As a longtime coach in the performance business, I have always intuitively explored the strengths of the athletes and the people I worked with. It was natural for me to look at the talents and gifts of a person...
The year was 1966 and the Austrians had suffered through a disastrous World Championships at Portillo, Chile. It was time to make significant changes. A nation that was built on ski tourism
needed to be a leader in ski racing, not an also-ran.
At first glance, they’re two sports that seem like they couldn’t be any more different. One is about pushing the limits of speed on snow, while the other is a test of precision and skill set against the lush tapestry of greens and fairways.
On January 16th, Jan Hudec ended the 20 year Olympic medal drought for Alpine Canada. The last Canadian Alpine Olympic medal was won by Edi Podivinski at the Lillehamer Olympics in 1994. It took ‘the Panda’ just under a minute and a half to end the drought and become a...