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Ski Jumping National Champ

USA NH compatition, Michael Glasder and Nina Lussi take the title

Nina Lussi took a clear win in the ladies' competition with 88 m and 94.5 m and a total of 227.0 points. The other two spots on the podium went to Nita Englund (92 m and 90 m; 202.5 points) and Abby Ringquist (76.5 m and 80 m; 170.5 points).

Michael Glasder was clearly the best ski jumper in both rounds with 96 m and 100.5 m. The second place went to Kevin Bickner, nordic combined athlete Bryan Fletcher finished third.

Russia  Denis Kornilov was the best in both competitions at the Russian Championships, Avvakumova takes women’s title.

Kornilov  won with jumps of 101.5 m and 94.5 m and 241.1 points. Only 0.6 points behind, Aleksandr Bazhenov came in second with 98.5 m and 96 m, Mikhail Nazarov was third with 96 m and 97.5 m and a total of 236.1 points.

Irina Avvakumova was in a league of her own in the ladies competition. She won the title on the normal hill with 97 m and 98.5 m and 234.0 points, clearly ahead of Anastasiya Barannikova (95.5 m and 94 m; 212.6 points) and Lidiia Iakovleva

Italy Davide Bresadola and Manuela Malsiner took the titles at the Italian Ski Jumping championships on the normal hill on Saturday.

Davide Bresadola had the best jumps in both rounds on the HS 104 in Predazzo with 100 m and 99 m. Davide defended his title from last year's championships with 246.5 points. The second place went to Sebastian Colloredo, Daniele Varesco came in third 

Manuela Malsiner proved to be unbeatable in the ladies event. The Junior World Champion dominated the competition with 103 m and 98 m and 241.0 points. She was followed by Elena Runggaldier  and Lara Malsiner

Switzerland Kilian Peier successfully defended his title at the Swiss Ski Jumping Championships

The second place went to Gregor Deschwanden, 3rd to Andreas Schuller. Sina Arnet won the ladies competition. followed by Rea Kindlimann and Emely Torazza

Austria Nat. Champ  were held this weekend in Bischofshofen (large hill) and Villach (normal hill). Michael Hayboeck won both competition,  Chiara Hoelzl won the ladies' competition  

Michael win NH title with 264 points and the LH title with 275 pts. In NH Compatition Stefan Karft finished 2nd and Manuel Fettner 3rd, in LH compatition the podium was Hayboeck, Gregor Schlierenzauer (leader after 1st round) and Kraft

Chiara Hoelzl won the ladies' competition with 92 m and 79.5 m and 207.1 points. Jacqueline Seifriedsberger took silver with 89 m and 82.5 m (203.7 points), the third place went to Elisabeth Raudaschl with 176.2 points (82.5 m and 77.5 m).

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2018 U.S.A. Olympic Roster

Alpine Skiing

Stacey Cook (Mammoth Lakes, California)

Breezy Johnson (Victor, Idaho)

Megan McJames (Park City, Utah)

Alice McKennis (New Castle, Colorado)

Laurenne Ross (Bend, Oregon)

Mikaela Shiffrin (East Burke, Vermont)

Resi Stiegler (Jackson, Wyoming)

Lindsey Vonn (Vail, Colorado)

Jacqueline Wiles (White Pass, Washington)

Bryce Bennett (Squaw Valley, California)

Tommy Biesemeyer (Plattsburgh, New York)

David Chodounsky (Crested Butte, Colorado)

Ryan Cochrane-Siegle (Stowe, Vermont)

Mark Engel (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Tommy Ford (Bend, Oregon)

Jared Goldberg (Sugar House, Utah)

Tim Jitloff (Park City, Utah)

Nolan Kasper (East Burke, Vermont)

Ted Ligety (Park City, Utah)

Wiley Maple (Aspen, Colorado)

Steven Nyman (Park City, Utah)

Andrew Weibrecht (Lake Placid, New York)

Biathlon

Emily Dreissigacker (Morrisville, Vermont)

Susan Dunklee (Barton, Vermont)

Clare Egan (Cape Elizabeth, Maine)

Madeleine Phaneuf (Fairfax, Virginia)

Joanne Reid (Boulder, Colorado)

Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, New York)

Tim Burke (Lake Placid, New York)

Russell Currier (Stockholm, Maine)

Sean Doherty (Conway, New Hampshire)

Leif Nordgren (Marine, Minnesota)

Cross County Skiing

Sadie Bjornsen (Anchorage, Alaska)

Rosie Brennan (Anchorage, Alaska)

Sophie Caldwell (Stratton, Vermont)

Jessie Diggins (Stratton, Vermont)

Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, Alaska)

Ida Sargent (Craftsbury, Vermont)

Liz Stephen (East Burke, Vermont)

Caitlin Patterson (Craftsbury, Vermont)

Rosie Frankowski (Anchorage, Alaska)

Annie Hart (Stratton, Vermont)

Kaitlyn Miller (Bowdoin, Maine)

Erik Bjornsen (Anchorage, Alaska)

