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PR Web (press release)
Head North for Late Season Skiing
PR Web (press release)
The last two remaining open French ski resorts of Tignes and Val Thorens have now closed, ending the country's ski season. Whilst other Alpine ski areas in Austria, Italy and Switzerland remain open, they are only resorts with glaciers.

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Milngavie Herald
SKI STAR DOUGIE AN “INSPIRATION” TO OTHERS
Milngavie Herald
BEARSDEN Alpine skier Dougie Crawford was flying the flag for his sport at Holyrood at a special parliamentary reception. The 25-year-old was one of a group of skiers who met 18 MSPs, including Milngavie's Gil Paterson and Minister for Commonwealth ...

Conrad Pridy earns national team spot
Whistler Question
Pridy was officially named to the Canadian Alpine Ski Team last week, as the 29-athlete roster for the winter 2013 season was unveiled last Thursday (May 10). “I think most of all I have a sense of belonging now and I feel like that's one less thing to ...

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Ski Channel
All-Star Women's US Ski Team Implements Athlete-Focused Coaching
Ski Channel
Just as the men's team created the World Cup B program, the women's US Alpine Ski Team has followed suit by adding a multi discipline program with the goal of providing greater coaching focus to their highest performing athletes.

Press News
Skier Ted Ligety goes to extremes this offseason
Denver Post
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Ted Ligety of the USA competes during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's Slalom on March 11, 2012 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. (Getty Images Europe | Stanko Gruden/Agence Zoom) Just as Ted Ligety was about to soar ...
Skier Ted Ligety dapples in extreme skiing during offseasonSI.com

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Ski Channel
US Men's Alpine Ski Team Welcomes New Coaches Andreas Evers, Bernd Brunner and ...
Ski Channel
The men's US Alpine Ski Team continues to make preparations for the upcoming World Cup season with the announcement of several major additions. The team welcomes Andreas Evers, Bernd Brunner and former Audi FIS World Cup athlete TJ Lanning to the ...
US alpine Team announces coaching changesSkiRacing.com

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US alpine Team announces coaching changes
SkiRacing.com
As Ski Racing reported a month ago, the alpine men's team added coaches Andreas Evers and Bernd Brunner as well as former racer TJ Lanning. Evers heads the men's speed group. Brunner will head up a newly formed World Cup B training group and Lanning ...

IPC President receives Order of Friendship from Russian Deputy Prime Minster ...
Insidethegames.biz
The Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games will take place on March 7-16 and will feature medal events in Alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, ice sledge hockey and wheelchair curling. It was recently announced that two Para-snowboard events will form part of the Alpine ...

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Dan Hinxman: Ranking Reno-Tahoe's top 25 athletes starts with LeMond
Reno Gazette-Journal
Julia Mancuso: Mancuso's three Olympic medals (gold, giant slalom, 2006; silver, downhill, 2010; silver, combined, 2010) are the most ever for a US woman in alpine skiing. She also has seven World Cup victories. 7. Tamara McKinney: The Reno High grad ...

Skiers honoured
Perthshire Advertiser
SOME of the biggest names in alpine skiing came together during a Parliamentary reception to honour Scotland's skiers – including Strathallan pupils. The event was held at the Scottish Parliament with the support of 18 MSPs, including Minister for ...

TruckTrend Magazine
Audi to Show Trio of Q3 Concepts, e-Bike at Worthersee Festival in Austria
TruckTrend Magazine
The new model to be shown at the Wörthersee festival fittingly has an alpine skiing theme, and is called the Q3 Red Track concept. The Q3 Red Track comes ready to hit the slopes with two skis attached to the roof, and luggage-area inductive current ...

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Prep report: Rally at Roseville High School to support coaches, teachers
Pioneer Press
The Minnesota State High School League's Representative Assembly on Monday rejected a proposed amendment change that would lengthen the Alpine skiing season. ... Eagan hired Matt Vollum as boys basketball coach. Vollum previously coached at Bloomington ...

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New Zealand Para-snowboarding star hails Sochi 2014 announcement
insideworldparasport
... event but then backtracked on their decision, which means that there will now be a total of 72 medal events at the 2014 Winter Paralympics as the sport joins downhill, super G, super combined, giant slalom and slalom on the Alpine skiing programme.

Community Sports Calendar
Bend Bulletin
Pole Pedal Paddle: Saturday; Mt. Bachelor ski area to Bend; downhill and nordic skiing, cycling, running and paddling; individuals, pairs and teams; $42-$190; www.pppbend.com. Kid's Mini PPP: Grades one through five; Sunday; Bend; 9 am; ...

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Conrad Pridy earns national team spot
Whistler Question
The 23-year-old was named to the Canadian Alpine Ski Team roster for the first time last week. Having proved that he can hang with the world's best this past winter, Whistler's Conrad Pridy has earned his place on a team with Canada's elite.

Garnsey honored with USSA's Blegen Award
SkiRacing.com
Additional athletic awards were presented to Tyler Walker (Adaptive Athlete of the Year), Vonn (Alpine), Kikkan Randall (Cross Country), Hannah Kearney (Freestyle), Tom Wallisch (Freeskiiing), Bryan Fletcher (Nordic Combined), Sarah Hendrickson (Ski ...

Ski Channel
Sochi Tests the Olympic Ice
Ski Channel
The kids are from a school that offers training in bobsleigh, skeleton, luge, hockey, figure skating, cross country skiing, alpine skiing, snowboarding, and curling. If the two young women from the school accepted to the Russian bobsleigh team are any ...
Sochi 2014 Olympic ice gets first test with Olympian skater Tatyana NavkaSports Features Communications

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Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog)
Alpine skiing-Hirscher suffers minor injuries after car crash
Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog)
While driving from Abtenau to Annaberg, in his home region south of Salzburg, the 23-year-old was forced to swerve to avoid a head-on collision with a car on the wrong side of the road, the Austrian ski team said. "Phew... 1 million guardian angels: ...

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AFP
Alpine skiing-Hirscher suffers minor injuries after car crash
Yahoo! Eurosport UK
While driving from Abtenau to Annaberg, in his home region south of Salzburg, the 23-year-old was forced to swerve to avoid a head-on collision with a car on the wrong side of the road, the Austrian ski team said. "Phew... 1 million guardian angels: ...
World Cup ski champion Hirscher injured in car crashBangkok Post

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World Cup ski champion Hirscher injured in car crash
Bangkok Post
Austria's Marcel Hirscher holds up the men's giant slalom crystal globe after the Alpine skiing World Cup finals in Schladming on March 17. Hirscher escpaed with light injuries after being involved in a severe car crash Monday near Schladming, ...

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