Clare Egan, of Cape Elizabeth, looks at her time after crossing the finish line during the women’s 7.5km biathlon sprint at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in February. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Clare Egan is one of the more erudite athletes you will ever meet. The Cape Elizabeth native and U.S. Olympian speaks […]
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Cape Elizabeth's Clare Egan voted to international Biathlon committee
Clare Egan, of Cape Elizabeth, waves to cheering fans after her race during the women’s 4×6-kilometer biathlon relay at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, last month. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) The day before what could be the last World Cup race of her biathlon career was not uneventful for Clare Egan. Egan, a […]
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Clare Egan shoots clean in Olympic biathlon
Cape Elizabeth native Clare Egan turned in her best performance of the Olympic Winter Games with a perfect 10-for-10 shooting in the women’s 4-by-6-kilometer biathlon relay Thursday night at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in PyeongChang, South Korea. Skiing the second leg, Egan kept the United States in medal contention at fourth place, only 16.8 seconds […]
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Clare Egan places 62nd in Olympic biathlon
Cape Elizabeth native Clare Egan finished 62nd Thursday in the women’s 15-kilometer individual race at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in PyeongChang, South Korea. In an event postponed from Wednesday because of high winds, Egan hit all 10 of her targets from a prone position, but missed three in her first standing stage and one more […]
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Olympic watching guide: Clare Egan ready for another go-round in biathlon
Cape Elizabeth native Clare Egan gets her second shot at the Winter Olympics on Wednesday with the women’s 15-kilometer individual biathlon race. In her Olympic debut Saturday at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in PyeongChang, South Korea, Egan fell in her first loop of the 7.5K sprint and hit seven of 10 targets on her way […]
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Leeds native Carey coaching Paralympic skiers in Pyeongchang
Anyone who has followed high school skiing in Maine for the past two decades probably remembers Leavitt’s Eileen Carey, the Nordic skier from the Class of 2000 won four state championships as a Hornet and dominated the Maine Nordic skiing landscape her entire high school career. Fast forward to the present, and Carey was named […]
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Norwegian Johannes Thingnes Boe wins opening event at World Cup biathlon
Johannes Thingnes Boe finished the 10-kilometer sprint with a time of 24 minutes, 38.8 seconds Thursday at the Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle. Russian Anton Shipulin, who also had perfect shooting, took second place and current World Cup points leader Martin Fourcade of France came in third with one miss. Biathlon pairs rifle marksmanship […]
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Roberts Farm Preserve to host first biathlon of 2015
NORWAY — The first biathlon of the season at Roberts Farm Preserve will be held Sunday, Jan. 18. Lee Dassler of the Western Foothills Land Trust said two race distances are offered — 3x1k and 3x2k. Air rifles are provided. Skis (classic only), boots and poles may also be provided on site. There is a […]
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Storm postpones mountain bike biathlon in Norway
NORWAY — This week’s nor’easter has postponed Sunday’s Mountain Bike Biathlon at Roberts Farm Preserve. “Post-storm conditions will be slippery, dangerous and possibly damaging to the Preserve’s grassed trails,” Lee Dassler of the Western Foothills Land Trust said in a statement Thursday. Sponsored by the Western Foothills Land Trust, the event will be held at […]
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Veterans gather for adaptive sports at Pineland Farms
NEW GLOUCESTER — Brandon Hammonds flew in from Charlotte, N.C., just so he could strap on cross-country skis and try his hand at biathlon. He liked the experience so much that he’s talking about coming back next year. Hammonds, a Marine who was wounded during combat duty in Iraq, was one of 13 veterans and […]