Simi Hamilton (Middlebury, Vermont)

Andy Newell (Bennington, Vermont)

Patrick Caldwell (Lyme, New Hampshire)

Logan Hanneman (Fairbanks, Alaska)

Scott Patterson (Anchorage, Alaska)

Reese Hanneman (Fairbanks, Alaska)

Tyler Kornfield (Fairbanks, Alaska)

Noah Hoffman (Aspen, Colorado)

Freestyle Skiing

Kiley McKinnon (Madison, Connecticut)

Maddy Olsen (Park City, Utah)

Ashley Caldwell (Ashburn, Virginia)

Maddie Bowman (South Lake Tahoe, California)

Brita Sigourney (Park City, Utah)

Devin Logan (Mt. Snow, Vermont)

Annalisa Drew (Andover, Massachusetts)

Jaelin Kauf (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)

Morgan Schild (Pittsford, New York)

Tess Johnson (Vail, Colorado)

Keaton McCargo (Telluride, Colorado)

Maggie Voisin (Whitefish, Montana)

Caroline Claire (Manchester, Vermont)

Darian Stevens (Park City, Utah)

Eric Loughran (Park City, Utah)

Jon Lillis (Park City, Utah)

David Bohonnon (Madison, Connecticut)

David Wise (Reno, Nevada)

Torin Yater-Wallace (Basalt, Colorado)

Alex Ferreira (Aspen, Colorado)

Aaron Blunck (Crested Butte, Colorado)

Casey Andringa (Park City, Utah)

Troy Murphy (Park City, Utah)

Emerson Smith (Dover, Vermont)

Bradley Wilson (Butte, Montana)

Gus Kenworthy (Telluride, Colorado)

Nick Goepper (Lawrenceburg, Indiana)

McRae Williams (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Alex Hall (Park City, Utah)

Ski Jumping

Michael Glasder (Lake Forest, Illinois)

Sarah Hendrickson (Park City, Utah)

Nita Englund (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)

Abby Ringquist (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Kevin Bickner (Chicago, Illinois)

Will Rhoads (Concord, New Hampshire)

Casey Larson (Barrington, Illinois)

Bobsleigh

Codie Bascue (Whitehall, New York)

Evan Weinstock (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Steven Langton (Malden, Massachusetts)

Sam McGuffie (Cypress, Texas)

Nick Cunningham (Latham, New York)

Hakeem Abdul-Saboor (Powhatan, Virginia)

Chris Kinney (Stockbridge, Georgia)

Sam Michener (Gresham, Oregon)

Justin Olsen (San Antonio, Texas)

Carlo Valdes (Newport Beach, California)

Sgt. Chris Fogt (Orem, Utah)

Nathan Weber (Denver, Colorado)

Elana Taylor (Douglasville, Georgia)

Lauren Gibbs (Denver, Colorado)

Jamie Greubel-Poser (Princeton, New Jersey)

Aja Evans (Homewood, Illinois)

Curling

John Shuster (Duluth, Minnesota)

Tyler George (Duluth, Minnesota)

Matt Hamilton (Duluth, Minnesota)

John Landsteiner (Duluth, Minnesota)

Joe Polo (Cass Lake, Minnesota)

Nina Roth (Madison, Wisconsin)

Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, Minnesota)

Aileen Geving (Duluth, Minnesota)

Becca Hamilton (Madison, Wisconsin)

Cory Christiansen (Duluth, Minnesota)

Figure Skating

Alexa Knierim (DuPage, Illinois)

Madison Chock (Novi, Michigan)

Madison Hubbell (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

Maia Shibutani (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

Speed Skating

Shani Davis (Chicago, Illinois)

Jonathan Garcia (Katy, Texas)

Kimani Griffin (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)

Brian Hansen (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

Emery Lehman (Oak Park, Illinois)

Joey Mantia (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Mitch Whitmore (Waukesha, Wisconsin)

Heather Bergsma (High Point, North Carolina)

Brittany Bowe (Ocala, Florida)

Erin Jackson (Ocala, Florida)

Mia Manganello (Crestview, Florida)

Carlijn Schoutens (Trenton, New Jersey)

Jerica Tandiman (Kearns, Utah)

John-Henry Krueger (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

Thomas Hong (Laurel, Maryland)

Aaron Tran (Federal Way, Washington)

J.R. Celski (Federal Way, Washington)

Ryan Pivirotto (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

Maame Biney (Reston, Virginia)

Lana Gehring (Chicago, Illinois)

Jessica Smith (Melvindale, Michigan)

Hockey

Tony Granato (Madison, Wisconsin)

Keith Allain (New Haven, Connecticut)

Chris Chelios (Chicago, Illinois)

Ron Rolston (Fenton, Michigan)

Scott Young (Southborough, Massachusetts)

Chad Billins (Marysville, Michigan)

Noah Welch (Needham, Massachusetts)

John McCarthy (Boston, Massachusetts)

Brian O’Neill (Yardley, Pennsylvania)

