Podcasts about nordic combined

We were so fortunate to be joined by the author of one of the truly unique stories in biathlon: Tara Geraghty-Moats. Sure, you might know that she was once a Nordic Combiner, but what else do you know about her journey? We discuss her start in Nordic sports at a very young age and the winding path that has brought her here to the IBU Biathlon World Cup.  We also learn about how passionate she is about truly improving the experience of athletes including her work for Nordic Combined. We have a truly enlightening and gratifying discussion about healthcare for athletes and recovery from injury and illness. We discuss her ability to strategize for her races and how that has impacted her ability to race her best on the biggest stages.  If you love biathlon and the biathlon family you're going to love this. 

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VM-klare Jørgen Graabak og Jens Lurås Oftebro gjester podcasten Skisporet for å prate om den eventyrlige suksessen til det norske kombinertlandslaget. På både herre- og damesiden har Norge de største gullfavorittene i alle distanser under VM i Planica. Hvordan har det blitt slik? Hva skal til for å bli best i kombinert? Hvordan trener Graabak, Oftebro og de andre på landslaget? Denne episoden gir deg et godt innblikk i livene til to av våre største vintersportsutøvere. Podcasten gis ut av Swix, sammen med Skisporet.no. Programleder er Håvard Rønning. La oss kjempe for det første likestilte OL i historien. Visste du at kombinertkvinnene ikke får lov til å delta i OL? Det kan vi ikke godta og trenger din hjelp for å legge press på IOC. Vis din støtte ved å signere kampanjen under: https://www.swixsport.com/no/kampanjer/noexception/

Two years ago Tara Geraghty-Moats was the number one women's nordic combined skier in the world when she made the call to return to her biathlon roots. Today, she's making her way through the IBU Cup, World Cup and now World Championships in Oberhof. The Vermont native who trains with Craftsbury Green tells her story of biathlon to ski jumping to nordic combined and back to biathlon on Heartbeat.

While he was still in Chemotherapy, Brian convinced his parents to hit the Nordic jumps at his home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. With each bigger jump he was more and more hooked. Then he convinced them to let him join the program. Nordic Combined became his sport when he followed his friends not realizing that it meant the pain of Cross-Country skiing, but he soon realized that he had a talent for that pain and was rewarded for being tough the way that he had been as a little kid having to get his blood drawn. That joy and toughness led to two Olympic and five World Championship Teams. Now, he works with one of the preeminent knee clinics in the world, giving so many others an opportunity to live fully. 

LA 2028 will be here before you know it, so we wanted to learn a bit more about what's going on behind the scenes at the Organizing Committee. Izzy Cerullo, two-time Olympian in rugby sevens and current commercial and consumer insights associate at LA 2028, tells how she landed a gig on the other side of the Olympics and what insights she's looking at. Plus, Jill might have sighed more than Alison during this episode. What's up with that? Follow Izzy on Twitter and Insta! In our Albertville 1992 history moment, Alison takes a look at the amazing closing ceremonies. It's almost time to bid adieu to Albertville 1992! Perhaps the snow globe ladies are ready for us to go. Watch the ceremonies here. In news from TKFLASTAN, we have updates from: Nordic Combined athlete Annika Malacinski Beach volleyball player Kelly Cheng Curler John Shuster Figure skating analyst Jackie Wong Author Roy Tomizawa Gamesmaker and former fencer Olya Abasolo Ovtchinnikova Speed skater Erin Jackson In doping news, the International Testing Agency has finished its reanalysis of London 2012 samples. It's a shame it had to be done, but the truth has hopefully won this battle. Suprising (or not) Milan-Cortina 2026 news: Construction of a new bobsled track's been approved. Cue our sighing. And the International Olympic Committe Executive Board met this week -- we've got updates on the selection for the host city of the 2030 Winter Games, the Russia situation, and the boxing situation. And, North Korea's coming off suspension! Special shout out to our patron of the week: Listener Lorry! For a transcript of this episode, please visit: https://wp.me/pbRtIx-253 Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive! Photo courtesy of Izzy Cerullo. ***  Keep the Flame Alive: The Podcast for Fans of the Olympics and Paralympics with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown   Support the show: http://flamealivepod.com/support Bookshop.org store: https://bookshop.org/shop/flamealivepod   Hang out with us online: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flamealivepod Insta: http://www.instagram.com/flamealivepod Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/flamealivepod Facebook Group: hhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/flamealivepod Newsletter: Sign up at http://flamealivepod.com VM/Text: (208) FLAME-IT / (208) 352-6348      

Key Takeaways   Fathers have spiritual authority to protect their families. As a father, clean up your own sins. Talk about sexuality in your home. Men need friendships that have intimacy and vulnerability. God, He does things.   dadAWESOME   We're on a mission to add LIFE to the dad life. We're passionate about helping dads live fully alive as they lead their kids to God's awesomeness.  | YouTube |  Instagram | Facebook   Lowell Seashore   For the last 33 years Lowell has worked for Youth Investment Foundation (YIF) which operates community programs and a retreat center called Timber Bay. He wrote the book Dangerous Men and Unveil (for women) and from them another area of ministry was created. It is under the umbrella of YIF and is called Dangerous Men United (DMU).   He is the Head Coach of the ministry because he got to pick his own title. He lives with his awesome and wonderful wife Susie, no kids of their own (but they have had 32 foster teenage boys) near Minneapolis, MN. His passion for coaching was developed as he coached varsity soccer for Orono High School for 14 years and then 3 years coaching a Nordic Combined skier in two Winter Olympics and one World Cup. Then he turned his coaching passion to young men to mentor them in how to live free from sin and bondage. He personally coaches, mentors, and disciples young men.   He also loves Jeeping, hiking and generally playing in the mountains and spending as much time as possible at the world headquarters for DMU. (A cabin in the mountains of Colorado) He is personally submitted to Jesus Christ and committed to making disciples who become spiritual warriors for Christ.   Key Quotes (Full Transcript of Conversation Here)   09:51 - "I just pray. The best youth work ever did, I pray, they show up." 14:33 - "After a while, I got real tired of wussy Christians. I mean, it's sad. We're all commanded to make disciples, and we do a really poor job of making disciples. We think it's, to me, it was like disciple making wasn't a list of things you have to learn about or a program. You know, if it was if I was going to make disciples, I had to share my life with them and they could see how I live and that's a bigger point." 15:29 - "The most important thing I would love to tell fathers is that the spiritual authority that they have in the home is not to boss people around or be an authority like we think of it. Spiritual authority is to protect their family. If he's protected really well in that way he has a lot of spiritual authority to protect his children so that Satan doesn't have the legal rights to go add his kids through the father."   Conversation Links   Dangerous Men Website Dangerous Men Shop   Links from dadAWESOME   https://dadawesome.org/life/ Make a Donation to dadAWESOME Join the dadAWESOME Prayer Team Receive weekly encouragement by texting "dad" to 651-370-8618

