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The Next Big Place For Freestyle Skiing Is…Ohio? A Look At Where The Olympics’ Team USA Is From

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With the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina Olympic Winter Games less than two weeks away, Team USA has finalized its list of 232 competitors, the largest contingent ever sent. Though more than 80 athletes live or train in Utah, only 17 of them identified Utah as their home state. Colorado is the state with the most athletes, at 30, and […]
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Zach Armstrong |
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Tracking your Winter Sports Activity is Becoming Increasingly Popular

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Year-end reviews are a fun way to look back at the year. People reflect on their personal year, employers conduct reviews of their employees, and brands are starting to share what was most relevant across their verticals — Google’s Year in Search, Spotify’s Wrapped — to share connections they had with their customers and trends. Strava, the social media platform for […]
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Samantha Gates |
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Are High Speed Crashes To Blame For Sledding Athletes Taking Their Own Lives?

An increasing number of athletes in sliding sports, particularly bobsledding and skeleton, are taking their own lives. Looking at a series of case studies over recent years, neuroscientists are working to understand how dangerous these sports are in terms of the risk to the brain. The findings are consistent in showing continuous head injuries that eventually, if not immediately, lead […]
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Emily Crofton |
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The Perfect Athlete | China to Use Genetic Screening to Choose 2022 Winter Olympic Competitors

“Every person is born with the right to participate in sports,” says Wang Huan, a researcher with the China Institute of Sports Science in Beijing. Wang commented in response to China’s plans to establish a “lab standard” for selection of athletes to their national teams. A document posted by the Ministry of Science and Technology stated that athletes with potential […]
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Jenah MacGrain |
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Mental Toughness: Success, Skiing, and How To Train Your Brain

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What makes some athletes so successful?  What is the difference between crossing the finish line or buckling under pressure?  There’s no doubt that the physical training required to be a high level athlete takes a life of dedication.  However, one of the largest contributors to success in the sports world is mental strength. The mind and body are connected–and those who […]
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Katy Shipley |
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IOC To Decide on Russia’s Participation at Pyeongchang in December

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The IOC has received calls from the worlds leading anti-doping agencies for Russia to be banned from competing in the Pyeongchang Games in February 2018.The outcry for Russia to be banned comes from agencies such as the US Anti-Doping Agency and UK Anti‑Doping. There is particular significance behind the outcry from the UK Anti-Doping agency as they took charge of Russia’s testing […]
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Caitlin Perry |
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