Garrett Roe (Vienna, Virginia)

Brian Gionta (Rochester, New York)

Ryan Gunderson (Bensalem, Pennsylvania)

Broc Little (Phoenix, Arizona)

Bobby Butler (Marlborough, Massachusetts)

Ryan Donato (Scituate, Massachusetts)

Chris Bourque (Topsfield, Massachusetts)

Jordan Greenway (Canton, New York)

Jim Slater (Lapeer, Michigan)

Will Borgen (Moorhead, Minnesota)

James Wisniewski (Canton, Michigan)

Bobby Sanguinetti (Lumberton, New Jersey)

Troy Terry (Denver, Colorado)

Jonathon Blum (Rancho Santa Margarita, California)

Mark Arcobello (Milford, Connecticut)

Ryan Zapolski (Erie, Pennsylvania)

Brandon Maxwell (Winter Park, Florida)

David Leggio (Williamsville, New York)

Chad Kolarik (Abington, Pennsylvania)

Ryan Stoa (Bloomington, Minnesota)

Matt Gilroy (Manhasset, New York)

Cayla Barnes (Eastvale, California)

Megan Keller (Farmington, Michigan)

Kali Flanagan (Winchester, Massachusetts)

Monique Lamoureux-Morando (Grand Forks, North Dakota)

Emily Pfalzer (Buffalo, New York)

Meghan Duggan (Danvers, Massachusetts)

Haley Skarupa (Rockville, Maryland)

Kelly Pannek (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Brianna Decker (Brookfield, Wisconsin)

Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson (Grand Forks, North Dakota)

Gisele Marvin (Bemidji, Minnesota)

Hannah Brandt (Maplewood, Minnesota)

Hilary Knight (Lake Forest, Illinois)

Kacey Bellamy (Westfield, Massachusetts)

Dani Cameranesi (Plymouth, Minnesota)

Kendall Coyne (Oak Lawn, Illinois)

Amanda Kessel (Madison, Wisconsin)

Nicole Hensley (Littleton, Colorado)

Alex Rigsby (Hartland, Wisconsin)

Maddie Rooney (Duluth, Minnesota)

Amanda Pelkey (Randolph, Vermont)

Sidney Morin (Minnetonka, Minnesota)

Luge

Chris Mazdzer (Pittsfield, Massachusetts)

Taylor Morris (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Tucker West (Ridgefield, Connecticut)

Justin Krewson (Eastport, New York)

Andrew Sherk (Ft. Washington, Pennsylvania)

Matt Mortensen (Huntington Station, New York)

Jayson Terdiman (East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania)

Summer Britcher (Glen Rock, Pennsylvania)

Erin Hamlin (Remsen, New York)

Emily Sweeney (Portland, Maine)

Bryan Fletcher (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)

Taylor Fletcher (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)

Jasper Good (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)

Ben Loomis (Park City, Utah)

Ben Berend (Park City, Utah)

Skeleton

Matthew Antoine (Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin)

John Daly (Smithtown, New York)

Katie Uhlaender (Breckenridge, Colorado)

Kendall Wesenberg (Modesto, California)

Snowboarding

Chris Corning (Silverthorne, Colorado)

Red Gerard (Silverthorne, Colorado)

Kyle Mack (Detroit, Michigan)

Ryan Stassel (Anchorage, Alaska)

Ben Ferguson (Bend, Oregon)

Chase Josey (Hailey, Idaho)

Jake Pates (Eagle, Colorado)

Shaun White (Silverton, Colorado)

Jamie Anderson (South Lake Tahoe, California)

Jessika Jenson (Idaho Falls, Idaho)

Hailey Langland (San Clemente, California)

Julia Marino (Westport, Connecticut)

Kelly Clark (Mammoth Lakes, California)

Arielle Gold (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)

Chloe Kim (La Palma, California)

Maddie Mastro (Mammoth Lakes, California)

A.J. Muss (Rumson, New Jersey)

Mike Trapp (Hyannis, Massachusetts)

Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, Michigan)

Jonathan Cheever (Saugus, Massachusetts)

Mick Dierdorff (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)

Hagen Kearney (Bradford, Pennsylvania)

Faye Gulini (Vail, Colorado)

Lindsey Jacobellis (Danbury, Connecticut)

Rosie Mancari (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)

Meghan Tierney (Edwards, Colorado)

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Best place by every ski jumper who started in any of the competitions (WC 16/17):

1st Place Stefan Kraft (AUT)  Kamil Stoch (POL) Daniel-André Tande (NOR) Maciej Kot (POL) Andreas Wellinger (GER) Michael Hayböck (AUT) Peter Prevc (SLO) Severin Freund (GER) Domen Prevc (SLO)

2nd Place Andreas Stjernen (NOR) Robert Johansson (NOR) Noriaki Kasai (JPN)

3rd Place Markus Eisenbichler (GER) Manuel Fettner (AUT) Piotr Żyła (POL) Richard Freitag (GER) Andreas Kofler (AUT) Jewgienij Klimow (RUS) Jurij Tepeš (SLO)