Keep the Flame Alive is the podcast for fans of the Olympics and Paralympics. Hosted by Jill Jaracz and Alison Brown, this weekly show has everything fans want to know about the Olympic and Paralympic Movements: How sports work, history, host city information, and much more! During the Games, our daily recaps cover all of the action. Nordic Combined is the only sport on the current Olympic program that is only open to men. Many athletes are working to change that, including Team USA's Annika Malacinski. Annika talks about how the sport works, which surprisingly involves a lot of body measurements, and we learn about one of the best winner's prizes ever. Annika gets pretty frank with us about how tough it is to not have her discipline in the Olympics. It tried to get into 2022, but was denied. Join Hear Her Sports Patreon https://www.patreon.com/hearhersports Find all episodes http://www.hearhersports.com/ Find Keep The Flame Alive on IG at https://www.instagram.com/flamealivepod/ Find Annika Malacinski on IG at https://www.instagram.com/annika.malacinski/ Find Hear Her Sports on all social @hearhersports

Nordic Combined is the only sport on the current Olympic program that is only open to men. Many athletes are working to change that, including Team USA's Annika Malacinski. We talk with Annika about how the sport works, which surprisingly involves a lot of body measurements (see: ski jumping suit scandal at Beijing), and we learn about one of the best winner's prizes ever. Annika gets pretty frank with us about how tough it is to not have her discipline in the Olympics. It tried to get into 2022, but was denied. Its attempt to get into 2026 needs your help! Next week, the International Olympic Committee Executive Board will meet, and finalizing the Milan-Cortina 2026 sports program is on the agenda. You can show your support for inclusion of women's Nordic combined by: Contacting an IOC member. Signing the Change.org petition. Posting support on social media - be sure to tag USA Nordic, FIS Nordic Combined, US Ski and Snowboard, Team USA, the Olympic Games and local/national news outlets with your support or opinion. Here's USA Nordic's call to action. Follow Annika on Instagram and TikTok! In our Albertville 1992 history moment, Alison's back on the ice with details about the top four ice dance teams and one controversial costume. n our Team Keep the Flame Alive Update (TKFLA), we have news from TKFLASTANIs: Wheelchair curler Steve Emt Race walker Evan Dunfee Commentator Rob Snoek Beach volleyball player Kelly Claes Cheng Former bobsledder Nick Cunningham Paralympian John Register - check out his article in U.S. Veterans Magazine. Speedskater Erin Jackson In Paris 2024 news, the disagreements over the proposed basketball venue are quickly turning into a novela. Who will end up in Lille, basketball or handball? In Winter 2030 bid news, a First Nations/Canadian bid team has announced its engagement phase for a Games coming back to Vancouver and Whistler....and Sun Peaks (Kamloops). We've got details on the initial plan and run down what's going on with the other bid city hopefuls. Targeted dialogue should start in December, with a host city possibly announced at the IOC Session in Mumbai next May/June. For a transcript of this episode, please visit: https://flamealivepod.com/2022/06/17/episode241/ Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive! ***  Keep the Flame Alive: The Podcast for Fans of the Olympics and Paralympics with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown   Support the show: Tell a friend: http://flamealivepod.com Bookshop.org store: https://bookshop.org/shop/flamealivepod Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/flamealivepod   Hang out with us online: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flamealivepod Insta: http://www.instagram.com/flamealivepod Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/flamealivepod Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/312069749587022 Newsletter: Sign up at http://flamealivepod.com VM/Text: (208) FLAME-IT / (208) 352-6348  

Out of over 700 realtors in Summit County, Matt has consistently ranked in the top 10%.. While working as an associate broker for Slifer Smith and Frampton Matt was ranked as a “Top Gun” selling agent. Matt's experience extends to land development projects, luxury home sales and resort sales.Matt is characterized by his ability to empathize with his clients, putting their needs first. He prides himself on the integrity and respect he treats all of his clients with, along with his ability and willingness to do what is needed to get the job done, so that his clients can relax and enjoy the lifestyle that drew them to this amazing mountain community.Matt is a Dave Ramsey Endorsed Local Provider (ELP). Dave Ramsey founder and author of Financial Peace University and has over 5 Million listeners per day on his radio show. Only 3 realtors are selected out of over 700 in Summit County. With the heart of a teacher and desire to see his clients make smart decisions when it comes to their mountain real estate investments, Matt fits the Dave Ramsey model well. Matt considers himself blessed to be a Breckenridge native and has a deep rooted family legacy here. Matt's Father Gene (aka Papa Nordic), is the founder of the Breckenridge Nordic Center and the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center. Growing up in a family business that is dedicated to the community has taught Matt the true meaning of customer service.Matt's dedication to the sport of skiing earned him a spot on the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic team, where he anchored the 4th place Nordic Combined relay team. After the Olympics, Matt finished his degree in Business with Regis University in Denver and moved back to Summit County where he spent over a decade splitting his seasons between the family ski business and his flooring business. Matt and his wife Janelle share their love of skiing, hiking, biking, and all things Summit County with their three children Lucas, Eden and Anders. In addition to putting his client's needs first, Matt values giving to those in need throughout the world, with a portion of his sales commissions going to help support Ministries both in the US and internationally. Philippians 2:3-4Learn More: https://mattdaytonrealestate.comColorado Real Estate Leaders https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/colorado-real-estate-leaders/Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/interview-with-matt-dayton-realtor-at-matt-dayton-real-estate

