Ski jumpers find opportunity in Norway
Steamboat Springs – Taylor Fletcher, Brett Denney and Cliff Field left for Lillehammer, Norway, last week in search of opportunity.”This is an incredible opportunity,” Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club coach Todd Wilson said. “Two weeks training alongside the national team. It’s great for these young skiers, and it’s a valuable experience.”
All three earned the right to travel to Norway with the members of the U.S. Ski Team’s A and B squads based on their results from a competition held in Steamboat Springs on the Fourth of July.
“The U.S. Ski Team made this camp available to a select group of top juniors,” Wilson said. “Anytime you get to rub elbows with U.S. Ski Team athletes and coaches, it’s positive.”
The younger skiers will get a taste of how the members of the ski team train, and they also will take part in several competitions while in Europe.
It could be a huge advantage for the young Nordic combined skiers as they look forward to the start of the season – and a shot at the 2009 U.S. Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Championships, which will be held in October in Lake Placid, N.Y.
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