Simi Hamilton had to look behind him inches before the finish to make sure it was actually happening. Yet the 26-year-old U.S. Ski Team (USST) member hadn’t fully realized what he’d accomplished two hours after his freestyle sprint victory on Tuesday in the third stage of the Tour de Ski.
Asian Winter Games, held in Almaty, Kazaksthan. The event was not classified as an FIS race, but did feature some top Kazak and Japanese skiers in addition to the Chinese. While the fields were certainly not deep (the average starting numbers were around 8 skiers) young Dandan Man had the best outing, finishing 4th in the sprint, just .1 of a second behind Kazakh World Cup sprint regular Oxana Jatskaya. The Chinese also have their...