4th Place Daiki Itō (JPN) Johann André Forfang (NOR) Anže Lanišek (SLO)

5th Place Vincent Descombes Sevoie (FRA) Stephan Leyhe (GER) Roman Koudelka (CZE)

6th Place Karl Geiger (GER)

7th Place Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)

8th Place Dawid Kubacki (POL) Vojtěch Štursa (CZE) Cene Prevc (SLO)

9th Place Anders Fannemel (NOR) Jan Ziobro (POL) Andreas Wank (GER) Sebastian Colloredo (ITA)

11th Place Simon Ammann (SUI) Markus Schiffner (AUT)

12th Place Taku Takeuchi (JPN) MacKenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)

13th Place Jernej Damjan (SLO)

14th Place Jarkko Määttä (FIN)

15th Place Clemens Aigner (AUT) Alex Insam (ITA) Kevin Bickner (USA)

16th Place Stefan Hula (POL) Halvor Egner Granerud (NOR) Lukáš Hlava (CZE) Dmitrij Wasiljew (RUS)

17th Place Jakub Janda (CZE) Dienis Korniłow (RUS) Junshirō Kobayashi (JPN)

18th Place Joakim Aune (NOR) Viktor Polášek (CZE) Tomáš Vančura (CZE)

19th Place David Siegel (GER) Anže Semenič (SLO)

20th Place Tom Hilde (NOR)

21st Place Janne Ahonen (FIN) Davide Bresadola (ITA)

22nd Place Stefan Huber (AUT) Aleksiej Romaszow (RUS) Aleksander Zniszczoł (POL)

23rd Place Gregor Deschwanden (SUI)

25th Place Ville Larinto (FIN) Kento Sakuyama (JPN)

27th Place Klemens Murańka (POL) Florian Altenburger (AUT)

28th Place Bor Pavlovčič (SLO)

29th Place Elias Tollinger (AUT) Michael Glasder (USA)

30th Place Yūken Iwasa (JPN) Daniel Huber (AUT) Gabriel Karlen (SUI) Kaarel Nurmsalu (EST)

31st Place Pius Paschke (GER) Tilen Bartol (SLO) Jan Matura (CZE)

32nd Place Antti Aalto (FIN) Killian Peier (SUI)

33rd Place Masamitsu Itō (JPN) Aleksandr Bażenow (RUS) Ryōyū Kobayashi (JPN)

34th Place Joacim Ødegård Bjøreng (NOR) Aljaž Osterc (SLO)

35th Place Philipp Aschenwald (AUT) William Rhoads (USA)

36th Place Yukiya Satō (JPN)

38th Place Thomas Hofer (AUT)

39th Place Roman Trofimow (RUS) Naoki Nakamura (JPN)

40th Place Michaił Nazarow (RUS) Nejc Dežman (SLO) Ronan Lamy Chappuis (FRA)

42nd Place Joachim Hauer (AUT)

44th Place Kim Hyun-ki (KOR) Marat Żaparow (KAZ)

45th Place Władimir Zografski (BUL)

47th Place  Lauri Asikainen (FIN) Constantin Schmid (GER)

48th Place Jakub Wolny (POL) Casey Larson (USA)

49th Place Eetu Nousiainen (FIN) Jaka Hvala (CZE)

50th Place Choi Seou (KOR) Ilmir Chazietdinow (RUS)

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Teams for the the last team competition in Planica

Team USA: William Rhoads - Casey Larson - Michael Glasder - Kevin Bickner

Team Italy: Roberto Dellasega - Davide Bresadola - Sebastian Colloredo - Alex Insam

Team Finland: Jarkko Määttä - Antti Aalto - Lauri Asikainen - Ville Larinto

Team Switzerland: Killian Peier - Gabriel Karlen - Gregor Deschwanden - Simon Ammann

Team Russia: Aleksandr Bazhenov - Mikhail Nazarov - Alexey Romashov - Evgeniy Klimov

Team Czech Republic: Tomas Vancura - Vojtech Stursa - Jan Matura - Roman Koudelka

Team Japan: Ryoyu Kobayashi - Taku Takeuchi - Daiki Ito - Noriaki Kasai

Team Slovenia: Anže Semenič - Domen Prevc - Jurij Tepeš - Peter Prevc

Team Norway: Robert Johansson - Johann André Forfang - Anders Fannemel - Andreas Stjernen

Team Germany: Markus Eisenbichler - Richard Freitag - Karl Geiger - Andreas Wellinger

Team Austria: Michael Hayböck - Manuel Fettner - Markus Schiffner - Stefan Kraft

Team Poland: Piotr Zyla - Dawid Kubacki - Maciej Kot - Kamil Stoch

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Mixed Normal Hill Teams

Team Kazakhstan Dayana Akhmetvaliyeva Ilya Kratov Valentina Sderzhikova Alexey Korolev

Team Romania Andreea Diana Trambitas Iulian Sorin Pitea Dana Vasilica Haralambie Sorin Nicolae Mitrofan