Out of over 700 realtors in Summit County, Matt has consistently ranked in the top 10%.. While working as an associate broker for Slifer Smith and Frampton Matt was ranked as a “Top Gun” selling agent. Matt's experience extends to land development projects, luxury home sales and resort sales.Matt is characterized by his ability to empathize with his clients, putting their needs first. He prides himself on the integrity and respect he treats all of his clients with, along with his ability and willingness to do what is needed to get the job done, so that his clients can relax and enjoy the lifestyle that drew them to this amazing mountain community.Matt is a Dave Ramsey Endorsed Local Provider (ELP). Dave Ramsey founder and author of Financial Peace University and has over 5 Million listeners per day on his radio show. Only 3 realtors are selected out of over 700 in Summit County. With the heart of a teacher and desire to see his clients make smart decisions when it comes to their mountain real estate investments, Matt fits the Dave Ramsey model well. Matt considers himself blessed to be a Breckenridge native and has a deep rooted family legacy here. Matt's Father Gene (aka Papa Nordic), is the founder of the Breckenridge Nordic Center and the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center. Growing up in a family business that is dedicated to the community has taught Matt the true meaning of customer service.Matt's dedication to the sport of skiing earned him a spot on the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic team, where he anchored the 4th place Nordic Combined relay team. After the Olympics, Matt finished his degree in Business with Regis University in Denver and moved back to Summit County where he spent over a decade splitting his seasons between the family ski business and his flooring business. Matt and his wife Janelle share their love of skiing, hiking, biking, and all things Summit County with their three children Lucas, Eden and Anders. In addition to putting his client's needs first, Matt values giving to those in need throughout the world, with a portion of his sales commissions going to help support Ministries both in the US and internationally. Philippians 2:3-4Learn More: https://mattdaytonrealestate.comColorado Real Estate Leaders https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/colorado-real-estate-leaders/Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/interview-with-matt-dayton-realtor-at-matt-dayton-real-estate

Today is an exciting episode of Uptime Logistics - Doug Draper speaks with Billy Demong, winner of the Olympic Gold Medal during the  2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics - the first gold medal for the US in the realm of Nordic sports. Demong is a five-time Olympian, competing in Nagano, Salt Lake City, Torino, Vancouver and Sochi. He has been the Executive Director of USA Nordic Sport for the past six years, where he has lead his team of coaches and athletes through growth, training, and international competitions. During his tenure there, he has served through two Olympic Games and three World Championships. Under his watch, Demong oversaw many accomplishments including the transition of the organization from USA Ski Jumping to USA Nordic Sport; Addition of programs for Men's and Women's Nordic Combined and Women's Ski Jumping; Significant growth of the coaching staff and the addition of key personnel in finance, communications, partnership and sponsor fulfillment;  Onboarding of key partners, such as NYU Langone, backcountry.com, and Paul Smith's College; and Significant increase in revenue over his tenure.  Billy introduces us to the sport of Nordic combined, where athetes are both doing energy-intensive cross country skiing as well as the highly technical long distance ski jumping. Each requires focused training and he describes some of their innovative techniques for athletic imporvement and progression.  Leading a growing team with many people and pieces of equipment requires expert logistics and a talent for managing uptime. Billy shares his expert experience in keeping the team up and running while traveling for training and competition. He also recounts a recent story where CAP Logistics was able to help him and USA Nordic expedite the transportation of a critical piece of competition gear in less than 14 hours. Billy also shares many other insightful stories and lessons learned throughout his experiences of training as an athletes to leading a competitive international sports team. He and the other coaches at USA Nordic Sport definitely understand the importance of uptime, and he shares a unique perspective that also readily applies to business and industrial teams and organizations. Watch or listen to today's episode to learn more, and then visit https://usanordic.org/ https://www.caplogistics.com/uptime-logistics-blog/2022/4/14/billy-demong-usa-nordic-sports-gold-medal-service

Nordic Combined athletes Jared Shumate and Taylor Fletcher alternate between the longest, widest skis in Beijing to some of the thinnest as they compete in jumping and cross country. The designated old man of the team and his protegé join the podcast to discuss how they use KT tape to brave the cold finding a valentines in the village. Follow In The Village on Spotify or an inside look at the athlete life in Beijing, and watch all the Olympic action unfold on the networks of NBC.

What is it that's getting "combined" anyway? Join us on Winter Olympic Minisode 10 as we explore the origins, details, and strategies of Nordic Combined! Alternate Title: Mitigating Mediocrity If you enjoy this podcast, please go give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmail.com!

Wir blicken während der Spiele in Peking jeden Tag auf's Sportliche und beleuchten Hintergründe rund um Olympia.

