Sentences with phrase «u.s. skiers»

The amazing U.S. skiers carved up the world Alpine championships, winning five medals, including a gold by Steve — yes, Steve — Mahre

Led by a swift Little Annie Rooney and a studious stripling, a new Dominion team startled U.S. skiers in Aspen's Roch Cup meet

After weighing the credentials of the dozens of U.S. skiers anxious to try out for the Olympics, the Nordic committee narrowed its list down to 25 last June.

How does the U.S. skier fare in the lodge dining room?

Miller was fast when he won the overall World Cup title in 2005 and then again in 2008, and fast when he won more career World Cup races (32) than any U.S. skier of either gender.

U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin won her second career gold medal and her first of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in the women's giant slalom at the Yongpyong Alpine Center in South Korea.

U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn, who won bronze, follows guides for the victory ceremony of the women's downhill on Feb. 21.

Not exact matches

And J.C. Penney gave a mom - friendly remix of the 1996 Blackstreet R&B hit «Go Diggity,» changing the lyrics to «Go Ligety,» — that would be 2006 gold medalist alpine skier Ted Ligety — to raise money for the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Four - time U.S. Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn told CNBC she stands by her opinions despite the backlash she's endured from internet trolls over her negative comments about President Donald Trump.

And while it is the skaters who have the best chance of bringing home the gold, U.S. attention will be focused on the progress of our skiers.

Barbara Britch, 15, a Nordic skier from Anchorage, Alaska, compiled the nation's fastest times for her class as she won all but one of her races this season and became the state's first U.S. titlist by taking the junior ladies» championship in Duluth.

Using her after - ski hours to best advantage, Suzy Chaffee (left), a freshman at Denver University, trades stories with 20 - year - old Ni Orsi, the leading downhill skier on the U.S. team.

While the U.S. was sweating out its inspired hockey team, its girl skiers, its David Jenkins and Carol Heiss, in many ways nothing in the entire 10 days of the Games could touch the performance of a ruddy, horse - faced farmer from Kitzb √ ºhel named Ernst Hinterseer, who won the men's slalom with a near - miraculous run down the lower slopes of the mountain called KT - 22.

SUGAR HILL, N.H. Roger A. Peabody, Executive Director, U.S. Eastern Amateur Ski Association, believes that not enough skiers pause for a nourishing lunch.

She had missed an invaluable chance last winter to compete in a World Cup downhill on Le Roc de Fer when the U.S. team was suddenly hustled out of Mèribel at the outset of the gulf war to protect the skiers from potential terrorist acts in Europe.

Mike Kenney, Miller's uncle and a super-combined coach with the U.S. team, says, «He's the best all - around skier in the world.

Led by its astonishing Alpine skiers, the U.S. closed with a rush at Sarajevo, winning three golds in the final four days

Bode Miller, U.S. slalom skier: «I think it's typical of this age and time.

And here's a fun fact: There are 20 fathers on the U.S. Olympic Team, but only one mom: cross-country skier Kikkan Randall.

He says U.S. Olympic cyclists as well as Norwegian and Finnish skiers are all using a variation on the technique.

That could prove lethal if a skier ventured into a low - lying pocket where CO2 might accumulate, McGee says, although the U.S. Forest Service already posts warnings near the tree - kill zones.

U.S. freestyle skier Hannah Kerry was hoping to set an Olympic record for back - to - back gold medals, but a third place finish Saturday in Sochi.

U.S. Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn channeled her inner superhero on the slopes as she donned a Captain America suit.

Cross-country skier Jessie Diggins is the U.S. flag bearer.

U.S. cross-country skier Jessica Diggins crosses the finish line to win team gold in the women's cross-country team sprint free final on Feb. 21.

U.S. Olympic freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy (he finished 12th in slopestyle in Pyeongchang) has rescued dozens of dogs from a terrible fate at a South Korean dog meat farm, which has now been closed down after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

More than 80 dogs rescued from a South Korean dog meat farm by HSI arrived in Canada to find forever homes — including Beemo, being adopted by U.S. Olympic freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy.

SEOUL — Straight from the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, U.S. freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy joined the animal rescue team from Humane Society International at a dog meat farm in Gyeonggi - do province where the charity is working to save the more than 80 dogs from slaughter.

One of those lucky pups is Beemo, with whom U.S. Olympic freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy and boyfriend Matt Wilkas fell in love when they visited the dog meat farm with HSI two weeks ago.

With us in town were skiers competing in the U.S. National championships held annually in nearby Rumford.

In the U.S. - generally if not always - rescues of injured skiers are done gratis by ski patrol, a volunteer organization, said Carl, who himself has been a ski patroller.

A former skier and marathon runner who took up cycling 15 years ago and went on to break many national cycling records (for women over 50) both in Canada and the U.S., Sheardown participated in a 66 - day cycling trip across Canada.