Team Canada Natasha Bodnarchuk Joshua Maurer Taylor Henrich Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes

Team Finland Susanna Forsstroem Ville Larinto Julia Kykkänen Janne Ahonen

Team Italy Elena Runggaldier Sebastian Colloredo Manuela Malsiner Davide Bresadola

Team Czech Republic Marta Krepelkova Jakub Janda Barbora Blazkova Roman Koudelka

Team USA Nita Englund Michael Glasder Sarah Hendrickson Kevin Bickner

Team France Lea Lemare Paul Brasme Lucile Morat Vincent Descombes Sevoie

Team Russia Anastasiya Barannikova Denis Kornilov Irina Avvakumova Evgeniy Klimov

Team Norway Silje Opseth Daniel-André Tande Maren Lundby Johann André Forfang

Team Japan Sara Takanashi Taku Takeuchi Yuki Ito Daiki Ito

Team Slovenia Nika Križnar Anže Lanišek Ema Klinec Peter Prevc

Team Austria Daniela Iraschko-Stolz Michael Hayböck Jacqueline Seifriedsberger Stefan Kraft

Team Germany Carina Vogt Markus Eisenbichler Svenja Würth Andreas Wellinger

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Team US because they're coolio

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Team America. (Will Rhoads, Michael Glasder, Casey Larson, Kevin Bickner) Team Competition in Planica.  

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Someone got carried away

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USA Ski Jumping Team for 2017-18 season announced: Kevin Bickner, Will Rhoads, Casey Larson, Michael Glasder

Kevin Bickner, who set a new US distance record in Ski Flying with 244.5 m in March in Vikersund and gained some attention with good performances at the end of last winter, is the only athlete of head coach Bine Norcic to achieve A Team status for next season.

Michael Glasder, Will Rhoads and Casey Larson were named to the B Team, Nicholas Mattoon and AJ Brown are on the C Team of USA Nordic.

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Norge Ski Club's international winter tournament returns for 115th year

#WinterOlympic #WinterOlympicGames [Daily Herald]Mostly, we’ve been very fortunate,“ he said. Norge Ski Club member and Cary resident Michael Glasder, a member of Team USA in the 2018 Olympic Games in South Korea, will lead the opening ceremonies at …

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Norge Ski Club's international winter tournament returns for 115th year

#WinterOlympic #WinterOlympicGames [Daily Herald]Mostly, we've been very fortunate," he said. Norge Ski Club member and Cary resident Michael Glasder, a member of Team USA in the 2018 Olympic Games in South Korea, will lead the opening ceremonies at ...

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Currently: February 17

Video of the Week - Red Gerard's Gold Medal Run

Red. Gerard.

By now, everybody's heard his story. We've all heard about his post-competition interview, where he talks about his family shotgunning beers, his waking up late and wearing his teammate's jacket. What I feel is overlooked in the follow-up is the guys he was going against. I'm a little removed from my days of being well-informed on snowboarding, but I know Team Canada and Team Norway had some heavy hitters that were favored to stack the podium. Mark McMorris, Ståle Sandbech, Max Parrot and Marcus Kleveland are no joke. Those guys are tested, and they're obviously the best of the best.

Now, that's not to discredit Gerard. The kid RIPS. The first I'd heard of him was in Danny Davis' 2016 Peace Park video, and there was no doubt he held his own amongst the world's best snowboarders. Fast forward a couple years, and he's standing atop the Olympic slopestyle podium.

After his first two runs, I was just hoping he'd land a full one on his third and maybe eek out a bronze. But when he stomped all three booters with ease, I thought he may have scored the top spot. The judges agreed. But Red still had to wait for McMorris, Sandbech and Parrot to put down their final runs, three guys very capable of knocking him off the top spot. After McMorris and Sandbech fell, it was left to Max Parrot.

Parrot's final run was flawless, in my eyes. I thought for sure it'd get him gold. But when they announced his score, Gerard came out golden. I'm not sure what the judges saw in the runs that put Red's on top, but Todd Richards mentioned after Parrot's run that the judges definitely value the rail section more heavily. Red Gerard definitely had a good mix in the rail section, which must have been what set him apart in the end.

After one week, the U.S. Olympic Snowboard Team is looking pretty damn good, with a sweep of the freestyle events capped by Shaun White's storybook final halfpipe run. Looking forward to Big Air.

Instagram of the Week - @ag.con

This dude is a master content creator. I'll go out there and say it. I've seen plenty of different accounts, from brands, to personals, to influencers, try to pull off multi-post visuals. Typically they just annoy me, bogging down my feed and not really getting any message across unless I tap through to their profile to see the full image. I'll face it, I'm normally too lazy to do that. But this guy (Agusto?) slaps high quality photos on top of one large high quality photo to make collection its own series, and holy shit does it look cool all laid out on his feed. To cap it all off? The center photo of each set always has a video. I mean, come on. Talk about meticulous. I have to give a shoutout to my coworker for turning me on to this Instagram. Please take the time to look through his content. It's seriously one-of-a-kind, and probably one of the coolest Instagrams you'll see.

