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Demong, Lodwick among 4 selected for U.S. Nordic Combined Team

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Park City, UT (SportsNetwork.com) – Olympic medalists Billy Demong and Todd Lodwick were among four athletes selected to the U.S. Olympic Nordic Combined Team for the 2014 Sochi Games. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association announced their selections on Wednesday, […]

First-ever U.S. women’s ski jumping team revealed

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Park City, UT (SportsNetwork.com) – The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association unveiled their ski jumping roster for the 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday. The Olympic games in Sochi marks the first time that women will be able to compete in […]

U.S. selects cross country ski team for Sochi

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Park City, UT (SportsNetwork.com) – World champions Kikkan Randall and Jessie Diggins will head the team of 14 cross country athletes selected by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association to participate in the Sochi Olympics. Randall, a two-time World Cup […]

2014 Winter Olympics Preview: Alpine Skiing

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(Sports Network) – When the alpine skiing competition gets underway at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, the United States will head to the slopes without its biggest star. Lindsey Vonn has battled knee injuries since a horrific crash at the 2013 […]

2014 Winter Olympics Preview: Nordic Combined

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(Sports Network) – Although the United States had never won a medal in Nordic combined prior to the Vancouver Olympics, the Americans head into the competition at the 2014 Sochi Games with lofty expectations. The U.S. surprised everybody four years […]

Nesbitt leads Canadian speedskaters

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Calgary, AB (SportsNetwork.com) – Two-time Olympic medal winner Christine Nesbitt will lead the Canadian speedskating team at the 2014 Games. Nesbitt was one of 17 athletes selected for the men’s and women’s speedskating teams. She won Olympic gold four years […]

Semin added to Russia’s hockey squad

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Raleigh, NC (SportsNetwork.com) – Carolina Hurricanes forward Alexander Semin was added to Russia’s men’s ice hockey team Tuesday for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Semin, 29, has nine goals and 12 assists for 21 points in 36 […]

Security fears escalate ahead of Olympics

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(SportsNetwork.com) – Plans to evacuate Americans in the event of a terror attack on the Winter Olympics include warships, planes and helicopters that would be provided by the U.S. military, according to a report. The report Monday on CNN.com came […]

2014 Winter Olympics Preview: Bobsled

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(SportsNetwork.com) – The United States men’s Olympic bobsled team has its hero back for another run at gold. The women’s team, so successful since the sport debuted for women in 2002, will get a push from a pair of Summer […]

Lolo Jones picked for US bobsled team

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Igls, Austria (SportsNetwork.com) – American track stars Lolo Jones and Lauryn Williams are going back to the Olympics — the Winter Olympics Jones and Williams were among 15 athletes named to the United States Olympic bobsled team for next month’s […]