Sep 05, 2010 - 11:00 AM
Val d'Isere, France - Over four years ago in Val d'Isere, a 21-year-old Lindsey Vonn marked the third Audi FIS Alpine World Cup downhill win of her ski racing career. Yet when faced with the choice of cash or cow for the victory, Vonn said cow. She named her Olympe for the upcoming Olympic Winter Games that were set for Torino, Italy.
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Sep 03, 2010 - 01:00 PM
Park City, UT - The U.S. Freestyle Ski Team has a new addition heading into the 2010-11 winter season, with Harald Marbler being named moguls C team coach. The noted Austrian coach brings eight years of coaching experience at the World Cup level to the U.S. Ski Team.
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Sep 01, 2010 - 11:00 AM
Park City, UT - U.S. nordic combined skier Bryan Fletcher, who hails from Steamboat Springs, Colo., but makes his training home in Park City, is partnering with Red Banjo Pizza on Park City's Main Street to host a public autograph party with his Olympic teammates to help fight cancer this Thursday from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Proceeds will go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
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Sep 01, 2010 - 02:00 AM
Park City, UT - With an unusually thin snow pack in Chile this year, the men's U.S. Alpine Ski Team is planning a return trip to New Zealand in September and early October for its second training camp this summer. Traditionally the men's program has migrated to Portillo, Chile for its second camp.
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Aug 31, 2010 - 11:00 AM
Farmington, NM - There's no holding back for some athletes. No matter the season, no matter the sport, some athletes cannot subdue the desire to compete. That insatiable craving to win is usually reflected in the amount of awards and trophies an athlete has collected over a career. Paralympian skier Alana Nichols of Farmington, N.M., is one of those rare athletes. Her athletic career is a textbook example of an athlete's undying ability to overcome the odds and excel while doing just that.
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Aug 31, 2010 - 09:00 AM
Mont-Gabriel (QC), Canada - The Canada Post Freestyle Grand Prix, set for Quebec's Ski Mont Gabriel Jan. 15-16, 2011 will be the first North American stop on the FIS Freestyle World Cup Mogul and Aerial circuit this season. This will afford an opportunity for Quebec's boisterous freestyle skiing aficionados a chance to see Olympic champion Alex Bilodeau and his teammates in action at home.
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Aug 30, 2010 - 12:40 AM
Park City, UT - Former freestyle athlete and coach Todd Ossian has been named by the U. S. Ski Team as head aerials coach. Ossian led the successful Australian Team for seven years and also served with the U.S. Ski Team for three years as development coach.
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Aug 29, 2010 - 08:00 AM
Mammoth Mountain, CA - U.S. Women's Alpine Speed Head Coach Chip White is settling back into the Pacific time zone following two weeks of training in New Zealand. In between the obligatory repair projects on his long-time home in Mammoth, he reflected on the success of the team's on-snow camp down under.
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