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A Golden Dream Fulfilled for Dahlmeier; Ransom Leads North Americans in 40th

Harald ZimmerFebruary 10, 2018

FasterSkier would like to thank Fischer Sport USA, Concept2, Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle due to a tainted food supplement came to light (her suspension later was reduced to six months) and the team again failed to reach the podium. “For our team this medal is particularly important,” Hönig said. “We still have the defeats of Sochi somewhere in the back of our minds. Well, I particularly do, so for me this is a gigantic moment. I believe having a medal...

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Meet Kequyen Lam, Portuguese Olympic Skier (with Video)
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Meet Kequyen Lam, Portuguese Olympic Skier (with Video)

Gerry FursethFebruary 9, 2018

FasterSkier would like to thank Fischer Sport USA, Concept2, Tyler Mosher, who told Lam to “talk to Maria.”  “I talked to Maria Lundgren, and she forwarded me to Tony Chin,” he said of Lundgren, a British Columbia Ski Team coach, and Chin, one of the head coaches at the Nordic Racers Ski Club in Vancouver.   Through Chin, he met Ryan Olson, a masters skier. “Ryan Olson is pretty hardcore guy when it comes to skiing,” Lam said....

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Comeau Just Can’t Quit Skiing: Back in the Sport and PyeongChang-Bound
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Comeau Just Can’t Quit Skiing: Back in the Sport and PyeongChang-Bound

Chelsea LittleJanuary 31, 2018

Today, she’s Olympic-bound. But two years ago, Anne-Marie Comeau was stepping away from cross-country skiing. Comeau had raced at 2015 World Junior Championships, finishing 25th in the skiathlon, but by December of that year the Canadian was diagnosed with a shoulder injury that required her to take half a year away from skiing. She didn’t compete past the first weekend of NorAms, or at all in the 2016-2017 season, after deciding to devote herself to...

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Russian Olympians Announced: 12 Skiers, Four Biathletes to PyeongChang

Chelsea LittleJanuary 26, 2018

Earlier this week it was announced that cross-country skier Sergey Ustiugov and biathlete Anton Shipulin were among the Russian athletes excluded from the 2018 Olympic Games coming up in PyeongChang, South Korea, next month. The question arose: just who would be representing Russia? The list of the 169 athletes on the “Olympic Athletes of Russia” team (which is not supposed to be confused with the Russian Olympic Team, which has been banned) has now been...

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Heart Back in Rhythm, Reid is PyeongChang-Bound
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Heart Back in Rhythm, Reid is PyeongChang-Bound

Chelsea LittleJanuary 24, 2018

After making her debut in the World Cup points last season, Joanne Reid had a bumpier ride than expected on her way to being named to U.S. Biathlon’s Olympic Team. Maybe twice as bumpy. In March, a heart problem Reid had been dealing with came to the fore. “Hindsight is 20/20,” she said in an interview from Italy this week, guessing that she might have started having symptoms in 2014 or even earlier. But she...

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The Run Is Over: Bjørndalen Not Named to Norway Olympic Team
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The Run Is Over: Bjørndalen Not Named to Norway Olympic Team

Chelsea LittleJanuary 15, 2018

For the first time since 1992, Ole Einar Bjørndalen will be doing the same thing as you come Winter Olympics time: he’ll be watching it. Okay, not just like you, but Bjørndalen – who made his Olympic debut in 1994 and went on to become the most successful Winter Olympian of all time with eight gold and five other medals – won’t be on the Norwegian biathlon team. Instead, the husband of Belorussian superstar Darya...

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Hanneman Bros. Headline National Skate Sprint: Logan Wins Qualifier, Reese Wins Final
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Hanneman Bros. Headline National Skate Sprint: Logan Wins Qualifier, Reese Wins Final

Gavin KentchJanuary 6, 2018

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Friday was a good day for Team Hanneman and its friends. Younger brother Logan Hanneman won the qualifier, older brother Reese Hanneman won the final, and Alaska Pacific University (APU) put three skiers in the final and two on the podium in the men’s freestyle sprint on a bluebird day at Kincaid Park on Day 2 of racing at the 2018 U.S. Cross Country Championships. A long day of sprint racing got...

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Caitlin Patterson Captures Third National Title in Anchorage 10 k Skate
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Caitlin Patterson Captures Third National Title in Anchorage 10 k Skate

Gabby NaranjaJanuary 4, 2018

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — It was what most locals, or those familiar to the area, referred to as standard Anchorage weather: heavy, wet snow, temperatures reading around 31 degrees Fahrenheit, and a darkened sky that seemed to be brooding over whether or not to let the sun out of bed — the sky covered in a shroud of gray. With the Pacific Ocean just 600 meters to the southwest and Kincaid Park’s nordic venue, the host...

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Scott Patterson Wins Home U.S. Nationals 15 k by Nearly a Minute
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Scott Patterson Wins Home U.S. Nationals 15 k by Nearly a Minute

Gavin KentchJanuary 4, 2018

(Note: This article has been updated to include comments from Noah Hoffman.) ANCHORAGE, Alaska — It was a day of homecomings and returns at snowy Kincaid Park for the first day of the 2018 U.S. Cross Country Championships. Scott Patterson returned to his childhood training grounds with a convincing victory, Noah Hoffman returned to racing at U.S. nationals with second, and Matt Liebsch returned to the nationals podium with third in the men’s 15-kilometer freestyle individual...

