Steamboat Olympic Coverage
Jewell finishes 13th in fog at Olympics
February 27, 2010 · Updated 2 years, 2 months ago
With fog and rain being the biggest factors, snowboarder Tyler Jewell, who lived in Steamboat Springs before and after the 2006 Olympics, finished 13th in Saturday’s event at Cypress Mountain, British Columbia.
Steamboat Olympic Coverage
Demong to carry U.S. flag at Olympic Closing Ceremony
February 26, 2010 · Updated 2 years, 3 months ago
On a whirlwind of a Thursday, Billy Demong won a gold medal, proposed to his girlfriend and was chosen to bear his nation’s flag at Sunday’s event.
Nordic combined sport never has been hotter
February 28, 2010 · 3 Comments
Nordic combined skiing never has been hotter. From the dominance at the 2009 World Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic, to the past two weeks at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, exposure to the sport never has been better. But what will it take to continue the success? That might be the biggest question as things move forward.
Community Celebration
Steamboat Springs celebrated its Olympic athletes Friday night downtown
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Community Celebration
April 2
Steamboat Springs celebrated its Olympic athletes Friday night downtown -
Watching the race live
February 23
Hundreds of people gathered at One Steamboat Place on Tuesday to cheer on the U.S. Nordic combined team. -
Olympians
January 27
On their way to the 2010 Olympics, World Cup gold medalists Johnny Spillane and Todd Lodwick stop by the Steamboat Today morning show to talk with Harper Louden about training for Vancouver and the Junior Olympics that will take place in Steamboat in March. -
Olympic Trials: aerials
December 24
Men's aerials winner Jeret Peterson talks with the press after Thursday's U.S. Olympic Trials competition at the Steamboat Ski Area. -
Jeremy Cota
December 23
Steamboat Springs freestyle skier Jeremy Cota got second place Wednesday, falling just short of earning a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team. -
Spillane's win at Olympic Trials in Steamboat
December 23
Johnny Spillane won the Nordic combined event Wednesday during the 2010 U.S. Olympic Trials in Steamboat Springs.
- Swimmer Blake Worsley returns to Steamboat for Olympic homecoming April 4
- Steamboat grad Blake Worsley qualifies for Canadian Olympic swim team March 27
- Steamboat runners set for marathon trip January 11
- Denver committee to ponder future Olympic bid in Colorado December 16
- Sporting clay shoot fundraiser to aid Olympic hopes August 4
Near the end
The end is near and it's too soon to sum up what's just happened. Of course all the focus here is on the U.S.-Canada hockey game Sunday. It's a frenzied scene. I spent time in Vancouver tonight and every conversation involves the game, it seemed. It also seems most of ...
John takes flight
It can be hard to write about something you’ve never done, eh. So after Nordic combined training wrapped up Wednesday I wanted to head up to the top of the hill to see what I looked like soaring off large hill on a pair of skis. Anything to become a ...
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Swimmer Blake Worsley returns to Steamboat for Olympic homecoming
Wednesday’s homecoming was significant for 2005 Steamboat Springs High School graduate Blake Worsley, a newly minted Canadian Olympic Swim Team member.
Steamboat grad Blake Worsley qualifies for Canadian Olympic swim team
Canadian-born swimmer and 2005 Steamboat Springs High School graduate Blake Worsley posted a time of 1 minute, 49.06 seconds in the men's 200-meter freestyle event at Tuesday's Canadian Olympic Trials.
Steamboat runners set for marathon trip
Locals eye US Olympic Trials, Houston running event
Steamboat Springs High School senior Asher Rohde and University of San Diego runner John Cutter will join Greg Long on the trip to Houston. It’s a running trip, Long explained, so legs won’t be getting cramped in that car.
Denver committee to ponder future Olympic bid in Colorado
An exploratory committee of business and civic leaders has been formed to consider the potential benefits, ramifications and costs involved in bidding for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
US Nordic combined teams heavy on Steamboat skiers
Steamboat’s Johnny Spillane, Todd Lodwick and Bryan Fletcher were named to the A Team along with Billy Demong.
Sporting clay shoot fundraiser to aid Olympic hopes
The Colorado Gold Medal Initiative and the Rocky Mountain Division of the United States Ski and Snowboard Association are putting on a sporting clay shoot starting at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Three Quarter Circles ranch west of Steamboat.
Steamboat athletes eye South Korea for 2018 games
Pyeongchang selected to host Winter Olympic Games
Attention turned Wednesday from a hot summer day in Steamboat to a cold winter one on the other side of the world, seven years in the future. The International Olympic Committee voted in Durban, South Africa, to send the 2018 Winter Olympic Games to Pyeongchang, South Korea.
New Olympic events could benefit Steamboat athletes
Committee adds slopestyle skiing and snowboarding, snowboard parallel slalom to 2014 games
The 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, are still years away, but it’s already looking like Steamboat Springs is likely to have a larger contingent than games of the past. On Monday, the International Olympic Committee added slopestyle skiing and snowboarding and snowboard parallel slalom to the games.
New Olympic events open doors for Steamboat athletes
The announcement that women’s ski jumping would be included in the 2014 Winter Olympics hasn’t changed Madison Keeffe’s life. But she said no mater what part ski jumping plays in the rest of her life, the sport’s inclusion in the Olympics is truly a great thing.
Sochi games to include women’s ski jumping, ski halfpipe
Sochi games to include women’s ski jumping, ski halfpipe competitions
Long awaited news for local athletes and coaches came early Wednesday when it was announced that six new events will be included in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Big news for Steamboat athletes was the inclusion of women’s ski jumping and men’s and women’s ski halfpipe.
Steamboat's Lodwick, Spillane unsure about Olympic future
Despite a season in which Todd Lodwick battled illness and struggled to fully train, a fifth-place finish in the large hill individual event at the 2011 Nordic World Championships proved that he still is one of the best Nordic combined skiers in the world.
Understanding Steamboat's Nordic combined history
2010 Olympic success raises profile of city's signature sport
No town in America showed more pride than Steamboat where people have a firm grasp on a sport that is poorly understood in the rest of the country and take pride in producing Olympic athletes. But Steamboat’s connection to Nordic combined, which combines ski jumping and cross-country skiing, stretches further than the Olympics in Vancouver.
Steamboat brothers hope for top spots in 2010-11 Nordic combined season
Lingering questions remained after February’s historic U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team performance at the 2010 Olympics. Can the Americans remain relevant in the sport for years to come? The answer is starting to reveal itself as the 2010-11 season approaches, thanks to a pair of brothers from Steamboat Springs.
Steamboat's Hannah Kearney considers goals after Olympic gold medal
Hannah Kearney spent most of her life trying to reach that gold medal moment. When it came in February on Cypress Mountain just outside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Kearney buried disappointment from four years earlier and validated her single most desired goal.
‘True athletes’ coming to Craig
Special Olympians competing Saturday at Moffat County High School
When more than 100 Western Slope Special Olympians gather Saturday at the Moffat County High School track, they will assemble with a common goal.
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