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...continue to train elsewhere, a huge burden for those who may have talent but can't afford a transoceanic move and may therefore give up skating dreams altogether. "I've thought about it but haven't made any plans," said Kwak, Kim's 16-year-old teammate, who finished 13th. "Compared to other countries, we have fewer skaters and fewer coaches...
Mangan seized the opportunity, placing 13th in the classic event and 17th in the free event. With Kennedy, Tofte, and junior Cara Sprague finishing 17th, 22nd, and 29th in the classic event, the team took 3 spots in the top 25 and four in the top 30. Kennedy and Tofte followed that up with back to back finishes in the skate skiing event, taking 27th and 28th in the 5k free...
Since then, the national buzz surrounding the scandal has spawned a book, news specials, and most recently, a theatrical production under the working title of “The Harvard Project.” The play, which has already undergone three workshop performances at Manhattan’s East 13th Street Theater, chronicles the lives of Harvard students who were investigated and expelled for “homosexualism” during those clandestine proceedings...
...When asked which sport is tougher, downhill skiing or half-pipe snowboarding, the skiing crowd protects its turf: "I know what [snowboarders] do is massively difficult," says Chemmy Alcott, a skier from Great Britain who finished 13th in the downhill race. "But just being on skis, you can create so much more energy and speed than a snowboarder." Another biased observer, Vonn's younger sister Karin, offers one of the more rational reasons for favoring her sibling's sport. "It's like comparing gymnastics to football," says Karin, 21, a student at the University of San Diego. "With...
...women’s nordic team, which placed sixth in the women’s 15k classic mass start race. The weekend before, Tofte had placed 18th in the classic event despite falling over. Nordic coach Chris City ’94 had estimated that she would have placed 13th or 14th had she stayed on her skis...