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  • Greg and Maredith Stoffel of Batavia venture into the woods Monday along one of the many trails at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle to do a bit of cross-country skiing. Maredith had not skied in 15 years and Greg had never tried it before.

    Morton Arboretum perfect setting to try cross-country skiingMar 3, 2014 12:00 AM
    A Batavia couple finds the Morton Arboretum in Lisle an ideal place to try their luck at cross-country skiing. As members of the arboretum, the couple knew they could rent skis, boots and poles at the outdoor museum to take a crack at the sport.

     
  • Women’s slalom gold medal winner Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States poses for photographers Friday at the Sochi Games.

    American teen wins Olympic slalomFeb 21, 2014 12:00 AM
    American Mikaela Shiffrin won by more than a half-second to become, at 18, the youngest slalom champion in Olympic history. “It’s going to be something that I chalk up as one of my favorite experiences for the rest of my life,” she said. Shiffrin’s gold gave the United States five Alpine medals.

     
  • Gold medal winner Ted Ligety of the United States skis Wednesday during the second run of the men’s giant slalom at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.

    Ligety dominates for gold in Olympic giant slalomFeb 19, 2014 12:00 AM
    Ted Ligety won the giant slalom at the Sochi Games with a dominating performance Wednesday, becoming the first American man to win two Olympic gold medals in Alpine skiing. Leading after the first run, Ligety sped down the Rosa Khutor course in a two-leg combined time of 2 minutes, 45.29 seconds.

     
  • United States’ Bode Miller is joined by his wife Morgan after he finished the second run in the men’s giant slalom at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.

    Bode Miller out of slalom after tweaking left kneeFeb 19, 2014 12:00 AM
    Bode Miller’s Sochi Olympics are over, one race earlier than he had hoped. Given that he’ll be 40 by the time the 2018 Games roll around, the American’s Olympic career might very well be done, too. Miller will skip the last event on the Alpine schedule, the slalom, after tweaking his surgically repaired left knee while finishing 20th in Wednesday’s giant slalom with a two-run time of 2 minutes, 47.82 seconds, more than 2 seconds slower than gold medalist Ted Ligety.

     
  • Switzerland’s Sandro Viletta jumps during the downhill portion of the men’s supercombined at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. He won the gold medal.

    Viletta stuns favorites to win super-combined; Miller finishes fourthFeb 14, 2014 12:00 AM
    For Sandro Viletta, it was a stunning Olympic gold. For Ivica Kostelic, it was the same old Olympic silver. Viletta took advantage of a blistering slalom run to beat the favored Kostelic in Friday’s super-combined. Defending champion Bode Miller made a big mistake during his downhill run and finished sixth, while world champion Ted Ligety had a ragged slalom leg and placed 12th.

     
  • United States’ Lindsey Van points to spectators after her first attempt during the women’s normal hill ski jumping final at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

    Women ski jumpers find fight well worth itFeb 14, 2014 12:00 AM
    Ski jumping for women makes its Olympic debut after a long road and a relentless fight.

     
  • Nothing says Winter Olympics quite like curling as Erika Brown, skip of the United States team, middle, delivers the rock to her sweepers Ann Swisshelm, left, and Jessica Schultz during women’s curling competition against Japan on Thursday.

    Olympic thoughts while trying to survive winterFeb 13, 2014 12:00 AM
    The good and bad from the Olympics, plus some very random thoughts and more in this week's Spellman's Scorecard.

     
  • Brian Hansen

    Illinois can cheer on some local OlympiansFeb 7, 2014 12:00 AM
    Minus the 10 Blackhawks players on Olympic rosters, here’s a look at the other Olympians on Team USA with Illinois connections.

     
  • Cara Larson, 13, of Barrington competes in the Under 20 Women’s Class, jumps Sunday at the Norge International Ski Jumping Tournament in Fox River Grove. She belongs to the Norge Ski Club and has been jumping for six years.

    Women ski jumpers thrilled at Olympic opportunities Jan 26, 2014 12:00 AM
    More than 60 skiers took part Sunday in the 109th annual Norge International Ski Jump Tournament in Fox River Grove, but it was the nine women competitors who had extra motivation this year. For the first time, women ski jumpers will be competing for medals at next month’s Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, something long overdue according to some of the competitors at this weekend’s Norge event.

     
  • Woody Waugh, 12, of Cloquet, Minn., launches himself from the 40-meter ramp during warm-ups at the 109th Norge Ski Jump Tournament Saturday in Fox River Grove. Typically, 50 to 60 competitors register for the event. However, this year saw a surge in registrations, likely due to people excited about the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

    Ski jump competitors, fans flock to Fox River GroveJan 25, 2014 12:00 AM
    Norge Ski Club’s international ski jumping tournament kicked off at noon Saturday with junior jumpers on the smaller hills. Others from around the globe will also compete through Sunday for a chance to represent their respective divisions in Alaska. “Kids competing today also could be on the next official Olympic team,” said Norge spokesman Charlie Sedivec.

     
  • The packed snow on the 70 meter ski jump hill reflects the blue winter sky as a skier sails down at a previous Norge Ski Jump Tournament in Fox River Grove. Dozens of former and potential Olympic ski jumpers compete at the event. The hills and jumps are all built and maintained by volunteers. More than 100 years ago, Norge Ski Club members carried snow up onto the tower by using long lines of volunteers, passing bags of snow from one person to the next, and spreading it on the tower and hill by hand. Today it is still done the same way. In the days before the weekend tournament, the “snowing the tower” chore is a social event for the club.

