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THURSDAY, 31 AUGUST 2006
Denver Plans on Hosting 2018 Winter Games
With the announcement of the winning host for the 2014 Winter Olympics due on July next year, Denver is already looking further ahead. The Metro Denver Sports Commission is already considering a bid for hosting the 2018 Winter Games, www.rockymountainews.com reported. The committee has already contacted several groups that can help them realize their plans. It includes the Vail Valley Fou
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WEDNESDAY, 30 AUGUST 2006
Women Speed, Tech Skiers Mesh in NZ
QUEENSTOWN, N.Z. (Aug. 29) - Good snow, great ski area support and over-the-moon enthusiasm from athletes, who hadn't skied since spring, helped make the U.S. alpine women's training camp at Coronet Peak "outstanding," according to Head Coach Patrick Riml. The long layoff from on-snow training helped boost the excitement level, as did the presence of World Cup speed skiers joining the Wor
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TUESDAY, 29 AUGUST 2006
Hamish Acland Wins NZ Free Ski Open
Treble Cone, NZ (Freeskier NZ)-World number five big mountain skier Hamish Acland, of Wanaka, claimed the winning title at the NZ Free Ski Open Volkl Big Mountain event at Treble Cone's Motatapu Chutes Wednesday. Australia's Janina Kuzma won the women's event, continuing her successful form after gaining second place at the Open's K2 Halfpipe event last week. Acland (26), beat fellow Kiwi
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SUNDAY, 27 AUGUST 2006
McBride Returns as Men's Combined Coach
PARK CITY, Utah (Aug. 25) - John (Johno) McBride, who resigned in the spring after 10 years of World Cup coaching, including the last four as U.S. men's downhill/super G head coach, is returning as a combined coach with the men's squad, Head Coach Phil McNichol said. McNichol said McBride would work at the World Cup level with the men's top multiple-event skiers including 2005 World Cup o
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THURSDAY, 24 AUGUST 2006
Squaw Valley Founder Alex Cushing Dies
SQUAW VALLEY, Calif. (Aug. 21) - The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association is hailing the late Alex Cushing, founder of Squaw Valley resort and the energy behind bringing the Winter Olympics back to North America in 1960, as "a man of vision to match the mountain he developed." Cushing, a longtime supporter of the U.S. Ski Team who was inducted three years ago as a member of the U.S. Nationa
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