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General Interviews Juniors Other RacingUnder 23 Questions: Annika Richardson

FasterSkierFebruary 4, 2018

In an effort to showcase the North Americans who competed at last week’s International Ski Federation (FIS) 2018 Nordic Junior/U23 World Championships in Goms, Switzerland, we asked those qualifying athletes several questions about themselves — actually, we had them fill in the blanks. Here we have 20-year-old Annika Richardson, of the National Team Development Centre (NTDC) Thunder Bay, who represented Canada at her second Junior Worlds. Last week, Richardson raced to 52nd in the freestyle...

General Interviews Juniors RacingUnder 23 Questions with Gareth Williams

FasterSkierFebruary 3, 2017

In an effort to showcase the North Americans competing at this week’s International Ski Federation (FIS) 2017 USANA Nordic Junior World Championships and U23 Cross Country World Championships at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah, we asked those qualifying athletes several questions about themselves — actually, we had them fill in the blanks. Here we have 19-year-old Gareth Williams, of the Telemark Race Team, representing Canada at his first Junior Worlds. On Wednesday, start list for Friday’s...

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General Interviews Juniors RacingUnder 23 Questions with Annika Richardson

FasterSkierFebruary 1, 2017

In an effort to showcase the North Americans competing at this week’s International Ski Federation (FIS) 2017 USANA Nordic Junior World Championships and U23 Cross Country World Championships at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah, we asked those qualifying athletes several questions about themselves — actually, we had them fill in the blanks. Here we have 18-year-old Annika Richardson, of the National Team Development Centre (NTDC) and Canadian Junior National Ski Team, who’s representing the Canada at...

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General Interviews Juniors RacingUnder 23 Questions with Ty Godfrey

FasterSkierJanuary 30, 2017

In an effort to showcase the North Americans competing at this week’s International Ski Federation (FIS) 2017 USANA Nordic Junior World Championships and U23 Cross Country World Championships at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah, we asked those qualifying athletes several questions about themselves — actually, we had them fill in the blanks. Here we have 18-year-old Ty Godfrey, of the Team RAD/Canmore Nordic, who’s representing Canada at his first Junior Worlds. *** “My full name is Ty...

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General News RacingVancouver Preparation Implicated as Russian Doping Allegations Continue (Updated)

Chelsea LittleJune 5, 2016

Russian whistleblower Vitaliy Stepanov initially met with World Anti-Doping Agency representatives at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and said he had heard of a list of athletes who were "protected" in the leadup to those Games and which RUSADA was told not to test.

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Continental Cup General News RacingLet It Snow: Despite Weather Woes, First Two NorAms in the Bag

Gerry FursethDecember 30, 2014

"Cancel" is a word no race organizer wants to entertain, and the local committees behind the first two NorAms in Rossland and Whistler, British Columbia, did everything they could to make sure their races happened -- even if they had to be moved a six-hour drive inland to Sovereign Lake.

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General Interviews Para NordicCanada’s 10-Time Paralympian, Bourgonje Bows Out, Keeps Spreading Paralympic Message

Alex KochonMay 22, 2014

Twenty-two years ago, Colette Bourgonje was a grade-school teacher with a ticket to the Albertville Paralympics. But the school wasn’t about to let her take off for her first Paralympics. She went anyway and began an unprecedented streak of competing at seven Winter Paralympics -- 10 Paralympics in all.

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General News Nordic Combined Racing ResultsJust Shy of Podium, Bryan Fletcher, Lodwick Combine for U.S. NoCo’s Best Team Sprint in Fourth

Emily SchwingDecember 14, 2013

Bryan Fletcher and Todd Lodwick narrowly missed the podium in the 2 x 7.5-kilometer sprint in Ramsau, Austria, finishing fourth for U.S. Nordic Combined's best result in a team sprint. "We train all summer and to have a result like [this] is humbling,” Lodwick says. “We’re really, really proud to put Norway in its place and to know that we are the fastest team out there, whether it’s by a second or ten seconds, it doesn’t matter."

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Biathlon General Interviews News Olympics RacingBiathlon Veterans Teela and Barnes Back on the World Cup, Hoping for Olympic Comebacks

Chelsea LittleDecember 9, 2013

After spending most of last season away from the World Cup, Jeremy Teela and Lanny Barnes are back in action. Barnes says she is completely recovered from compartment syndrome surgery; Teela loves being a father, but is focusing for this season on one last push for his fourth Olympics. Both held their relay teams in the top 8 this weekend.

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Biathlon General News Olympics RacingDunklee and Burke Talk Expectations In Sochi Leadup

Chelsea LittleNovember 27, 2013

Four years ago, Tim Burke faced a lot of pressure to become the first American to win an Olympic medal in biathlon. He's in the same situation now, but he says he much better prepared to handle it going into the 2014 World Cup season. We talked to Burke and Susan Dunklee, the top-ranked woman on the U.S. team, about expectations.

General Interviews News Racing US Ski TeamArritola Steps Away from Skiing, Leaves Gold Team

Alex KochonMay 2, 20122

Inside the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation center on Tuesday, Morgan Arritola made her usual rounds, visiting longtime friends and coaches and introducing them to her new addition – a puppy. A staple of the team for nearly a decade, the 25-year-old Olympian affectionately known as “Mo” wasn’t stopping in for training plans. She hadn’t just finished a workout and she wasn’t preparing to start one, either. Arritola was on a lunch break from her...

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Biathlon InterviewsInterview: USBA’s Max Cobb On TD’ing the 2012 World Championships… and Holding Two Jobs

Chelsea LittleApril 12, 20121

A longtime race official at biathlon's highest levels, Max Cobb took us behind the scenes of a World Championships that featured target malfunctions, course closures, and seeding changes. Plus, he talked about a TD's worst nightmare, and how to handle it.

Biathlon General Olympics US Ski TeamUSST and USBA Mull Collaboration For Race Support at Sochi Olympics

Chelsea LittleMay 11, 20113

In the lead-up to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Zach Caldwell led a much-discussed, multi-year effort to pin down the best stonegrinds and waxes for the challenging, variable conditions at Whistler Olympic Park. Caldwell’s months and months of hard work even drew the attention of National Public Radio, which Kris Freeman’s horrific skis in the opening 15 k freestyle in Vancouver. When the best skiers and wax techs in the world can be baffled by conditions,...

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Biathlon General News Olympics Racing US Ski TeamFor Athletes, An Agonizing Decision on Opening Ceremonies

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 13, 2010

While his Canadian teammates were out marching in front of their home crowd in Vancouver at the opening ceremonies for the 2010 Olympic Games, Devon Kershaw was alone, 60 miles away, watching them on a “fuzzy, little, little screen.” Kershaw got a small consolation prize, according to his Twitter feed—seeing his girlfriend, Chandra Crawford, a few times on that tiny television. But his decision to stay near Whistler was one faced by dozens of athletes...

General News OlympicsNo “Draconian” swine flu measures for Vancouver Olympics

FasterSkierAugust 28, 2009

The Vancouver Sun reports on the issue of swine flu and the upcoming Olympics. No “Draconian” swine flu measures for Vancouver Olympics Two Olympics, two different view on handling the swine flu pandemic if it hits during the Games. In Britain, the government is putting in place contingency plans as the flu pandemic escalates, including possibly banning crowds from sporting events, Read the full article at the Vancouver Sun buy chantix online, buy ventolin inhaler buy...