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Kasilof's Jay Hakkinen established the best performance ever by a U.S. Olympic biathlete with a 10th- place today in the opening event.
(Published: February 11, 2006)
OLYMPIC WOMENS HOCKEY
TURIN, Italy -- Eight teams open play today in women's Olympic hockey. They break down this way: Two gold medal contenders, six sacrificial lambs. This will be the third Olympics for women's hockey, and the two gold medals have been split at the Canadian border. It figures to be no different in Turin.
(Published:February 11, 2006)
Alaska Olympian Kikkan Randall was suspended for five days Thrusday after she was found to have excessive hemoglobin levels during a routine test, the International Ski Federation announced.
(Published:February 10, 2006)
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Eagle River goaltender Pam Dreyer is one of the Alaskans most likely to medal at the Turin Winter Games.
(Published:February 10, 2006)
Eight Olympic cross-country skiers, including Anchorage's Kikkan Randall, were suspended after they were found to have excessive hemoglobin levels, the International Ski Federation announced Thursday.
(Published:February 9, 2006)
Rachel Steer knows exactly what she wants to do with the next stage of her life after the Winter Olympics biathlon events are completed in the 2006 Games in Turin, Italy. "I want to have a show on the Food Network," she said. "Kill It and Cook It." She would be ideally suited. Steer has spent most of her adult life skiing and shooting a rifle.
(Published:February 9, 2006)
Beth Bragg
The official state-by-state listing of athletes competing in the Winter Olympics contains a mistake that almost every Alaskan would recognize. It says Scott Gomez is from New Jersey.
(Published:February 8, 2006)
Kikkan Randall seems to be on a fast track to international cross-country skiing success. She competes in her second Winter Olympics this month, in Turin, Italy. Four years ago, she debuted at the Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Her career highlights include eight podium finishes in the national championships over the past five years.
(Published:February 7, 2006)
Best chance for a medal among the 11 Alaskans participating in the Winter Olympics next month in Turin, Italy? Probably the two women who'll compete on ice.
(Published:February 5, 2006)
Aside from a brief stint slaughtering salmon in the family Bristol Bay fishing business, the best Alaska athlete no one knows spent his summer knocking down targets at a homemade rifle range, running the rolling hills of the lower Kenai Peninsula and looking for smooth pavement on which to roller ski.
(Published:January 29, 2006)
Even an Olympian struggled a little bit at Sunday's Besh Cup ski races. Anchorage's Kikkan Randall, who is headed to Turin, Italy in a week and a half for the Olympic Winter games, slogged through more than a foot of new snow to win the women's 7.7-kilometer classic race in 25 minutes, 45.1 seconds at Chugiak's Beach Lake Trails.
(Published:January 23, 2006)
A record number of Alaska athletes will head for Turin, Italy, for the Winter Olympics, set for Feb. 10-26.
(Published:January 18, 2006)
Three Anchorage skiers were named to the U.S. Olympic team headed for Italy next month, bringing the Alaska contingent to 11 athletes, the most ever.
(Published:January 17, 2006)
(Published:February 4, 2006)
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