Articles filed under Skiing
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How a skier managed to compete at Olympics despite not being very goodFeb 20, 2018 12:00 am - Elizabeth Swaney is not bad at skiing, not at all. But she is not very good, either, and certainly not Olympic-caliber in the halfpipe. So how, at age 33 no less, did sh...
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Like many great champions, Mikaela Shiffrin is compelling, and human, in defeatFeb 16, 2018 12:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - Mikaela Shiffrin, paragon of success, is a mysterious treasure, a wondrous skier who exists for us to marvel but not understand. At her best, ...
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'I hit rock bottom yesterday': Injury costs skier his Olympic dream. Again.Feb 15, 2018 12:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - When what happened to Tommy Biesemeyer happens to other athletes, the statements are rote, canned, forgettable. But here is who Tommy Biesemey...
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Mikaela Shiffrin snaps out of her recent slump and puts Olympics on noticeFeb 15, 2018 12:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - By the time Mikaela Shiffrin doubled over Thursday afternoon and began to sob, we had learned all we needed to know. The final competitor in t...
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How to watch freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter OlympicsFeb 11, 2018 12:00 am - Q: What is freestyle skiing? A: Freestyle skiing is a catchall category of sorts for the non-Alpine, non-Nordic skiing events. Each discipline has a different histo...
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How to watch Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter OlympicsFeb 10, 2018 12:00 am - Q: What is Alpine skiing? A: Alpine skiing - also known as downhill skiing - is a race between skiers, the mountain and the clock. While the length of the course, n...
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How to watch cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter OlympicsFeb 10, 2018 12:00 am - Q: What is cross-country skiing? A: Everyone recognizes traditional cross-country skiing when they see it. In the Olympics, the races are much faster, of course, an...
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Lindsey Vonn is skiing for more than herself in PyeongchangFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - Lindsey Vonn is a grown woman of enormous professional accomplishment and a personal life that has played out in public over the past decade-a...
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Cross-country skier Jessie Diggins is poised to break a long Olympic droughtFeb 08, 2018 12:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - Jessie Diggins is hard to believe, so bubbly it feels forced, so energetic it seems unsustainable. People ask if she's fake. She gets that a l...
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Olympic success brings extra joy to Norge festivitiesJan 28, 2018 12:00 am - The gathering for the Norge Ski Jump International Winter Tournament in Fox River Grove is always festive. On Sunday, though, fans, club members and budding young ski ju...