    Fox River Grove ski tournament takes flight this weekend Jan 21, 2014 12:00 AM
    With the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games just two weeks away, winter sports enthusiasts can get into the Olympic spirit at this weekend’s 109th annual Norge Ski Jump Tournament in Fox River Grove. "You get a national Olympic sport right in your own backyard," said Gene Brown, the Norge Ski Club's corresponding secretary. "It can give people a taste of what the athletes have to go through."

     
  • Lindsey Vonn skis during a downhill training run at Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. Vonn is going to skip the Sochi Olympics because of a right knee injury.

    Without Vonn, U.S. team needs to find top gear Jan 9, 2014 12:00 AM
    Going into Saturday’s World Cup race in Austria, the U.S. women's Alpine team is looking for its first top-10 result of the season in downhill — a sharp contrast to last year, when six American speed skiers reached the podium at least once.

     
  • English is the language he uses most in his job as an emergency room physician at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, but Dr. Timur Kouliev speaks six languages including his native Russian, which he will use in his post as a medical coordinator for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

    Globe-trotting Lake County ER doc at home for Sochi Olympics Jan 5, 2014 12:00 AM
    When Dr. Timur Kouliev of Lake County leaves Monday for his job as a medical coordinator for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia, he'll be returning to a place where his family vacationed when he was growing up in Moscow. “I stayed with my family in Sochi when I was a child,” remembers Kouliev, 36, who was born in Russia and took summer vacations to the resort city from his family home in Moscow. “We went to the beach.”

     
  • Associated Press Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States celebrates her third place in an alpine ski, women’s World Cup giant slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Saturday, Dec. 28.

    US teen Shiffrin eyes yet another slalom record Dec 28, 2013 12:00 AM
    Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States celebrates her third place in an alpine ski, women’s World Cup giant slalom, in Lienz, Austria, Saturday, Dec. 28. Next up, she has a chance to end her magnificent year by setting yet another record in Sunday’s final race of 2013.

     
  • Lindsey Vonn is flanked by her boyfriend Tiger Woods as she leaves after an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill, in Val D'Isere, France, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013. Lindsey Vonn is confident that her latest knee trouble will not stop her from competing at the Sochi Games in February. With boyfriend Tiger Woods watching from the bottom of the slope, Vonn missed a gate in Saturday's World Cup downhill at Val d'Isere as her troublesome right knee buckled under her and gave way. The American was clearly distressed after skiing off course and looked close to tears. She didn't fall but grimaced as she pulled up, clutching her knee. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

    Vonn optimistic about Sochi despite new setback Dec 21, 2013 12:00 AM
    Lindsey Vonn felt her injured right knee give way and for a moment it looked like her chances for another Olympic gold might be in jeopardy. Vonn had another scary run during the World Cup downhill in Val d’Isere, clutching her knee in pain after losing her balance and missing a gate on Saturday. But shortly afterward, she said no new damage had been done to the surgically repaired knee and her plans for the Sochi Olympics were still intact.

     

  • U.S. Ski Team: Vonn cleared for downhill training Dec 3, 2013 12:00 AM

     
  • Lindsey Vonn makes a training run down a Super-G course, Friday, Nov. 29, 2013, in Vail, Colo. Vonn was back on the snow for a second day after she partially tore a reconstructed ligament in her right knee during a training mishap in Copper Mountain nine days ago. Although she's skipping the races in Beaver Creek this weekend, the 29-year-old Vonn hasn't ruled out a return to competition in Lake Louise, Alberta, next week. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

    Happy with rehab, Vonn trains, eyes Canada return Nov 29, 2013 12:00 AM
    Lindsey Vonn is energized by her progress in recovering from a knee injury and might be in the starting gate next week in Canada. Vonn spoke with The Associated Press on Friday after three early super-G training runs. This was her first big test since she crashed during training at Copper Mountain last week and partially tore a reconstructed ligament in her right knee.

     

  • Mike North video: Tiger better toe the line with Lindsey Vonn Nov 21, 2013 12:00 AM
    Lindsey Vonn seems to have Tiger Woods in check and goes everywhere with him, and she is expecting him to attend the Olympics with her. Will she break up with him if he doesn’t?

     
  • Kevin Bickner, 16, of Wauconda has a tall, thin build that’s perfect for the sport of ski jumping.

    Wauconda teen among nation’s elite ski jumpers Jun 6, 2013 12:00 AM
    Imagine sliding down a ramp at 55 mph then being propelled forward high into the air, everything going quiet as your body almost weightlessly sails along until landing with a thud, your limbs heavy, your body solid again. That’s what ski jumping feels like, said 16-year-old Kevin Bickner of Wauconda, who after thousands of leaps since he was 9 years old is now one of the best young ski jumpers in the nation.

     
  • FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2012 file photo, Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, reacts during a press conference for the women's World Cup ski races in Aspen, Colo. Vonn is on the mend after surgery to repair two shredded knee ligaments from a crash at the world championships in Austria. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow, File)

    Vonn ahead of schedule after knee surgery Feb 22, 2013 12:00 AM
    Lindsey Vonn's right knee is healing quicker than her feelings over a world championship race she says should have been called off.

     
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