Nancy Lee is the IOC advisor on Gender Equality. The straightforward job title belies a serious complexity of work. For starters, Gender Equality is not simple math. 5000 male and 5000 female athletes is not a one- and-done solution. Some events, such as Nordic Combined, are still men-only at the Olympics. That's changing by the way… but not in time for Beijing. There are issues with some of the proposed fixes for inequality. In some mixed events, men race longer distances than women. Is that equality? Even where there is agreement on plans and programs, the IOC cannot just wave its wand and command change. There are 206 national Olympic committees who each have say in matters. And before that, every sport has its own federation, not all of whom are equally invested in getting a gender balance in place. Equity questions abound, from minutiae to momentous. Why must women beach volleyball players run around in butt floss? How is it possible that Beijing will be the first winter Olympics to do away with “Ladies” events? Nancy won that linguistic battle for women by arguing that if we're going to call them ‘Ladies', the guys have to be referred to as ‘Gentlemen'. Aha! The penny drops. Media has a role to play too. Do we see images of active male athletes, and emotional female athletes? Do we linger on video of ‘pretty' athletes? Do we ask male coaches more probing questions than their female counterparts? Do men's events get better slots in prime time? Are women competing when audiences are smaller? Anastasia Bucsis asks Nancy to guide Olympic fans through the gamut of things to look and listen for during the Beijing competition. Never one to shy away from contentious issues- Nancy also lays down firm guidance on how the Canadian government should be spending your tax dollars in the area of sports and equality. When groups petition the feds for money to host Commonwealth games, or Canada Games, or Pan Ams, or FIFA events…Nancy wants Ottawa to make sure there are strings attached. Will women be playing soccer on plastic turf while men are on actual grass? Do men compete downtown, and women find themselves in facilities in the boonies? Are there provisions to mentor and bring more qualified women officials, coaches and governance on board? Once you start looking, you can see progress is being made, and still needs to be made. It's an eye opening half hour, your decoder ring for the politics of equality in sport.

A great chat today for you to enjoy as we talk more about the legendary sport that is Nordic Combined by speaking with three time American Olympian Taylor Fletcher about his extraordinary career! We find out how Taylor was pretty much born with skis on his feet and how early his Olympic dreams started. We also learn about the groundbreaking performance by Team USA in Nordic Combined in Vancouver and how it was to be part of that success. Added to this we learn just how difficult some of the last few years have been for him in the sport and how he has overcome that to strive him towards success as he approaches his fourth Olympics. It's an incredible chat that you simply can't miss!

Get pumped and excited today as we return to the sport of Nordic Combined by speaking with American rising star Niklas Malacinski about the amazing sport and his amazing journey in it! We find out from Niklas how he got into the sport and how being able to touch an Olympic medal helped spur on his Olympic dreams. We also find out about the unique combination of training the sport requires and how the balance works when it comes to it. Added to this we find out more about his love of all things Finland and just why he loves food so much. It's a great chat that you will be loving every second of! So don't miss it!

Welcome to our special Olympics series, where we interview athletes who have climbed to the top of their field. Our guest today is Olympian Ben Berend, who competed in Nordic combined at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang. Berend, who grew up in Steamboat, Colo., talks about how this strange combination sport of cross-country skiing and Nordic jumping evolved, what it was like to be a U.S. athlete at the Games, and who to watch in the February Games in Beijing.

Steamboat Springs native Taylor Fletcher claimed a spot on his fourth Olympic team with a win in the Christmas Day Olympic Trials in Lake Placid. In his Ticket to Fly interview with Peter Graves, Fletcher speaks to the evolution he's experienced in nordic combined and the bright future he sees for future USA stars in the sport. It's an insightful look into the unique sport of nordic combined and Fletcher's own approach, how it has changed over the years and how he is approaching the Beijing Games.

In this edition of PsychPearls, Hannah Simon, MD, introduces a new series on teen and tween mental health. Her first guest is Andrew Chen, MD, MS, the chief medical officer for USA Nordic, the national leadership organization for Nordic Combined and Ski Jumping in the United States. They discuss the importance of mental wellbeing for peak athletic performance, the programs available for Olympic athletes, and how health care providers can help students succeed—in everything from the big game to the big test.   In this podcast they cover: - Dr Chen's path from medical school to the Olympic Games - Simone Biles and fighting the stigma surrounding mental illness - The mental health challenges facing school-aged children during the pandemic - The importance of diet and nutrition for athletic performance and mental wellbeing - 5 personality attributes that Olympians share (and what psychiatrists can learn from them) Dr Simon is a child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.  Acknowledgement: Thanks to Columbia University Department of Psychiatry for allowing us to present the Caring for Teens and Tweens podcast with experts in the field of psychiatry.

US Women's Nordic Combined skier Annika Malacinski joins the show to discuss the hardships and transitions through an early injury to a passion for a new sport: Nordic Combined.  º     º     º     º     º You can find Annika on Instagram: @Annika.Malacinski Her website: https://bellaggiardini.wixsite.com/annikamalacinski And her GoFundMe: HERE Drew Vidano: @wholesome_sauce on Instagram

We bring you a new interview today with the first ever Nordic Combined athlete we've had on the show, the one and only Nathaniel Mah. In this chat Nathaniel explains the unique sport of Nordic Combined to us and carries us through his history of getting into the sport. We also talk to him about what it was like competing in Canada where the sport isn't nearly as prominent as other countries in the world. Nathaniel catches us up on what he's been up to since retiring last year, and of course answers our "My Name Is" series of questions.