Article of the Week - Norge Ski Club Sends 3 Ski Jumpers to PyeongChang

Growing up in the shadow of the largest ski jump in the U.S. was pretty cool. Well, actually, after some research I found out it's nowhere near the country's tallest, but that's what we were led to believe as kids. Regardless, no matter where you were in my neighborhood, you could turn and see this massive structure jutting into the sky, lit up at night by LED rope lights. With just under 5,000 residents, Fox River Grove, Illinois is the definition a small Midwestern town. Though it's always had a huge part of my heart, it was finally put on the map this year, thanks to that ski jump we got from Ely, Minnesota for $0.01, plus shipping. Or so we heard in second grade.

Norge Ski Club sent three jumpers to the PyeongChang Olympics this year. Mike Glasder, Kevin Bickner and Casey Larson, from Cary, Wauconda, and Barrington, Illinois respectively, are all in South Korea representing the United States. It's the first time Norge has sent athletes to the Games, and with Glasder and Bickner both qualifying for the Large Hill Final, which takes place tonight, it's sure not to be the last time.

I love my hometown more than I can say, mostly for my large second family that still allows me to call it home, and I couldn't be prouder that it has a role in representing our country to the rest of the world. I can only hope we have a few more Olympic athletes we get to cheer on in the future.

Song of the Week - "Back On Tracks" by Verbz & Mr Slipz

Two weeks in a row with some UK hip-hop talent. I know some people who don't love the English accent on hip-hop tracks, but accent or not, if the beat and the bars are good, I'm on board. In the case of "Back On Tracks," I was hooked by the old school bassline and piano samples laid down by Mr Slipz, and Verbz flows over the track with ease. The rest of the album has a similar vibe, with "Gutter Tales" as another standout.

Cubs Highlight of the Week - Pitchers and Catchers and YUUUU!

BASEBALL IS BACK! And boy, am I excited to be a Cubs fan. There have been quite a few storylines across baseball this offseason. Shohei Ohtani, Stanton to the Yankees, the Marlins cleaning house, arguably the most stagnant offseason of all time and a free agent spring training. As a Cubs fan, the big highlights have obviously been the signing of Brandon Morrow, slimming down of Schwarber and, finally, the signing of Yu Darvish.

I've heard plenty of takes on the Darvish signing. There's been lots of worry about his pitch tipping in the World Series, but I refuse to let a two game sample ruin an otherwise immaculate track record. Others are sad to see Arrieta go, but honestly, something about Arrieta toward the end of his tenure with the Cubs made me feel pretty lukewarm about him. I felt it was time to move on, and wouldn't have been too excited if the only big move the Cubs made all offseason was resigning him. I hope the guy goes on and finds more success, but to me, it just felt like the right time for Arrieta and the Cubs to part ways.

I don't want to steal all of my takes from Bleacher Nation, but their writers, Brett Taylor and Michael Cerami, continuously make great points. To basically summarize this post, the addition of one player, Darvish, makes the Cubs better in three ways. Right off the bat, of course it strengthens the rotation. When you've got a front end of Darvish, Quintana, Lester and Hendricks, you're going to make some hitters nervous. Darvish also makes the rotation a lock. Before his signing, Mike Montgomery would've slotted into the fifth spot. Nothing against Montgomery, I really do think he could be an effective starter, but he's also invaluable for the Cubs as a spot starter and long reliever in the bullpen. Not many teams have the luxury of a guy like him that can switch between the bullpen and the rotation as easily as he does. That leads to the final point, the improvement in starting depth. God forbid something happens to a pitcher in the starting rotation, you've got an extremely capable Montgomery to step in. Had Montgomery been the fifth starter, who knows who would have been waiting in the wings as the sixth starter. Zastryzny? Jen-Ho Tseng?

There are a lot of reasons to be excited for the 2018 season, and while Spring Training isn't quite baseball being back, I'll take baseball in any form I can get it. Let's go, Cubbies.

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The Latest: Olympic opening ceremonies begin in Pyeongchang

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea/February 9, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) —  The Latest on the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local):

8 p.m.

The opening ceremonies for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang have begun with a round of sparkling fireworks exploding just above a seemingly delighted North Korean cheering delegation.

With taekwondo demonstrations from both Koreas, South Korea is putting on a frigid show for the world that’s meant to display a newfound desire to cooperate with the North along with Seoul’s stunning rise from poverty and war to Asian powerhouse.

A huge crowd gathered in the freezing Olympics Stadium in this isolated, mountainous corner of South Korea.

There will be plenty of sporting drama for both die-hard snow and ice junkies and the once-every-four-years enthusiast.

But the athletic aspect of these games has been overshadowed by the stunning cooperation of the rival Korea, who were flirting with war just weeks ago.

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7:45 p.m.

As expected, it will be very cold and breezy for the opening ceremonies at the Pyeongchang Olympics.

