nordic combined

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Christmas Village, a holiday shopping tradition at the State Fairgrounds sine 1961, will get to set up shop in 2010 as Mayor Karl Dean has recommended extending the site's closing date by six months. A letter from the mayor to Fair Board Chairman James Weaver, dated Tuesday, explained that discussions with event organizers led the mayor to reconsider the original June 30 closing date. "A number of event organizers have requested additional time to transition and work with their vendor, attendees, etc.  

ASPEN, Colo. Aspen Skiing Co. officials say the decision to keep hosting the World Cup despite the increasing costs paid off last year with international exposure.  

The U.S. Cross Country Ski Team is a leg up on the competition scene after competing in two days of FIS races in Norway where Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, Alaska), Kris Freeman (Andover, N.H.), Liz Stephen (East Montpelier, Vt.) and Morgan Arritola (Ketchum, Idaho) have all had great early season results.  

"The Nordic Combined has always been comprised of ski-jumping and cross-country skiing. The nature of those two disciplines has changed but currently it is a single jump and single 10km race."  

More than 2,500 personnel from the Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF) participated in a cross-country run as part of their end-of year activities yesterday.  

The U.S. Cross Country Ski Team is a leg up on the competition scene after competing in two days of FIS races in Norway where Kikkan Randall (Anchorage), Kris Freeman (Andover, NH), Liz Stephen (East Montpelier, VY) and Morgan Arritola (Ketchum, ID) have all had great early season results.  

The U.S. Cross Country Ski Team is a leg up on the competition scene after competing in two days of FIS races in Norway where Kikkan Randall (Anchorage), Kris Freeman (Andover, NH), Liz Stephen (East Montpelier, VY) and Morgan Arritola (Ketchum, ID) have all had great early season results. "It was a really good start for the year. It was our first competition racing of the season. Our expectations were only to have a good training outing and that is what we got," Cross Country Head Coach Pete Vordenberg

I definitely have some good endorphins flowing after a hard effort yesterday. Pushing the body through a whole race is definitely a shock, but I am feeling good   -Kikkan Randall

 

On the same day the local Odd Fellows announced they wouldn't host the city's 2010 Fourth of July celebration, the Rock Aqua Jays were forming a committee to explore the possibility of taking over.