Park City, UT - It was a match made on the U.S. Ski Team. Two-time Olympian Lindsey Kildow (Vail, CO) and Team alum Thomas Vonn married Sept. 29 at Deer Valley Resort’s Silver Lake Lodge. A fresh dusting of early season snow on the mountains provided the perfect backdrop for the skiers’ nuptials.
(Source)
Skiers tie the […]
It’s not a common practice here in Light the Torch but I thought I’d share some of the things — from rowing to sailing, triathlon to skiing —that’s online right now.
A SINGLE-MINDED PURSUIT OF GLORY
Irish Rowing team to compete in opening World Cup regatta
ISAF World Sailing Rankings
FIS releases 2007-08 sport calendars
Triathlete Robertson to return […]
25 April 2007 - The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today unanimously decided to declare permanently ineligible six athletes from the Austrian biathlon and cross-country skiing teams who competed at the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games (see full details below). This decision excludes them from taking part in any future Olympic […]
I’m a tad bit confused.
Will Bode Miller be competing or not competing in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics?
To quote Union Leader,
“I’m in the process of making a decision about participating in World Cup next year,” Miller added. “The Olympics are a long way off. I’d have to find some motivation.”
The article somehow suggests that […]
Three-time Olympian Kirsten Clark, the only skier to win four consecutive U.S. downhill titles, will retire after this month’s Alpine championships.
(Forbes)
She’s been in the competitive skiing circuit for the last thirteen years.
The Olympic Games she participated in are the following:
Nagano 1998
Salt Lake City 2002
Torino 2006
Clark won the silver medal in the super-G during the 2003 […]
The super-G could be eliminated as an Alpine discipline to shorten the number of races on the World Cup calendar.
[washingtonpost.com]
According to the article, the reason behind the “contemplation” is because the skiers complain about having to race too many and they’d end up tired and yea, I guess, the risk for injury is higher. Ultimately, […]
2005 FIS World Champion Nina Li successfully defended her title Saturday at the 2007 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships at Madonna di Campiglio. Ranked 4th after the first jump, she reclaimed the gold with a solid second jump as leading athletes made mistakes.
[First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine]
Kudos to China for bagging the gold. It’s a […]
TARVISIO, Italy (AP) — Julia Mancuso won a World Cup downhill Saturday and Renate Goetschl finished second to take the season’s discipline title.
(Read the article)
Winner
Julia Mancuso (1 minute, 52.67 seconds)
1st Runner Up
Renate Goetschl (1 minute, 52.84 seconds)
2nd Runner Up
Emily Brydon (1 minute, 52.88 seconds)
Current World Cup Standings
Marlies Schild (1,148 points)
Julia Mancuso (1,139 points)
Nicole Hosp (1,103 […]
CHAMONIX 1924
January 25, 1924
It was held in France, 83 years ago!
But, of course, they didn’t know what it was while it was going on. The IOC just named it as such afterwards. Originally, the competition was called International Sports Week 1924.
Trivia: First event to be decided on was the men’s 500m speed skating where Charles […]
Like what I predicted on the day of the Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony, recorded videos of various Olympic events are now available at Google Video.
Olympic Videos at Google Video (Source: Google)
You can watch events ranging from Alpine Skiing to Figure Skating to Snowboarding to Speed Skating.
Tags: News, opening_ceremony, Skiing, Snowboarding, techy-stuff, Torino_2006, turin, winter-games, winter_olympics, […]
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