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Photos from the Team Sprint Semis

It was a an thrilling day in the team sprint with crashes, broken poles and most of all fast ski racing.  Here are a few photos from the semis with more to come.

The Canadian women making the tag.
Torin Koos (USA) stuck his nose in it all day.
Kikkan Randall (USA) charged every time she was on the course.
Caitlin Compton (USA) battled in a tough field.
Canadian Alex Harvey gave us all something to cheer about today.

Comments

6 responses to “Photos from the Team Sprint Semis”

  1. delltodd Avatar
    delltodd

    I cheered myself hoarse. At the TV. Thanks for the thrills Andy, Torin, Kikkan & Caitlin! Really cool seeing you mix it up.

  2. nordic_dave Avatar
    nordic_dave

    Yeah what Dell said!

  3. skierout Avatar
    skierout

    If today is the highlight of these games, then I would consider these games a failure for the US.

    The women were out of contention from the start and the men were only in contention when everyone was still in contention. Not exactly thrilling. Congrats for salvaging some pride by qualifying past semi-finals though. Good team selection too.

  4. Andrea Avatar
    Andrea

    Ditto Dell and Dave!!!
    (and I love the coordinated sunglasses)

  5. Andy_Hardy Avatar
    Andy_Hardy

    Go USA! I wish I could have seen it live. I had to keep hitting refresh on the browser.

    skierout – I fart in your general direction.

  6. skierout Avatar
    skierout

    BTW, I wasn’t being sarcastic about the good team selection. Maybe the best decision made during these games. Hard to say that these games are not a flop for the the USST.

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