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| # Posted 2008-01-29 00:29:04 | |
| bmay: | Minnesota Orienteer Leif Nordgren picked up a Bronze medal at the World Youth Biathlon Champs in the pursuit race on the weekend. The "Youth" Championship, it seems, is a special category at World Juniors for skiers 18 and under. Regardless, it is a fantastic result for Leif. |
| # Posted 2008-01-29 00:35:40 | |
| JanetT: | Cool!
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| # Posted 2008-01-29 01:03:14 | |
| iriharding: | All the folks at MNOC are real proud ... he is an excellent orienteer too and is an experienced setter . |
| # Posted 2008-01-29 01:05:23 | |
| BorisGr: | Wow! That's awesome!
Is there any chance he'll stay an active orienteer after such success in biathlon? |
| # Posted 2008-01-29 01:15:43 | |
| O Steve!: | ...and if had not been for some rifle trouble at the range in the sprint that sets up the pursuit he might have been looking at double gold..... |
| # Posted 2008-01-29 06:52:30 | |
| olympicdreamer: | i came within 20 seconds of him at a ski race last year!!! |
| # Posted 2008-01-29 07:43:55 | |
| iriharding: | Leif comes from a very active O family ; they go to several A meets a year because his dad works for the airlines and they get almost free tickets . |
| # Posted 2008-01-29 17:41:48 | |
| O Steve!: | video here of the race....
http://eurovision.feedroom.com/index.jsp?skin=wcbi... |
| # Posted 2008-01-29 17:45:30 | |
| O Steve!: | you have to look for the panel that lists "youth pursuit" and click..... |
| # Posted 2008-01-29 18:02:26 | |
| O Steve!: | Leif also finished a strong 10th in the Individual today....great results at the Worlds... |
| # Posted 2008-01-29 19:10:40 | |
| Nick: | congrats !!!. and hope he'll become favourite in ( at least ) ski- orienteering at the world level in the near future |
| # Posted 2008-01-30 01:05:15 | |
| BorisGr: | A few of the guys mentioned him when talking about the biathlon junior worlds after training at the clubhouse today. Pretty cool! |
| # Posted 2008-01-30 16:04:38 | |
| USBiathlon: | To keep us with leif and his biathlon results, check our website www.USBiathlon.org.
See a YouTube interview with Leif at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvDS3CKvrT4 |
| # Posted 2008-01-30 17:20:14 | |
| MeanGene: | MNOC rocks! You've got to be proud of Leif. I have fond memories of ski-O in the Twin Cities including the Pan-American night ski-O champs Jim Pugh set up on Lake Harriet decades ago. 1 control - skiied from his apartment and back; 3 competitors. I got the bronze. . . Summer biathlons aren't the same as the real deal on skis. Kansas ain't the place to be for biathletes. |
| # Posted 2008-02-01 01:07:38 | |
| Nev-Monster: | Here's the article from FasterSkier on Leif:
With a picture of him with his parents. |
| # Posted 2008-02-01 18:23:50 | |
| O Steve!: | Leif skied on the US Junior Relay (skiing up one age division)...he skied the opening leg this morning and knocked it out of the park!!!...put the US team in third on the strength of incredible shooting at the range (only 1 miss in 10 shots!) and allowed the team to finish 9th which I assume was a strong result....incredibly on the first leg when a competitor dropped a ski pole Leif tried to pick it up as he went pass demonstrating that he is a good sport as well as an incredible athlete......
I wonder if the focus it takes to navigate on the run in foot O helps someone like him concentrate at the range..... He is one to watch in the future.... |
| # Posted 2008-02-02 00:29:11 | |
| zerfas: | Any possibilities that Lief will try Summer Biathlon? The local Minnesota club has summer biathlon. |
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