What institutional barriers are (still!) holding back world-class female athletes, and what can we do about it?In this episode, Sylvia is joined by Tara Geraghty-Moats, the Nordic combined women’s World Cup champion in 2021, the first season females were granted a World Cup. The sport, which pairs up ski jumping with a pursuit-start skate ski race, was an original men's event in the first 1924 Winter Olympic program. However, as an Olympic sport, Nordic combined remains the only sport, today, that women cannot compete in and are blocked from participating in despite their exceptional physical accomplishments. Sylvia and Tara discuss the challenges and successes faced in her career as a female athlete and an advocate for gender equality. As we look at ways in which women fly and impediments fixated on denying women opportunities to elevate themselves, this story of gender inequity is dismal but Tara is spirited, optimistic and always ready to pivot, ski, race, and fly on skis - so watch out!Topics Include:Growing up in Vermont on skisEnvironmentalism and sustainable livingThe gender pay gap for elite-level athletesConcentration and balance during high-pressure performancesThe institutional barriers blocking the nordic combined women in the  Winter Olympics Access and visibility for female athletesAdvocacy for marginalized groups And other topics....Tara Geraghty-Moats, who won the inaugural FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Ramsau, Austria and took home the Overall Crystal Globe for the season in 2021. Geraghty-Moats grew up in West Fairlee, Vermont and has been competing on the Ski Jumping World Cup circuit since 2014.The most successful female Nordic Combined athlete of the last few years, USA’s Tara Geraghty-Moats, has decided to put her career in Nordic Combined on hold in favour of studying and returning to biathlon.She is a passionate gender equality advocate and will soar, regardless the obstacles.Resources Mentioned:Tara's IG – @tarageraghtymoatsBook – WOLFPACK by Abby Wambach –Want to connect? Visit us online and signup for the monthly WWF newsletter!Website – https://www.whenwomenfly.com/Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Pinterest – @whenwomenflyEmail – hello@whenwomenfly.com

Over the span of a decade, Johnny Spillane led the U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team to its greatest heights with a World Championship title and three Olympic medals. Today, he reflects on his career from his boyhood home in Steamboat Springs with Ticket to Fly host Peter Graves.

...lacht auch nur so lange, bis Alexander Bolschunov mit einem angespitzten Karbon-Stock kommt. Heute im Programm: Vinzis Lieblings-Stadien, Die Causa Bolschunov, Die "Nähmaschine" im Biathlon und alles Weitere von Relevanz. Der heutige Folgentitel wurde uns zugespielt von Lukas Bergmann (Radsportfans kennen ihn vom Podcast WATTsAb!).

Nordic combined is a winter sport whereby the athletes take part in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. Join Studio Plus to learn more about its long Olympic history, as well as the rules, in another edition of “Embracing Winter Olympic Sports”.

Jim Galanes competed as a US Ski Team member from 1974 to 1984. Some of his top finishes include 5th place in Murmansk, Russia in 1984 and 6th place in Reit im Winkl, Germany in 1983 as well as a World Cup Relay victory in 1982. Jim finished 14th in the 30km in World Championships in 1984 in Oslo, Norway. A 3 time Olympian, Jim’s top individual Olympic finish was 17th in the Nordic Combined event in Innsbruck, Austria in 1976. Jim won 3 US National Championship titles between Nordic Combined and Cross Country skiing. After retiring as an athlete, Jim coached for the US Ski Team for 6 years, then for Stratton Mountain School, and then started and coached the highly successful Alaska Pacific University program. Jim then worked for Edgewise stonegrinding and waxing skis, and then managed Frisco Nordic Center. Throughout it all and continuing today Jim provides coaching services. Jim’s excellent skiing career and results are not only his only contribution to US skiing, but also his visionary creation of the APU program lead to some of our country’s best ever results and put the US on the path to long term excellence. Jim currently lives in Frisco, CO with his long time girlfriend Joyce Allgier.We discussed competing in the European Junior Championships, switching to special Cross Country ski racing, some of his more memorable races including winning a World Cup relay and 5th and 6th place individual race finishes, competing during the Cold War in Russia and Yugoslavia, his vision for the APU program which he created, creating a Nordic ski culture and community, training principles including most common mistakes, and being a life long learner. This was a memorable interview that was thankfully long.

Number 1 in the World, Tara Geraghty-Moats joins the show to tell us about her incredible life in skiing. Tara started skiing at a young age and eventually made her way into 4 different disciplines. She started with Ski Jumping, but unfortunately got injured and had to switch to Cross Country Skiing and Biathlon. She then made her way back to Ski Jumping and has now become Number 1 in the world for Women's Nordic Combined.Follow Tara on all her Socials!https://www.instagram.com/tarageraghtymoats/https://www.facebook.com/geraghtymoats/https://twitter.com/geraghtymoatsFollow us too!https://www.instagram.com/ourathletes.us/https://twitter.com/OurathletesusaPlease rate, review, comment, and share these stories of some of the best athletes in the world!Thanks to our Sponsor www.launchingpodcasts.com for allowing my users to receive $50 off their purchase of the step by step video course on how to create a podcast!

Taylor joins the show to tell us about his entire life skiing Nordic Combined. Starting both cross country and ski jumping by the age of 5, Taylor has been able to hone his skills to get him involved in 3 different Olympic Games. Taylor is a very humble and wise gentleman that tells some incredible stories throughout the show to his early days of skiing, to beating his brother for the final spot on the Olympic Team, to what he plans on doing in the future.Follow Taylor!https://www.instagram.com/tfletchernordic/https://www.facebook.com/tfletchernordic/https://twitter.com/TFletchernordicFollow us!https://www.instagram.com/ourathletes.us/https://twitter.com/Ourathletesusamichael@ourathletes.uswww.ourathletes.usPlease rate, review, comment, and share!Thanks to www.LaunchingPodcasts.com for allowing my listeners to get $50 off their step by step video course on how to create your first podcast.

Jared Shumate joins the show to tell us about his story and path in USA Nordic Combined! Jared has been ski jumping and cross country skiing for a while so he saw an opportunity to put them together! Jared is a Hopeful for the 2022 Games by following the lead of the incredible men and women currently on the team.Follow Jared!https://www.instagram.com/jared_shumate/https://twitter.com/shumatejaredhttps://www.facebook.com/jshumateski/Follow us!https://www.instagram.com/ourathletes.us/https://twitter.com/OurathletesusaPlease remember to rate this show 5 stars on whatever platform you use!Thanks to www.launchingpodcasts.com for allowing my listeners $50 off their video course on how to start your first podcast.

