Mar 16, 2010 - 07:00 AM
Avon, CO - Two separate ski accidents over the past two days has left one teen dead and another in critical condition.
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Mar 15, 2010 - 10:51 AM
Park City, UT - Do you yearn to get behind the stick of a snowcat? Guests at The Canyons Resort in Park City now have the opportunity to experience what it is like to operate a groomer or snowcat on the mountain.
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Mar 15, 2010 - 10:42 AM
Whistler (BC), Canada - After a momentous day for the U.S. Team in Saturday's Paralympic biathlon competition, five American athletes took to the tracks Sunday in the men's sitting 15 km and women's sitting 10 km cross country skiing events.
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Mar 15, 2010 - 10:37 AM
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany - In a year when the success of the U.S. Ski Team was astounding, Lindsey Vonn, of Vail, Colo., and Ted Ligety, of Park City, Utah, capped off the excitement with some of the most prestigious awards in alpine skiing - Audi FIS World Cup ski racing titles. Vonn took the overall crown plus three other titles, while Ligety won his second giant slalom title in three years.
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Mar 15, 2010 - 10:20 AM
Whistler (BC), Canada - Canada came away with two silver medals on Sunday, the opening day of medal competition at the alpine skiing venue of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Whistler. U.S. Adaptive Alpine Team member, Stephani Victor of Park City, Utah, won a silver medal in the women's sit-ski slalom.
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Mar 15, 2010 - 10:11 AM
Whistler (BC), Canada - U.S. Adaptive Cross Country athlete Andy Soule, of Pearland, Texas, made history Saturday, winning the first U.S. medal of the 2010 Paralympic Games and the first-ever medal for the U.S. Paralympic Biathlon team on the opening day of competition. Soule, a retired U.S. Army veteran, combined his shooting skills learned in the Army with his cross country skiing skills learned from the U.S. Adaptive Cross Country Team to win the bronze medal.
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Mar 15, 2010 - 10:00 AM
Oslo, Norway - Kikkan Randall showed the world her skills Sunday, as the Anchorage, Alaska resident took second to mark only the third U.S. podium for a woman in a modern day cross country World Cup ski race in Norway.
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Mar 15, 2010 - 09:56 AM
Valmalenco, Italy - With a fourth-place finish in Valmalenco on Sunday, Canada's Justin Lamoureux, of Squamish, British Columbia, took over the World Cup lead with only one Halfpipe contest still to go, next week at La Molina, Spain.
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Mar 15, 2010 - 09:38 AM
Meiringen-Hasliberg, Switzerland - Sweden's Anna Holmlund won Sunday's women's World Cup ski cross race in Switzerland, followed in second by Ophelie David of France and Norway's Marte Hoeie Gjefsen in third. In the men's competition, Michael Schmid of Switzerland crossed the finish line ahead of Audun Groenvold of Norway in second and Canada's Chris DelBosco in third.
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Mar 15, 2010 - 09:34 AM
Oslo, Norway - After long ago having locked up the World Cup overall title, Jason Lamy Chappuis of France closed up the season with a win as he took home the King's Cup at Holmenkollen in Norway on Sunday. Olympic gold medalist Billy Demong, of Vermontville, N.Y., led the way for the U.S. finishing 10th.
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Mar 15, 2010 - 09:31 AM
Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian team gave the home crowd a show as the nation won the nordic combined team event at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival Saturday, the biggest sporting event in Norway.
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Mar 15, 2010 - 09:27 AM
Are, Sweden - With the end of the season approaching, the U.S. Freestyle Moguls Ski Team isn't slowing down for anyone as Hannah Kearney, of Norwich, Vt., and Shannon Bahrke, of Tahoe City, Calif., went 1-2 in women's dual moguls in Sweden on Saturday as Canada's Jenn Heil clinched the season's crystal globe with a third-place finish. Patrick Deneen, of Cle Elum, Wash., took third in the men's competition behind winner Guilbaut Colas of France and Canada's Maxime Gringas.
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Mar 15, 2010 - 09:06 AM
Valmalenco, Italy - PGS World Cup leaders Nicolien Sauerbreij of the Netherlands and Benjamin Karl of Austria won Saturday's second-to-last World Cup parallel giant slalom race of the season in Italy, clinching both the overall and discipline World Cup snowboarding titles for Karl.
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Mar 15, 2010 - 08:48 AM
Oslo, Norway - With only two more stops on the World Cup before season's end, Morgan Arritola, of Ketchum, Idaho, took the lead for the U.S. on Saturday, finishing 31st during the women's 30K mass start in Norway. It was a joyous day for the event's host country, with Petter Northug taking the men's 50K and Marit Bjoergen leading a Norway podium sweep at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival, the Super Bowl of the sport of cross country ski racing.
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Mar 15, 2010 - 08:45 AM
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany - Olympic slalom gold medalist Maria Riesch of Germany was in classic form Saturday, finishing on the podium for the home crowd to win the Audi FIS World Cup slalom ski racing title. Sarah Schleper, of Vail, Colo., led the charge for the U.S. by finishing 20th.
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