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RUSSIA Ski, Snow, Resorts News, Mar 01, 2012

With the protests of female jumpers successful, athletes such as Karin Friberg can concentrate on their form as they point toward Sochi, Russia, in 2014.
Vt. ski jump builds Olympic dreams
Boston Globe
By Stan Grossfeld With the protests of female jumpers successful, athletes such as Karin Friberg can concentrate on their form as they point toward Sochi, Russia, in 2014. BRATTLEBORO, Vt. - When most ski jumpers climb to the summit of Harris Hill, ...
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Jumping off point
Boston.com
By Stan Grossfeld BRATTLEBORO, Vt. - When most ski jumpers climb to the summit of Harris Hill, they can see all the way to New Hampshire. But Karin Friberg, 22, who routinely trains with the US women's ski jumping team, can see Sochi, Russia.
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Miller (knee) hopes for solid recovery
Boston.com
Miller, from Franconia, NH, the winningest World Cup and Olympic male skiracer ever from the United States, said he would undergo arthroscopic surgery and prepare to be back next season. Miller injured his knee in a downhill race on the Sochi, Russia, ...
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Bode's ski season ends after knee surgery complication
Real Aspen
Miller injured his left knee earlier this month when he finished just off the podium in fourth place in a downhill at Rosa Khutor, the alpine ski racing venue for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,Russia. He then tried to ski through the injury in ...
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Real Aspen
Russian tycoon Prokhorov campaigns in Putin shadow
Reuters
For many Russians, his name is associated with the French ski resort of Courchevel, because of an incident in 2007 when the French police suspected he was arranging prostitutes for guests at the Alpine haven favored byRussia's super-rich and detained ...
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Richards off to ski in Russia
Summerland Review
By Staff Writer - Summerland Review Summerland's Kristi Richards and other members of the Canadian Freestyle Ski Team are enroute to Sochi, Russia, to compete in Europa Cup mogul and aerial events on March 4 and 5. The National Team normally limits ...
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FIS official says ski-cross course toughest in Sochi Olympics
PanARMENIAN.Net
“There's more than enough snow, practically no wind, the fog isn't thick enough to disturb the athletes, these are absolutely fine conditions for ski-cross,” he said. The ski-cross track hosted a stage of the Russian Freestyle Cup on Wednesday,...
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PanARMENIAN.Net
Local skiers well represented at 39th Birkebeiner
Hudson Star Observer
The international field consisted of participants from Canada, Finland, Norway, Switzerland and Russia. Norway's' most decorated Olympic skier Vegand Ulvang, who had recently completed an 800 mile ski trip to the South Pole at age 48, finished second ...
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Anti-Putin protests spur civil society in Russia
Vancouver Sun
24 as a call to action. “I couldn't sleep after that. I wanted to go out in the street, take a microphone and scream 'Russia without Putin!' because I had so much rage,” said one member, her face concealed by a brightly coloured ski mask.
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Putin accuses rivals of 'sacred sacrifice' murder plot
Irish Times
IN A BIZARRE speech to the All Russia People's Front, a think-tank for his United Russia Party, Vladimir Putin has accused his opponents of being ready to sacrifice a well-known person so as to blame the act on the authorities.
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Irish Times
World Champions Set For Season-Opener In Doha, Qatar
PaddockTalk
Fifteen riders line up in Ski Division F1, with defending Champion Jeremy Poret looking to repeat his heat and Grand Prix win in Qatar last year as he kicks off his campaign for a second world crown, with Jean-Baptiste Botti- third overall in 2011- and ...
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Snow bros have high slope hopes
Milngavie Herald
TEENAGE brothers Matt and Chris McCormick from Bearsden have set their sights on bringing back more silverware from this month's British Ski and Snowboard Championships. The Bearsden Academy pupils head out to the resort of Laax in Switzerland for the ...
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Milngavie Herald
Unpredictable liberal
European Voice
By Rhodri Jones - Today, 05:10 CET Nick Clegg has always been ready to start over and try something new: he has been a ski instructor, a fact-checker for the polemicist Christopher Hitchens, a Financial Times reporter in Hungary,...
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Speedskating: Madison's Tweddale will represent US in 3 races in Japan
Capital Times
He has always taken a long view, with his sights set on ramping up for the Olympic trials for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, and then peaking for the next cycle in 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea. “I don't want to be a superstar now,” he said ...
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'5000 Indians visit Slovenia every year'
Deccan Chronicle
Most European countries are realising that the world is bigger than Europe and unless they hitch their wagons to one of the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) countries which are growing at high single digit rates in GDP, they cannot make economic ...
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Andorra, Russia Debut in FIS Alpine World Cup - Skiing
Last weekend saw two successful historical firsts for the Audi FIS Ski World Cup as one of Europe's smallest countries - Andorra - and its biggest one -Russia - both entered the circle of World Cup organizing nations, becoming the 24th and ...