After a week off, The PoP!-Cast catches up on WrestleMania weekend, Hellboy, Shazam, Knize goes in on the spud diet, and Kelly shows why it's a bad idea to collect your bodily fluids in a jar or in a box. All this plus the last PoP! Winter Games event before the finals!

The American catalyst that shook the nordic world in Vancouver, Billy Demong has not slowed down since his historic Olympic win on the large hill. Since then he got married, started raising a son and returned to competitive form after a brief break from the sport—just in time for another run at gold. The upstate New York native has been on seven World Championships teams and has won eight U.S. titles. His four medals with teammate at the 2009 Worlds were an historic accomplishment, a feat only outshone by the following year’s four-medal effort at Vancouver, where Demong became the first U.S. Nordic athlete to win a gold medal. OFF THE SNOW Billy Demong is known as the guy who never rests. “I think I’m kind of known as somebody who lives every day to the fullest and maybe tries to accomplish more than he should. That’s my MO and that’s what I love doing.” Growing up in Lake Placid, Demong developed a love for the outdoors. In the winter, that means clicking into the backcountry gear, climbing mountains and finding a powder cache. In the summertime, it’s hopping onto a mountain or road bike for a ride through the mountains around Park City. But his true joy comes from his growing family: wife Katie (a former skeleton athlete) and son Liam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Demong --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

It’s been a stellar season so far for the American Combined Nordic athlete Tara Geraghty-Moats. Last weekend she swept to a pair of wins in an International Ski Federation Nordic Combined Continental Cup in Rena, Norway. With this latest in a string of wins, Geraghty-Moats continues to lead the standings as she has all season. She has now won eight events in a row, seven of which in the Continental Cup. Women’s Nordic Combined is still a Developing Sport and will be a part of the World Championships beginning in 2021, with hopeful inclusion in future Olympics. In the meanwhile Tara heads to the 2019 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships this weekend, which are being held in Seefeld, Austria February 19 - March 3 to compete in the ski jumping events on the 90m hill.  Since this has not been her focus this season she is realistic about her goals but will relish the opportunity to be competitive on the hill. After these championships Tara will travel to Russia for the final Nordic Combined events of the season and be hard to beat in the Continental Cup Rankings. Chris Stafford spoke with Tara at her training base in Slovenia before she left for Austria. For show notes and related links for this episode click HERE. For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 2 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at info@wispsports.com. 

Shaolin Master Roland Mastel is able to tame his mind when ever necessary. He is a former Nordic Combined athlete and after he's sports career he was coaching for example four time Olympic champion Simon Ammann. After been taught by two great masters he became a master in Shaolin Kung Fu, Taijiquan, Shaolin Kosmos Qi Gong und Zen. Roland has an amazing positive attitude and a powerful message to share. After listening to what he has to say you're life quality might change permanently to better.

Shaolin Master Roland Mastel is able to tame his mind when ever necessary. He is a former Nordic Combined athlete and after he's sports career he was coaching for example four time Olympic champion Simon Ammann. After been taught by two great masters he became a master in Shaolin Kung Fu, Taijiquan, Shaolin Kosmos Qi Gong und Zen. Roland has an amazing positive attitude and a powerful message to share. After listening to what he has to say you're life quality might change permanently to better.

It's been another exciting day of Olympic action! Jill and Alison discuss: The US' victory in Women's Ice Hockey Team Olympic Fever member John Shuster going for gold in Curling The Women's Figure Skating free skate Women's Alpine Skiing Team Olympic Fever member Clare Egan's Biathlon relay Team Olympic Fever member Bryan Fletcher's last Nordic Combined event More craziness in Short Track Speedskating DISCLAIMER: OLYMPIC® is a trademark of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (“USOPC”). Any use of OLYMPIC® in the Olympic Fever podcast is strictly for informational and commentary purposes. The Olympic Fever podcast is not an official podcast of the USOPC. The Olympic Fever podcast is not a sponsor of the USOPC, nor is Olympic Fever associated with or endorsed by USOPC in any way. The content of Olympic Fever podcast does not reflect the opinions, standards, views, or policies of the USOPC, and the USOPC in no way warrants that content featured in Olympic Fever is accurate.    

Big day at PyeongChang 2018. We look at crazy races in Biathlon mixed relay, Nordic Combined Large Hill, Bobsled, Short Track Speedskating, and Women's Downhill Skiing. Plus Ice Hockey and a little bit of watching-while-we-tape Women's Figure Skating. And we share opinions about a certain infamous country shopper who shall not be named here. Yeah, we've got opinions about this one. DISCLAIMER: OLYMPIC® is a trademark of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (“USOPC”). Any use of OLYMPIC® in the Olympic Fever podcast is strictly for informational and commentary purposes. The Olympic Fever podcast is not an official podcast of the USOPC. The Olympic Fever podcast is not a sponsor of the USOPC, nor is Olympic Fever associated with or endorsed by USOPC in any way. The content of Olympic Fever podcast does not reflect the opinions, standards, views, or policies of the USOPC, and the USOPC in no way warrants that content featured in Olympic Fever is accurate.    

Our Olympics coverage continues this week with part 2 of the Winter Beer and Geek Olympics. During the Winter Geek Olympics the teams compete in Bobsleigh, Luge, Skeleton, Cross-Country Skiing, Biathlon and Nordic Combined. As for the Winter Beer Olympics we review the porter/stouts and determine who deserves the gold. Beer Mad Anthony – Jonesing … Continue reading "Episode 47 – Winter Olympics 2018 (Part 2)" The post Episode 47 – Winter Olympics 2018 (Part 2) appeared first on DrinkIN GeekOUT.

