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Holly Brooks
Holly Brooks (born April 17, 1982) is an American cross-country skier from Seattle, Washington who competed for Whitman College in 2001–04 and has competed recreationally since 2009. She has four victories in lesser events up to 10 km, all earned in 2009. She was a late qualifier to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, her second ever international skiing competition following the 2010 World Cup in Canmore. Personal life Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Brooks began skiing as a young girl, primarily at Snoqualmie Pass where her family owned a cabin and she took lessons through the Junior Nordic Program. She competed in Nordic skiing events in high school and college, but never raced at NCAA's. She currently is a full-time coach at Alaska Pacific University, where she coaches juniors, masters and women's only ski groups. Brooks has three siblings who are triplets. Brooks is married to Anchorage firefighter Robert Whitney. She currently resides full-time in Anch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the 15th-largest in the United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 makes it one of the nation's fastest-growing large cities. Seattle is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington. It is the northernmost major city in the United States, located about south of the Canadian border. A major gateway for trade with East Asia, Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling . The Seattle area was inhabited by Native Americans for at least 4,000 years before the first permanent European settlers. Arthur A. Denny and his group of travelers, subsequ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-country Skiing At The 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 30 Kilometre Classical
The women's 30 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 27 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia at 11:45 PST. Summary The 30 kilometre has been skated as a mass start event at the World Championships since 2005 and since the 2006 Winter Olympics. Kateřina Neumannová of the Czech Republic was the defending Olympic champion though that event was held in the freestyle technique. She retired after the 2006-07 season and later chaired the organizing committee for the 2009 world championships. Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk, the defending Olympic bronze medallist, was the reigning world champion though that was also in the freestyle technique. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 – Women's 15 Kilometre Pursuit
The women's 15 kilometre pursuit at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 was held on 26 February 2011 at 11:30 CET. The defending world champion was Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk while the defending Olympic champion was Norway's Marit Bjørgen Marit Bjørgen (born 21 March 1980) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier. She is ranked first in the all-time Cross-Country World Cup rankings with 114 individual victories. Bjørgen is also the most successful sprinter in Cross-Country W .... - accessed 20 February 2010. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 201 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 – Women's 10 Kilometre Classical
The Women's 10 kilometre classical at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 was held on 28 February 2011 at 13:00 CET. A 5 km qualifying event took place on 23 February. The defending world champion was Finland's Aino-Kaisa Saarinen while the defending Olympic champion (on freestyle) was Sweden's Charlotte Kalla Marina Charlotte Kalla (born 22 July 1987 in Tärendö) is a Swedish cross-country skier who has been competing at international level since the 2003–04 season. Kalla is a three-time Olympian, winning her first Olympic gold medal at the 2010 Wi .... - accessed 16 February 2010. Results Qualification ...
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FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 took place from 23 February to 6 March 2011 — accessed 12 March 2008. in , , at the . It was the fifth time these championships had been hosted in Holmenkollen, having been done previously in 1930, the |
Cross-country Skiing At The 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's Team Sprint
The women's team sprint cross-country skiing competition in the classical technique at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 19 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex. Results The races were started at 14:05. In November 2017, Yuliya Ivanova was disqualified from the event meaning that the whole Russian team was also disqualified. Semifinals On 19 February Ukrainian athletes asked for and were refused permission by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to wear black arm bands to honor those killed in the violent clashes Ukrainian's capital Kiev the previous day.Hockey heartache for hosts, Ukraine violence shocks Games (19 February 2014) Acco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-country Skiing At The 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 4 × 5 Kilometre Relay
The women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay cross-country skiing competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 15 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex. Sweden won the event. This became the first gold medal in the women's relay for Sweden since the 1960 Winter Olympics. Finland won the silver medals, and Germany finished third. Gold medals won in this event featured a fragment from the Chelyabinsk meteor, to commemorate the first anniversary of the meteor strike. Results The race was started at 14:00. In November 2017, Yuliya Ivanova was disqualified from the event meaning that the whole Russian team was also disqualified. In September 2018, Marina Piller was disqualified for doping, and all her 2014 Olympic results were annulled, including the result of the Italian relay team. Flower and medal ceremonies Immediately after the race a flower ceremony was held at the ski stadium, where the medalist received flowers on the podium. The next day the medal ceremony was hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-country Skiing At The 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's Sprint