ABC of Skiing News Feed
Ski Track
Visit us to see more amazing panoramas from Russia and thousands of ... A:Ski Track ... Moscow has been the capital of Russia for almost its entire history.
www.360cities.net/image/ski-track-ukhta3
Russian Ski Coach Dies at Tournament - Reports | Sports | RIA ...
A coach for the Russian youth ski team was found dead in his hotel room Wednesday during the junior world Nordic combined championships in Turkey, local ...
en.rian.ru/sports/20120222/171456826.html
Russian skiers win gold and silver: Voice of Russia
Russian girls Maria Gushchina and Polina Medvedeva have won 'gold' and ' silver' in an individual classic run race at the FIS Nordic Junior & U23 World Ski...
english.ruvr.ru/2012_02_23/66734675/
First jumps at Chaykovskiy performed » Ski Jumping Hill Archive ...
The athletes from Partenkichen and further Russian ski jumpers participated as well. Vladimir Slavsky, vice-president of the Russian ski jumping federation...
www.skisprungschanzen.com/.../0094-First+jumps+at+Chayko...
Calgary Eyeopener | Paul Karchut sends us an update from Russia
Paul Karchut's Russian ski adventure continues - read his latest dispatch from Russia after the jump! You can find Paul's photos on our Facebook page at ...
www.cbc.ca/.../paul-karchut-sends-us-an-update-from-russia/
FIS-Ski - Others
The new programme of FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championship at Vikersund ...In Junior Ladies 5 km individual classic, Russian skiers swept the podium as ...
www.fis-ski.com/uk/disciplines/others.html?actu_id...
Fisskijumping.com - New ski jumping center in Tschaikowsky - 20.02 ...
The last days were important for ski jumping in Russia - because with the first jumps on the K125, K95 and K65 hills the new facility called Snezhinka ...
berkutschi.com/.../2061-new-ski-jumping-center-in-tschaikow...
Vt. ski jump builds Olympic dreams
But Karin Friberg, 22, who routinely trains with the US women's ski jumping team, can see Sochi, Russia. “That's definitely my goal right now,'' said the ...
bostonglobe.com/sports/2012/03/01/jumping-off.../story.html
U.S. Ski Team Update: Russia's Olympic Courses Find Americans ...
Lindsey Vonn gained the headlines again last weekend with two more Audi FIS World Cup titles, including her fifth straight downhill crown.
www.snocountry.com/.../us-ski-team-update-russias-olympic-c...
Viessmann FIS World Cup Cross-Country - Clean sweep for Russia ...
Photo: NordicFocus. It was all about Russia in today's 5 km Classic at the Junior World Ski Championships in Erzurum. Natalia Zhukova claims gold medal in ...
www.fiscrosscountry.com/.../clean-sweep-for-russia-the-junior...
Off piste and powder skiing in Sochi, Russia - Jan 2012 - YouTube
Crystal Ski's Product Director Ian Davis tested out the fantastic powder and big vertical backcountry on offer in Sochi, the area hosting the Olympic Winter ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vd1tPZVLrs
World Cup skiing | Julia Mancuso wins parallel slalom in Russia ...
MOSCOW, Russia — Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley ripped through a head-to- head-style parallel slalom to win under the lights in Russia for her s (read more)
www.sierrasun.com/article/20120222/SPORTS/120229958
Alpine Skiing Lindsey Vonn clinches super combined World Cup ...
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) - Another day, another title for Lindsey Vonn . ... The International Ski Federation (FIS) had initially said the race might be ...
www.universalsports.com/news-blogs/.../newsid=580279.html
Lindsey Vonn wins super-combi title with race canceled - ESPN
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia -- Another day, another title for Lindsey Vonn.... The International Ski Federation (FIS) initially said the race might be ...
espn.go.com/.../lindsey-vonn-wins-super-combi-title-race-canc...
Second Annual Red Rock Festival Opens at Sochi Ski Resort
On February 18, the 2nd Red Rocks international festival kicks off in theRussian ski resort of Krasnaya Polyana, where alpine ski racers held a series of training ...
www.russkiymir.ru/russkiymir/en/news/.../news5850.html
Disabled kids gearing up before North Pole conquest — RT
“Kids who want to take part must be 16 to 18 years old and they must take part in skiing contests like Ski Russia 2012. We have also decided to set up an event ...
rt.com/sport/north-pole-shapro-disabled-kids-mutko-727/
FIS Cross Country Skiing: Russia goes for gold in 4 x 3.3km Relay ...
FIS Cross Country Skiing - Russia goes for gold in 4 x 3.3km Relay Junior Ladies . ... Russia scores 10 gold medals at Junior/U23 World Championships 2012 ...
worldofxc.com/?id=55359
Moscow, Russia Skiing Weather Forecast - AccuWeather.com
Get Moscow, Russia weather forecasts for outdoor activities including the 5 day skiing weather forecast and other skiing related articles and videos from...
www.accuweather.com/en/ru/moscow/294021/ski.../294021
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