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...amidst the sea of green was the continued emergence of freshman Alena Tofte and the 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...
...women’s nordic team looked to build off its strong performance in the relay event before falling to ninth...
...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...
...lack of trying. Female ski jumpers have petitioned to join every Winter Olympics since Nagano in 1998, and each time they have been denied by the International Olympics Committee (IOC). In fact, ski jumping is the only Olympic discipline to remain men-only. (Technically, Nordic combined is also limited to males, but that's because it includes ski jumping.) In 1991 the IOC announced that all future Olympic sports must be open to both genders, but the rule didn't apply to sports that already existed - and as one of the 16 original events in the inaugural Winter Games...
...men’s Nordic results were not quite as history-making as the women’s, as the squad finished 11th in the 10k classic and 10th in the 15k free. But like the women, they too showed improvement, with freshman Anthony Ryerson’s 41st place in the 10k classic leading the team over the weekend...