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Sarah Hendrickson and Ted Ligety join Kellogg's to share the potential of a great start BATTLE CREEK, Mich., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- With the close of the 2013 international ski competition seasons, Kellogg's is proud to welcome two new athletes to Team Kellogg's(TM) as they work their way to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Fresh off of the medal podium, ski jumper Sarah Hendrickson and alpine skiing Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety join Team Kellogg's 11-person team of...
KUUSAMO, Finland, October 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ruka ski resort [http://ski.ruka.fi/eng ] in Finnish Lapland opened the ski season yesterday, 23rd October 2012. Ruka has been the first resort in Northern Europe to open the ski slopes during the past 10 years - offering unmatched snow security through the season. Ruka is Finland's most popular ski resort [http://ski.ruka.fi/eng ] located in Northern Finland, only 30 km from Russian border. Ruka area has 25 000 beds,...
Each year, International Women's Day provides us with a reminder to see how far the Olympic Movement has come in the long struggle for gender equality in sport – and how far we still need to go. (PRWEB) March 09, 2012 Each year, International Women's Day provides us with a reminder to see how far the Olympic Movement has come in the long struggle for gender equality in sport – and how far we still need to go. London will host its third Olympic Games in less than five months, and...
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (NYSE: USNA) congratulates the Visa Women's Ski Jumping Team on receiving the Wilma Rudolph Courage Award from the Women's Sports Foundation as part of its 32nd Annual Salute to Women in Sports Awards Gala, held on October 19 in New York City. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110110/LA27593LOGO) Ski jumpers Jessica Jerome, Lindsey Van, and Alissa Johnson were invited to accept the award on behalf of the...
Abby Wambach, Yani Tseng, Visa Women's Ski Jumping Team and Winter Vinecki among the Influential Athletes Honored EAST MEADOW, N.Y., Oct. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tonight at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, the Women's Sports Foundation (WSF) honored the most accomplished women in sports and the girls they inspire with ESPN's Bonnie Bernstein as the host of the 32nd Annual Salute to Women in Sports Awards Gala. WSF Founder Billie Jean King, WSF President Laila Ali, Los...
SALT LAKE CITY, April 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (NYSE: USNA), a nutritional supplements manufacturer based in Salt Lake City, is proud to be the Official Health Supplement Supplier of the U.S. Women's Ski Jumping team (WSJ-USA), the newest addition to the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games. For the first time in Olympic history, women are allowed to participate in the discipline of ski jumping. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110110/LA27593LOGO) "USANA...
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 29, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- USANA Health Sciences, Inc., a nutritional supplements manufacturer based in Salt Lake City, today announced it will be the official health supplements supplier of the Visa Women's Ski Jumping Team. The team that continues to compete on the Continental Cup circuit and has been fighting for inclusion in the Olympic Winter Games, has persevered on limited funding. "There are still hurdles to cross," says Deedee Corradini, Women's Ski Jumping USA...
A Canadian provincial supreme court ruled Friday Vancouver's Winter Olympics organizing committee was not at fault for banning women from ski jumping in 2010. In a 42-page ruling, British Columbia Supreme Court Judge Lauri Ann Fenlon said the International Olympic Committee was guilty of gender discrimination by eliminating women's ski jumping competition, but it was beyond her court's jurisdiction, The Province newspaper in Vancouver reported. A group of 15 former and current women ski...
GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Mt. Hood Skibowl, one of the oldest, consistently operated ski areas in the country, will mark its 80th year in operation by opening up its legendary ski jump hill to the public. "Come Fly with Us" is the theme for the Friday, Feb. 6 competitive ski jumping event to be followed by an awards ceremony and social. The Skibowl jump hill was originally developed by locals in 1928. By 1929, Skibowl gained wide-spread recognition after hosting an...
By Gideon Long PRAGELATO, Italy (Reuters) - Two young Austrians and a Norwegian with a bad-boy reputation dominated the ski jumping competition at the Turin Olympics while the two pre-Games favourites came away with next to nothing. The Austrians were Thomas Morgenstern and Andreas Kofler, aged just 19 and 21 respectively. Morgenstern won the gold medal in the individual competition on the larger of the two hills at Pragelato with a prodigious jump of 140 metres and then leapt 50 cm...