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Many Battles Still To Be Fought in Russia Doping Saga
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Many Battles Still To Be Fought in Russia Doping Saga

Chelsea LittleDecember 6, 2017

Yesterday, 2014 FIS Anti-Doping Rules, which went into effect on January 1, 2014 (before the Olympics started that February), state that the federation can take action against national ski teams, such as barring athletes from competition or assessing fines, if there is evidence of extensive doping within the team. Article 12.3.1 of the rules state that such action may be taken when “Four or more violations of these Anti-Doping Rules… are committed by Athletes or...

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Russian Athletes Must Compete as Neutral at the 2018 Olympics (Updated x2)
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Russian Athletes Must Compete as Neutral at the 2018 Olympics (Updated x2)

Chelsea LittleDecember 5, 2017

In Lausanne, Switzerland, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board voted to allow Russian athletes at the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, but only to compete as neutral athletes. That means no national anthem, no Russia-emblazoned uniforms, and no Russian flags to be raised should the athletes win medals. Instead, the Olympic anthem would be played. The decision, available in full here, follows years of investigation into a state-organized doping program at the 2014...

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Shaw: Remove Conflicts of Interest in Sport, Ban Russia from PyeongChang
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Shaw: Remove Conflicts of Interest in Sport, Ban Russia from PyeongChang

Chelsea LittleOctober 26, 2017

ZURICH, Switzerland—Tucked at the top of U.S. Ski and Snowboard’s list of proposals for policy changes at the recent International Ski Federation (FIS) Technical Meetings here was this: “Independent Doping Panel.” The idea was developed along with the Norwegians, who submitted an identical proposal. U.S. Ski and Snowboard President and CEO Tiger Shaw explained that at the moment, FIS decisions made on doping may be made by individuals who also serve other roles in the...

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From Biathlon to XC: Kocher Un-Retires for a Run at PyeongChang
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From Biathlon to XC: Kocher Un-Retires for a Run at PyeongChang

Jason AlbertOctober 13, 2017

“I’m un-retiring for six months,” 34-year-old Zina Kocher said with a laugh on the phone earlier this week.  Kocher, who lives in Canmore, Alberta, announced via Instagram on Oct. 2 that she was returning to elite-level racing with the one-and-done hope of making the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. As she referenced in her social-media post, Kocher’s return to the trails will be “4k” (kilograms) lighter — her current run at the Olympics...

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Cockney Seeking More Sprint Semifinals En Route to Better Olympics
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Cockney Seeking More Sprint Semifinals En Route to Better Olympics

Chelsea LittleOctober 5, 2017

Last Olympics, the first for Canadian cross-country skier Jesse Cockney, went almost exactly wrong. In Sochi, Russia, Cockney slumped to 53rd in the sprint — his signature event — missing the heats by 6.5 seconds in a lighter field than many World Cups (at the Olympics, no country can enter more than four athletes). “I honestly believed I would be better — I didn’t imagine I would be that far behind,” Cockney said in an...

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Stephen on Switching It Up and Staying Fresh
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Stephen on Switching It Up and Staying Fresh

Jason AlbertOctober 3, 2017

There is no faking a smile. As a visual social-media feed, Instagram places a premium on how we’d like to be perceived by the viewing world. Instagram’s editing tools come with an assortment of beautifying filters. But smiles? Fake smiles are filter-proof. Although not a habitual Instagram poster, scroll through U.S. Ski Team (USST) athlete Liz Stephen’s account, @lizhillstephen — it’s hard not to notice her genuine grin and the smiles of those around her. Those...

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Approaching Final Season, Randall Looks Forward
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Approaching Final Season, Randall Looks Forward

Gavin KentchSeptember 29, 2017

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Kikkan Randall is approaching a season full of lasts: her final season as a full-time athlete, her final season on the World Cup, and, she hopes, her fifth and final Olympics. Her main focus these days is resolutely on the future, but she took some time earlier this month to speak with FasterSkier about her summer training and what comes next. Summer training Randall’s final summer of training was anchored by the same...

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Canada’s Olympic Cross Country Team: Who’s In, Who’s Close, and What Comes Next
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Canada’s Olympic Cross Country Team: Who’s In, Who’s Close, and What Comes Next

Chelsea LittleSeptember 21, 2017

As athletes enter their final preparations for the Olympic season, some Canadian cross-country skiers have a pretty good idea that they’ll be heading to PyeongChang, South Korea, in February to compete. That’s because they have already achieved explained in a separate article.) So the list of athletes meeting “Alternate Qualifying Criteria A” could grow. “We have men that have top-30 World Cup sprints, so they could do it,” Holland said. “But I don’t expect on...

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Navigating Depth-of-Field at the PyeongChang World Cup for Canadian Olympic Qualification
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Navigating Depth-of-Field at the PyeongChang World Cup for Canadian Olympic Qualification

Chelsea LittleSeptember 21, 2017

As Cross Country Canada (CCC) looks at which athletes have made progress on CCC’s criteria, these results won’t count towards nomination to the Olympic team. “In order to maintain equity and fairness in this selection process, the HPC reserves the right to exclude, or to count only partially, the results of any World Cup event with a weak depth of field,” the criteria state. “The CCC Selection Committee will be charged with evaluating the depth...

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