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COPPER MONTUAIN (Colorado, United States) - Thousands of people in the streets last Friday in Copper Mountain, during the traditional public event called "Nature Valley First Tracks", in the "house" of the Federal center of speed, to officially inaugurate the season of winter sports and the welcome announcement'' of the 54 athletes in the 2014 Sochi project officially presented, with Bode Miller, Ted Ligety, Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin in the front row.
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The Squadron Stars and Stripes is scary, especially in alpine skiing, but not only, of course. About alpine athletes who will compete in Sochi will be announced much later, January 26, 2014. Last year, Julia Mancuso and his companions have achieved resounding success, five World Championship medals, 33 podium finishes in the World Cup with 18 wins. Since November 1, the team is right in Copper to train on the track downhill.
Bode Miller: "In this moment there is a'' positive'' s healthy climate and inside of our team. Our engineers have now great experience that is helping us a lot in the race. Ted today is one of the best in the world and the girls are doing fine. When coaches fail to understand how to reach success and how you handle, then then things can only get better. "
Lindsey Vonn: "You do not often have a strong team like ours, especially in the speed disciplines. This is the perfect time to join the team, which is united, dynamic, the best I've ever been as demonstrated by results. In every race we have an athlete capable of winning. "
HERE IS THE ALPINE SKI TEAM:
Team A male:
David Chodounksy (Crested Butte, Crested Butte Ski Team) Nordica, Nordica, Marker, Swix, Shred, Shred) 6/25/84Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley, CA, Squaw Valley Ski Team) (Atomic, Atomic, Atomic, Leki , POC POC) 7/14/88Nolan Kasper (Warren, VT, Burke Mountain Academy) (Fischer, Fischer, Fischer, Swix, POC POC) 3/27/89 * Ted Ligety (Park City, UT, Park City Ski Team) (Head, Head, Head, Komperdell, Shred, Shred) 8/31/84 * Bode Miller (Franconia, NH, Carrabassett Valley Academy) (Head, Head, Head, Leki, POC POC) 12/10/77 * Steven Nyman (Sundance, UT, Park City Ski Team) (Fischer, Fischer, Fischer, Komperdell, POC POC) 2/12/82 * Marco Sullivan (Squaw Valley, CA, Squaw Valley Ski Team) (Atomic, Atomic, Atomic, Leki, POC POC) 4/27/80 *
A female team:
Stacey Cook (Mammoth Mountain, CA, Mammoth Mountain Ski Team) (Rossignol, Rossignol, Rossignol, Komperdell, POC POC) 03/07/84 * Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, CA, Squaw Valley Ski Team) (Head, Head, Head, Swix, POC POC) 03/09/84 * Alice McKennis (Glenwood Springs, CO, Rowmark Academy) (Atomic, Atomic, Atomic, Leki Shred, Shred) 8/19/89 * Laurenne Ross (Bend, OR, Mt Bachelor Ski Education Foundation) (Volkl, Lange, Marker Shred, Shred) 8/17/88Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO, Burke Mountain Academy) (Atomic, Atomic, Atomic, Leki, POC, Oakley) 3/13 / 95Leanne Smith (North Conway, NH, Mt Washington Valley Ski Team) (Rossginol, Lange, Rossignol, Swix, POC POC) 28/11/87 * Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO, Buck Hill / Ski and Snowboard Club Vail ) (Head, Head, Head, Leki, Briko, Oakley) 10/18/84 *
STAFF ALPINE SKIING
Patrick Riml, Alpine Director
Men's: Head Coach: Sasha RearickTeam Manager: Kate AvrinPhysio Coordinator: Chris Antinori
World Cup MultiHead Coach: Forest CareyAssistant Coach: Mike KenneyConditioning Coach: Adam ColeHead Ski Service Ted Ligety: Alex MartinHead Ski Service Bode Miller: Chris Krause
World Cup SpeedHead Coach: Andreas EversAssistant Coach: TJ LanningAssistant Coach: Scotty VeenisConditioning Coach: Tony BeretzkiIntern Coach: Chris BeckmannPool Ski Service: Sylvain MunschFischer Ski Service: Leo MussiAtomic Ski Service: Thomas Graggaber
World Cup TechnicalHead Coach: Bernd BrunnerAssistant Coach: Erik SchlopyAssistant Coach: Kyle DarlingAssistant Coach: Ian GarnerConditioning Coach: Bob PoehlingPool Ski Service: Matej CujesPool Ski Service: Alex PetitdemangePool Ski Service: Pepi CulverRossignol Ski Service: Shawn Gaisford
Women's team:
Coach: Alex Hoedlmoser
Team Manager: Chelsea SteinbachHead Physiotherapist: Lindsay Winninger
World Cup MultiHead Coach: Chris KnightAssistant Coach: Jeff FergusHead Ski Service Lindsey Vonn: Heinz HaemmerleHead Ski Service Julia Mancuso: Michael Gmeiner
World Cup SpeedHead Coach: Chip WhiteAssistant Coach: Wade BishopAssistant Coach: Pascal HaslerSki Service: Ales SopotnikSki Service: Miha Dolinar
World Cup TechnicalHead Coach: Roland PfeiferAssistant Coach: Pete AndersonSki Service: Matthew FattorAtomic Ski Service Mikaela Shiffrin: Kim Erlandsson
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