The women's freestyle sprint cross-country skiing competition in the free technique at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 11 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex. Qualification An athlete with a maximum of 100 FIS distance points (the A standard) will be allowed to compete in both or one of the event (sprint/distance). An athlete with a maximum 120 FIS sprint points will be allowed to compete in the sprint event and 10 km for women or 15 km for men provided their distance points do not exceed 300 FIS points. NOC's who do not have any athlete meeting the A standard can enter one competitor of each sex (known as the basic quota) in only 10 km classical event for women or 15 km classical event for men. They must have a maximum of 300 FIS distance points at the end of qualifying on 20 January 2014. The qualification period began in July 2012. Results : Q — qualified for next round : LL — lucky loser : PF — photo finish In November 2017, Yevgeniya Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-country Skiing At The 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 30 Kilometre Freestyle
The women's 30 kilometre mass start freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 22 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex. Three Norwegian athletes, Marit Bjørgen, Therese Johaug, and Kristin Størmer Steira, took the lead from 1 km on and skied in the group, never being threatened by other competitors. At the finish line, Bjørgen won gold, Johaug finished second, and Størmer Steira was third. This is the first gold for Norway in women's 30 km race, and the first clean sweep in Olympic cross country skiing since 1992. For Bjørgen, this was the sixth Winter Olympic gold medal, which, together with Lidiya Skoblikova and Lyubov Yegorova, made her a woman with the largest number of Winter Olympics gold medals won. Størmer Steira won her first individual Olympic medal. The defending 2010 champion Justyna Kowalczyk Justyna Maria Kowalczyk-Tekieli (born 19 January 1983) is a Polish cross-country skier who has been competing sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-country Skiing At The 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 15 Kilometre Skiathlon
The women's 15 kilometre skiathlon cross-country skiing competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place at 14:00 ( MSK) on 8 February 2014 at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex. The defending champion was Marit Bjørgen from Norway, who also became the 2014 Olympic champion. The 2010 silver medalist Anna Haag did not participate, and the 2010 bronze medalist, Justyna Kowalczyk, finished sixth. Charlotte Kalla from Sweden became the silver medalist, and Heidi Weng from Norway took bronze. A large group of skiers kept together at the classical part of the course, but in the free skiing part soon a group of five skiers took the lead. The group included Bjørgen, Kalla, Weng, Therese Johaug, and Aino-Kaisa Saarinen. Shortly before the finish, Kalla escaped but was overtaken by Bjørgen at the finish line. Qualification An athlete with a maximum of 100 FIS distance points (the A standard) was allowed to compete in both or one of the event (sprint/distance). An athlete with a maximum 120 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-country Skiing At The 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre Classical
Cross country or cross-country may refer to: Places * Cross Country, Baltimore, a neighborhood in northwest Baltimore, Maryland * Cross County Parkway, an east–west parkway in Westchester County, NY * Cross County Shopping Center, a mall in Yonkers, NY ** The Mall at Cross County, a smaller mall adjacent to the Cross County Shopping Center in Yonkers, NY Media and entertainment * ''CMT Cross Country'', an American television series * ''Cross Country'' (album), an album by Webb Pierce * Cross Country (band), a band formed in 1973 * ''Cross Country'' (film), a 1983 drama film starring Nina Axelrod * Cross-Country (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe * ''Cross Country'' (novel), a 2008 novel by James Patterson * '' Cross Country USA'' (1988), an edutainment videogame by Didatech Sports * Cross country running, a sport in which teams of runners compete to complete a course over open or rough terrain * Cross-country cycling, the most common discipline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-country Skiing At The 2014 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics, Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex near Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The twelve events took place between 8–23 February 2014. Competition schedule The following is the competition schedule for all twelve events. All times are (Moscow Time, UTC+4). Medal summary Medal table Men's events * In November 2017, Alexander Legkov and Maxim Vylegzhanin of Russia were disqualified by IOC and stripped of their gold and silver medal, but Court of Arbitration for Sport nullified the disqualifications and returned the medals to the Russian athletes on February 1, 2018. * In November 2017, Alexander Legkov and Maxim Vylegzhanin of Russia were disqualified by IOC and the Russian was stripped of its silver medal, but Court of Arbitration for Sport nullified the disqualifications and returned the medal to the Russian on February 1, 2018. * In Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
