Roberto Carcelén, a Peruvian cross-country skier who made the Vancouver Games at the age of 39, told Zimmermann – a Bridger Ski Foundation (BSF) skier and 2006 Olympian – about his Inca Runners company. Still racing the occasional SuperTour, NorAm and national championship at the age of...