Jill and Alison catch up on their last day's viewing. Alison had a big team day, watching some men's ice hockey. Both Jill and Alison caught the NOR vs JAP men's curling match, which of course, meant the first look at the Norwegian team's famous page (check the FB page here).  Jill watched Team Olympic Fever member Bryan Fletcher compete in Nordic Combined. She also pondered the existence of doubles luge. The Dutch won in speedskating again (which we think is a good thing), and Jill's found another officiating job she'd like. Alison has the answer to one of our burning questions from yesterday. Little known fact: While we tape these shows, we have the TV on mute, so our commentary on the North Korean figure skating pair sneaks in, as does Alison's three favorite words: The Attacking Viking. Note: We didn't finish out the pairs competition together, so we'll talk about it more in tomorrow's episode. DISCLAIMER: OLYMPIC® is a trademark of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (“USOPC”). Any use of OLYMPIC® in the Olympic Fever podcast is strictly for informational and commentary purposes. The Olympic Fever podcast is not an official podcast of the USOPC. The Olympic Fever podcast is not a sponsor of the USOPC, nor is Olympic Fever associated with or endorsed by USOPC in any way. The content of Olympic Fever podcast does not reflect the opinions, standards, views, or policies of the USOPC, and the USOPC in no way warrants that content featured in Olympic Fever is accurate.      

Jill and Alison discuss the most obscure of obscure sports with U.S. Nordic Combined Olympian Bryan Fletcher. Plus news on future Winter bids, an invite to our Fantasy Olympian league and an update on our broadcast schedule during PyeongChang 2018. Now, you will notice that Jill makes a most excellent joke that our dear guest doesn't quite get. This commercial can't be that old, can it? DISCLAIMER: OLYMPIC® is a trademark of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (“USOPC”). Any use of OLYMPIC® in the Olympic Fever podcast is strictly for informational and commentary purposes. The Olympic Fever podcast is not an official podcast of the USOPC. The Olympic Fever podcast is not a sponsor of the USOPC, nor is Olympic Fever associated with or endorsed by USOPC in any way. The content of Olympic Fever podcast does not reflect the opinions, standards, views, or policies of the USOPC, and the USOPC in no way warrants that content featured in Olympic Fever is accurate.

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More skis than you can shake a pole at. It’s Cross Country Skiing and the […]

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In this episode of Nordic Nation, we discuss the recent U.S. Nordic Combined Olympic Trials, which were held Dec. 30 in Park City, Utah, with U.S. NoCo's leading man, Bryan Fletcher. Nerves, pressure, the flying and skiing — those all played a role on Fletcher's day at Olympic trials. After the jumping portion of the competition, things weren't so certain for the eventual winner, as Fletcher began the 10-kilometer ski race nearly a minute and a half behind the first starter, Ben Loomis. We connected with Fletcher, a 31-year-old dad, from his home in Heber, Utah, last week on Jan. 3 as he reflected on sealing the Olympic deal. https://twitter.com/usskiteam/status/947229892751499265 Fletcher also discusses the prospects of U.S. Nordic Combined fielding a team of four skiers at the upcoming Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. For now, the U.S. is guaranteed two spots. And as Fletcher explains, hope remains for two more athlete spots to open up. Trials results: Jumping | Final results Note: Since Fletcher's interview, he and his brother Taylor competed at the first Nordic Combined World Cup of the new year, which took place on Friday, Jan. 12 in Val di Fiemme, Italy. There, Bryan finished 32nd (up from 39th in the jump) and Taylor placed 43rd (up from 49th). Full results here (To subscribe to the Nordic Nation podcast channel, download the iTunes app. If you have iTunes, subscribe to Nordic Nation here.) albuterol . buy naltrexone online buy chantix online The post Nordic Nation: Sealing the Olympic Deal with Bryan Fletcher appeared first on FasterSkier.com.

A conversation with Nordic Combined Olympic Champion Billy Demong. Billy became the first and only American to win an Olympic Gold Medal in a Nordic sport when he won the 10 Kilometer Individual Large Hill competition in Vancouver 2010. He competed in five Olympics: Nagano, Salt Lake City, Torino, Vancouver and Sochi. Billy is now the head of USA Nordic Sport, a new organization that works to further Nordic Combined and Ski Jumping in the U.S. You can learn more about USA Nordic Sport at https://www.usanordic.org/

with Luke Bodensteiner, the Executive Vice President of Athletics at U.S. Ski and Snowboard. I’ve known Luke for over a decade, since before I was on the U.S. Ski Team. Before joining U.S. Ski and Snowboard, he cross country skied himself for the University of Utah and at the 1992 and ’94 Olympics. At Utah he won two individual NCAA titles and one team title and he is a 3-time U.S. National Champion. He joined the administration at U.S. Ski and Snowboard in 1996 and became the cross country manager in ’97. In 2001 he took control of Nordic Combined and ski jumping as well when he became the Nordic Director. He was promoted to his current position, Director of Athletics, in 2008. Luke has also authored a book, titled Endless Winter, about his time racing internationally. This was one of my favorite conversations and I hope you enjoy it as well.