Pyeongchang is situated in the mountains in the northeastern part of South Korea, about 50 miles from the border with North Korea.

It’s known for brutal cold and harsh winds during the winter. Fans and athletes will be left largely exposed to the elements, though organizers are giving the 35,000 fans heated seat cushions, hand warmers and other gear to help ease the chilly conditions.

The good news is that the weather could have been worse.

It was about 32 degrees (0 Celsius) in Pyeongchang on Friday night, which is tolerable compared to temperatures that have dropped to near zero (-18 Celsius) in recent days.

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7:30 p.m.

Fans are beginning to file into frigid Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony on Friday night.

It’s one of the first — and last — times the stadium will be used.

The five-sided 35,000-seat stadium cost about $100 million to build, but its primary use is for only four events: The opening and closing ceremonies for both the Olympics and Paralympics. Then it will be torn down and the site will be rebuilt with a museum and leisure facilities.

Members of the North Korean delegation are sitting in seats in the upper deck, cheering for the North Korean taekwondo team performing in the center of the stadium.

The entire Pyeongchang Olympics could cost South Korea up to 14 trillion won ($12.9 billion). South Korea is hosting the games for the first time since 1988, when Seoul was the home of the summer games.

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7:25 p.m.

Erin Hamlin is ready to lead Team USA into the opening ceremony.

Hamlin, a luger, is the U.S. flagbearer for Friday’s formal beginning of the Pyeongchang Olympics. Her selection was followed by some controversy, when a tweet posted to speedskater Shani Davis’ account said the process used to pick Hamlin wasn’t fair.

Hamlin and Davis were the two finalists and received a tie number of votes. A coin toss was the tiebreaker. Hamlin won.

In a tweet, Hamlin wrote that she’s “beyond grateful to be a part of this team and incredibly proud to have the privilege of leading every amazing TeamUSA athlete into that stadium tonight.”

Davis is not expected to participate in Friday’s opening ceremony.

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6:45 p.m.

Olympic halfpipe champion Iouri Podladtchikov won’t defend his title because of injuries he suffered last month at the Winter X Games.

The 2014 gold medalist, known as the I-Pod, practiced on the Olympic halfpipe Friday but afterward said it would be “totally unreasonable” for him to compete.

The Russia native who competes for Switzerland took a nasty fall on his final jump at the X Games on Jan. 28, banging his face against the bottom of the pipe. He lay motionless for more than 10 minutes while medics stabilized his neck and strapped him to a stretcher.

He was diagnosed with a broken nose and released from the hospital the next day. He traveled to South Korea with the hopes of competing next Tuesday, but realized quickly it wouldn’t be possible.

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6:35 p.m.

The law firm representing 45 Russian athletes excluded from the Pyeongchang Games says their Olympic dreams have been shattered.

Swiss firm Schellenberg Wittmer says, “Our clients consider — rightly so — that the decisions are unfair and harmful.”

The law firm says the Russian athletes were not told why they haven’t been invited by the International Olympic Committee. It adds they “are currently analyzing the reasoned decisions and examining the different legal options at their disposal.”

Last week, the firm helped reverse the disqualification of 28 Russians from the Sochi Olympics, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled Friday the IOC had the right to choose which Russians to invite to its games.

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6:20 p.m.

Canadian figure skater Meagan Duhamel already has one life-changing souvenir from South Korea, and it’s not a medal.

The Olympic pairs skater rescued a puppy from the Korean dog meat trade while competing in Pyeongchang last year and she’s helping organize more adoptions while skating there at this year’s games.

Duhamel and her husband brought home Moo-tae last February. His big ears and affable personality have made him a favorite at the local dog park.

Buddhists in the southern part of the country helped rescue Moo-tae from a farm as a puppy, and Park found him living on a monastery.

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5:55 p.m.

High winds in the weather forecast could move the marquee men’s downhill from its scheduled Sunday slot.

Race director Markus Waldner says a Monday lunchtime start is the favored backup plan.

Strong wind gusts forced a shortened practice run Friday to begin 564 feet (175 meters) lower down the Jeongseon race hill. The downhill start is at 4,495 feet (1,370 meters) altitude.

Racers risk being blown off a safe line in strong winds, which can shut down the only gondola carrying teams and officials up the mountain.

On Monday, the women’s giant slalom is scheduled at nearby Yongpyong with runs starting at 10:15 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.

Waldner says the men’s downhill could start between those times.

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5:30 p.m.

Lindsey Vonn will enter three races at what she says will be her final Olympics.

The U.S. skiing star, who missed the 2014 Sochi Games after surgery on her right knee, says she will compete in the downhill, the super-G and the combined. But she decided to sit out the giant slalom, saying that her knee “is just not really in a place to do that.”

The 33-year-old American said she wouldn’t be able to contend for a medal in the GS, “so there’s really no point.”

This is Vonn’s fourth Olympics. She won a gold in the downhill and a bronze in the super-G at Vancouver in 2010.

Her first race in South Korea is the super-G, scheduled for Feb. 17.

