Articles filed under Skiing
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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...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsJan 26, 2018 12:00 am - Disney princesses take to the ice in Rosemont, an epic musical is revived in Lincolnshire and ski jumpers compete in Fox River Grove this weekend in the suburbs. Here ar...
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Norge kicks off 113th tourney under Olympic limelightJan 23, 2018 10:00 pm - Story has been updated to reflect the correct spelling of Kevin Bickner. Snow machines are working on full blast this week making powder for the weekend's 113th No...
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Cary native becomes Norge Ski Club's first OlympianJan 03, 2018 4:30 am - Michael Glasder doesn't quite remember the first time he went ski jumping at Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove, but the story goes something like this: His parents wante...
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Local residents to compete in Special Olympics in AustriaMar 06, 2017 10:00 pm - Arlington Heights, Bartlett residents to compete in Special Olympics World Games