A conversation with John Caldwell, the 'Father' of Nordic skiing in the U.S. John competed in the 1952 Olympics in Nordic Combined and coached the U.S. Ski Team and the U.S. Olympic Team at the 1960, '64, '68, '72 and '84 Games. He coached Nordic and taught math at The Putney School from the mid 1950s until his retirement in 1989. His athletes at The Putney School included Bob Gray ('68 and '72 Olympics), Martha Rockwell ('72 and '76), Mike Gallagher ('64, '68 and '72), his son Tim Caldwell (4-time Olympian and World Cup podium skier) and Bill Koch (the only American to have won an Olympic medal in cross country skiing). John authored The Cross Country Ski Book which sold over half a million copies and helped popularize cross country skiing in America. He founded the New England Nordic Ski Association (NENSA) and was inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. He has 2 grandchildren currently on the U.S. Ski Team and his nephew, Zach Caldwell, is my coach. In early August John was interviewed by Jason Albert of FasterSkier.com for the Nordic Nation podcast. In this conversation I tried not to replicate what Jason did, so I focused my questions on things that are more personal to me. I also kept it casual. You can find Jason's conversation with John here: http://fasterskier.com/fsarticle/nordic-nation-calling-john-caldwell/

Carrie interviews collegiate coach and NBC Olympics commentator Chad Salmela! Chad shares his scientific approach to training and discusses challenges he faces as a coach. They also chat about his breakthrough into NBC Olympics commentary and his role as a husband and father. Show notes for this episode can be found at ctollerun.com. Chad Salmela As a junior competitor, Chad was one of the Midwest's top junior cross country ski racers, then switched to the sport of biathlon at age 19. After eight years of competing nationally and internationally as a member of the United States Biathlon Team, he moved directly into the assistant coach position for the U.S. Biathlon Team in 1998, while finishing his college degree at Middlebury College in Vermont. After graduation, Chad built and coached a national junior development program for biathlon, managed the 2002 Olympic Games biathlon competitions in Salt Lake City, served as assistant coach and wax technician for the U.S. junior world championship biathlon team, coached cross country running at the Marshall School in Duluth, and announced ski events across the country and on television. Chad was the biathlon color commentator for NBC's coverage of 2006 Torino Olympics and added cross country skiing and Nordic combined to his duties at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. At the 2014 Sochi Olympics, he was the analyst of the cross country ski events, biathlon and the cross country skiing portion of the Nordic Combined. Chad became a household name for his exciting calls of the action. He began his first season as the head men's and women's cross country coach at St. Scholastica in 2016. Salmela had been the school's men's and women's Nordic ski head coach the previous 10 years. He will also assist with the men's and women's track & field programs. In his 10 seasons coaching CSS skiers, Chad led both the men and the women to Central Collegiate Ski Association (CCSA) Championships in 2015. He coached Paul Schommer to the programs' only All-America honors in 2014. In total, under his tutelage, the Saints had 12 NCAA qualifiers in his 10 seasons, including 10 since 2012. Chad was an assistant under recently retired Coach Steve Pfingsten for the first few years at St. Scholastica and prior to that had a role as a high school running coach. Since then he has spent time consulting several elite and master-elite marathon and distance runners.

A fun interview for you today as we chat to Australian Olympic cross-country skier Callum Watson! Callum takes us through his career, right from his beginnings in the sport and all the way through to his Olympic debut in Sochi 2014. He also talks about his horrific and freak injury he suffered after the games and the challenges he faced because of it as well as his knack for cooking, how he can help us get Nordic Combined on the map in Australia and discovering a bonding moment with Ben that pretty much makes them best friends.

Our 'cross' sport series continues as we switch from snowboard to skis and speak with 2014 Australian Olympian Sami Kennedy-Sim! Fresh off her most successful World Cup season yet, Sami takes us through her thoughts ahead of the Olympics next year and why the mood within the Australian team is so good heading towards Korea. She also helps Ben out (slightly) with his ultimate goal of making Nordic Combined a thing in Australia and mentions Nikki Webster...which let's be honest sells any interview as a good one!

Bryan Fletcher (U.S. Nordic Combined) jumping to 20th on the normal hill at 2015 World Championships in Falun, Sweden. (Photo: FlyingPointRoad) Nordic combined is exactly that: a combination of the two discrete nordic-sport disciplines. There's the cross-country side, which if you read FasterSkier regularly, you're pretty comfortable with in terms of technique, gear, and the nuts and bolts of race dynamics. If you're like me, the jumping side is a bit more foreign. I took the opportunity in this podcast episode to explore ski jumping. For nordic combined competitions, it is the ski jumping portion that dictates the start order for the freestyle pursuit-style race. So to fully understand the discipline, and know why, for example, a skier starts one minute back from the morning's ski-jump winner, I reached out to Bryan Fletcher, a 30-year-old old U.S. Nordic Combined Team veteran (he's also a new dad), and Clint Jones, a former U.S. Ski Team jumper and currently a jumping coach and team director for USA Nordic, which encompasses nordic combined and ski jumping. From those two we get a jumper's perspective of a massive ski flying hill in Planica, Slovenia, and firsthand knowledge of jumping technique. Jumping may not be for the faint of heart, but understanding how it sets up the cross-country ski race after the jumps is critical to following nordic combined. And when you listen to the podcast, you'll hear Bryan Fletcher say this: “For me, I'm kind of an adrenaline junkie. I've done a lot of stupid adrenaline things in my life. And one of those is base jumping off of the bridge in Twin Falls, [Idaho]. And typically they recommend you have 100 sky dives before you ever go base jumping. Instead I spent two months learning how to pack a parachute, and then went and took six jumps off the bridge. And to give you perspective, base jumping I didn't know anything about … However with ski jumping, you kind of have those rumors and commentary from other jumpers, I was more nervous getting on the bar of a ski flying hill for the first time than I was crawling over the railing of a bridge to base jump for my first time.” You'll also learn the difference between a ski flying hill — the type of jump Fletcher refers to in his base-jumping quote — and a regular, Olympic-style ski jumping hill. It's always a good day to learn something new. Click the play button to listen below. albuterol . buy naltrexone online buy chantix online The post Nordic Nation: Jumping Explained, A Podcast with Bryan Fletcher and Clint Jones appeared first on FasterSkier.com.