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5:25 p.m.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he hopes the Olympic Games can give a small boost to relations between North and South Korea.

Guterres met Friday in Pyeongchang with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach. Guterres says “obviously in the present context there is a lot of attention to the message of peace in relation to the Korean Peninsula.”

He says he wants to make clear that “the Olympic message of peace is not local. It’s universal.”

He says, “It is valid everywhere where we struggle to try to address the very many conflicts we are facing.”

Bach lauded Guterres’ presence at the games. He says, “We are enjoying an excellent cooperation together in many areas.”

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5:05 p.m.

A Russian member of the International Olympic Committee concedes the Court of Arbitration for Sport was legally correct in excluding 45 Russian athletes, but he disagrees with the spirit of the ruling.

Shamil Tarpishchev says that since the Russian team was formally banned, the court was correct that the IOC had the right to choose which Russians to invite to the games.

He says the IOC could have simply not invited anyone at all.

Tarpishchev was the tennis coach of Russian President Boris Yeltsin in the 1990s. He sees Russian athletes as unjustly targeted over doping cases and says, “We are fighting for the truth.”

He declined to comment when asked if Russia planned to take the cases to civil courts.

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3:55 p.m.

Team USA says 19-year-old American ski jumper Casey Larson has become the 100,000th man to compete at the Olympics.

Historian Bill Mallon calculated that Larson reached the milestone by being the 16th starter in Thursday’s qualifying at the Pyeongchang Olympics.

Larson called the milestone “pretty cool.” He says he can add it to his Olympic checklist.

Larson was one of four athletes from the United States to qualify for Saturday’s normal hill final. Kevin Bickner, Michael Glasder and Will Rhoads also qualified.

Mallon conducted extensive research into who would become the 100,000th male athlete to compete since the modern games began in Athens in 1896.

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3 p.m.

The sister of the North Korean leader has arrived in South Korea for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

Kim Yo Jong is the first member of her family to visit South Korea since the 1950-53 Korean War. She’s part of a high-level delegation attending the opening ceremony.

She smiled brightly as she was greeted by South Korean officials led by Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon at a meeting room at Incheon International Airport.

She was joined by other members of North Korea’s delegation, including Kim Yong Nam, the country’s 90-year-old nominal head of state; Choe Hwi, chairman of the country’s National Sports Guidance Committee; and Ri Son Gwon, chairman of the North’s agency that deals with inter-Korean affairs.

Analysts say the North’s decision to send Kim Yo Jong to the Olympics shows an ambition to break out from diplomatic isolation and pressure by improving relations with the South, which it could use as a bridge for approaching the United States.

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2:05 p.m.

Despite holding a lead heading into the final round of curling’s mixed doubles match, the U.S. lost to reigning world champion Switzerland after the Swiss managed something exceedingly unusual: a perfect score known as a six-ender.

How rare is a six-ender?

Think of it as a perfect game in baseball.

Although Switzerland was behind by one point entering the final round, Jenny Perret and Martin Rios had an advantage: the right to throw the final stone of the game. They managed to get their first five stones into the house. They then promptly knocked the Americans’ lone rock out of the house.

According to the World Curling Federation, no curling team has ever managed a perfect score at the Olympics.

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1:45 p.m.

Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford made up for teammate Patrick Chan’s shaky short program to give Team Canada the lead after the opening day of figure skating’s team competition.

The U.S. team was second, followed closely by Japan and the Olympic Athletes of Russia.

Duhamel and Radford scored 76.57 points in their program to finish behind Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov, whose season-best 80.92 points dazzled a crowd full of Russian fans. But not even that big number could make up for teammate Mikhail Kolyada’s poor short program.

Nathan Chen was wobbly for the Americans, but the pairs team of Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim bailed him out with a dazzling performance set to music from “Moulin Rouge!”

The team competition resumes Sunday with the ice dance and ladies short programs.

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1:40 p.m.

Russian athletes at the Pyeongchang Olympics must wear neutral uniforms and compete under the Olympic flag, but their fans are making no secret of what country they’re from.

A large contingent is holding up signs saying “Russia In My Heart” in Russian during the figure skating team event. The same message is spelled out in their shirts in English.

Russian skater Mikhail Kolyada struggled in the men’s team short program, falling twice on quad jumps as he finished eighth.

The International Olympic Committee invited 168 athletes to compete, but they’re being called “Olympic Athletes from Russia.” If they win events, the Olympic flag will fly and the Olympic anthem will be played.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that another 45 athletes and two coaches excluded over doping concerns can’t compete.

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11:30 a.m.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has ruled that 45 Russian athletes who were excluded from the Pyeongchang Olympics over doping concerns can’t compete.

They and two coaches wanted the court to overturn the International Olympic Committee’s decision not to invite them to the games, which open Friday.

The games will still include 168 Russians who have been invited as “Olympic Athletes from Russia,” competing in neutral uniforms under the Olympic flag.

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By Associated Press – published on STL.News by St. Louis Media, LLC (A.S)

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