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...Crimson hopes to knock off schools such as Williams and St. Lawrence in more events and ultimately in the overall standings, the women’s nordic skiers will need more help. Harvard finished no higher than ninth in an event after the sixth-place finish in the 15k classic...
...these such freshmen was alpine skier Catherine Sheils who followed up her 18th-place finish in last weekend’s giant slalom with another strong performance. This one coming in the slalom, where Shiels took 22nd in both the first and second runs of the event. The freshman didn’t match the promise she showed in last weekend’s exhibition, where she placed third out of the collegiate field, but her performance was the strongest individual result the team had outside of the women’s nordic team...
While the freshmen led many of Harvard’s events, it was a senior who paced the men’s Alpine team. Co-captain Chris Kinner had the Crimson’s highest finish in both events, placing 25th in the slalom and 41st in the giant slalom...
...perilous jumps, crashes are part of the game. But on Tuesday, things were getting ridiculous. Riders weren't just wiping out during their races (incidental contact with other athletes is bound to cause some spills); they were falling even during their qualifying runs, in which boarders speed to the finish line alone to determine their seeding for the actual contest. (Watch a video about training for snowboard cross...
...Athletes failed to finish in three of the four quarterfinals. Sandra Frei of Switzerland flew into a fence. "There were a lot of crashes today," said American snowboard star Lindsey Jacobellis. Although she ultimately finished a disappointing fifth, failing to make amends for her infamous gaffe at the 2006 Olympics in Turin, Italy - where she stumbled at the end of a race she was on the verge of winning because she hotdogged it on the last jump, taking silver instead of gold - at least she had no broken bones. "We were lucky that nobody was carted off in a sled...