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Kikkan & Partner Secure World Championship Gold
Channel 2 SportsKikkan Randall of Anchorage and partner Jessie Diggins of Afton, Minnesota combined to give the United States its first gold medal in a World Championship nordic ski competition on Sunday, skiing to the victory in the team sprint title in Val Di Fiemme,...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Sports, FIFA World Cup, 10 km and 15 km Combined Skiing
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Juneau Man Breaks Through Ice on Mendenhall Lake
Channel 2 NewsA Juneau man says it's dangerous to be on the lake in front of Mendenhall Glacier, and he speaks from experience. Juneau Nordic Ski Club volunteer groomer Scott Fischer tells KINY-radiohe was setting track Wednesday when his snowmobile broke through...Tags: Sports
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One Extreme to the Other: Comparing Snowfall from Last Winter to Now
Channel 2 NewsFrom too much snow -- to not enough, the contrast between this winter and last is very apparent. To put it into numbers, Anchorage is seeing more than a 45 inch difference in snow fall from January 5, 2013 to the same time last year (Graph of 2012...Tags: Cross Country Skiing, Sports
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#2 Sports Story Of 2012: Kikkan Randall Wins The World Cup Season Sprint Championship
Kikkan Randall has long been Alaska's darling of cross country skiing. Already a 3-time Olympian and the only American woman to win a world cup race, Kikkan added to her greatness in 2012 with a season for the ages. She won two world cup sprint races...Tags: Cross Country Skiing, Sports, FIFA World Cup
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Hundreds Support Runner Injured at Mt. Marathon by Running
Ch. 2 newsHundreds of runners open their hearts Saturday in Girdwood as they race for the man critically injured at Mount Marathon this year. Matt Kenney is still recovery from a 30 foot fall down the mountain during that race last month. All of the funds...Tags: Road Running, Running, Sports, Track and Field
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Alaska Winter Trails Day: Mat-Su Valley Celebrates 8 Years
Channel 2 NewsAlaska Winter Trails Day celebrates its 8th annual event on Saturday, January 7th in the Mat-Su Valley. A number of organizations are joining forces to encourage people to get outside and enjoy wintertime recreation. There will be free instructional... -
Two Alaskans Grab Medals At Nordic Skiing Nationals
Channel 2 SportsDavid Norris of Fairbanks and Anchorage's Eric Packer finished second and third, respectively, in the men's 30K race at the U.S. National Cross Country Skiing Championships in Rumford, Maine. Overall, five Alaskan men finished in the top 11, including...Tags: Cross Country Skiing, Awards and Prizes
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Kikkan Clinches World Cup Sprint Title
Channel 2 SportsAnchorage's Kikkan Randall has become the first American, male or female, in 30 years to win a World Cup season title in cross-country skiing. Randall clinched the crown in sprint racing with an 11th place finish Wednesday in Drammen, Norway....Tags: Cross Country Skiing, Sports, FIFA World Cup
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Entrepreneur Builds Ultra-Mobile Wheelchairs, Handcycles
Channel 2 NewsEntrepreneur Bill Lasher was 16 years old when a skiing accident on Toilsome Hill Drive in Anchorage left him paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair. Back then, wheelchairs were seen solely as medical equipment: uniformly gray,...Tags: Facebook, Beaches
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Ski Jumping Program in Anchorage Takes Off
Channel 2 NewsThe ski jumping program in Anchorage got a running start this summer, as the Karl Eid Ski Jumps near Hilltop Ski Area received a much-needed makeover thanks to thousands of dollars in donations and hours of work by local volunteers. "The 40-meter jump,...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Nordic Combined Skiing, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, 2014 Winter Olympic Games, Cross Country Skiing
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Seawolf Skiers Sit at Fourth
After two events, the UAA Ski team sits at fourth place in the Alaska Anchorage Invitational.
Leading the way for the Seawolves are Jamie Bronga, who finished 4th in the 10K freestyle, and Lucas Ebner who finished 15th.
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Kikkan Randall's career just now peaking
Channel 2 SportsAnchorage is the perfect environment for an aspiring cross-country skier, but Kikkan Randall was also blessed with the bloodline to turn that opportunity into success. “I had an aunt and uncle that were Olympians in cross-country skiing,”...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Soccer, Multi-Sport Events, Cross Country Skiing, Awards and Prizes
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