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Musgrave First in Norwegian Junior Champs.

Musgrave’s Birthday Win Shocks Norwegian Skiers

 

Cross-country skier Andrew Musgrave(20) of Aberdeenshire, newly returned from the Vancouver Olympics, claimed the biggest prize of his career yesterday when he won the men’s Norwegian Junior Championship 10km Free technique race….on his 20th birthday!

This is a stunning result for Andrew and the first time a British skier has outperformed the Norwegians at their...

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Coach's Olympic Review

Encouraging return to Olympic competition for GB  Cross-country skiing.

So that’s it then.

We are on the bus back to Vancouver and have squeezed all the Team GB kit into bags.  It’s early morning and already the Sea to Sky highway is back to normal, no Olympic lane, no police escort or helicopter cover for the convoy.  Actually there is no convoy, just a bus from Pennsylvania (giving a hint  that this is part of a...

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Pinsent's advice to young athletes

Matthew Pinsent, 4 times Olympian champion and now BBC reporter was interviewed yesterday and has some good advice for Team GB’s young athletes who gained their first Olympic experience in Vancouver 2010:

" They should store away all the experience from here, both positive and negative, and use that to motivate themselves. Taking out as much as you can from your experience here, and spreading that across four years of...

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Fiona Hughes: i'll relish my next big challenge

Feb 18 2010 by Mel Booth, Huddersfield Daily Examiner HUDDERSFIELD cross-country skier Fiona Hughes has already got her sights firmly set on her next target after her first-ever run-out in the Olympic Games.

The 19-year-old from Lindley made both her World Cup and Olympic debut within 10 days of each other, but is now keen to move on.

“I will definitely be racing in Finland over Easter, whether I go to Slovenia before...

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Musgrave sets himself some new targets

Cross-country skier wants a medal in norway junior event By James Toney in Vancouver

Published: 24/02/2010

It’s an oft-heard phrase among members of the Great Britain team here in Vancouver. After solid but unspectacular results they promise they will be back to challenge for the medals in Sochi, Russia.

But cross-country skier Andrew Musgrave believes even four years will be too soon and his long-term plan for a place...

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