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Articles by Jennifer Virskus
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Zaveckas delivers a Baltic result in the world championship slalom despite tough course
It would not be another bluebird day for the final race of the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championship in Beaver Creek, Colorado, on Sunday. Overcast skies threatening snow, flat light, and a challenging course set proved difficult for many of the world’s best. […]
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Januškevičiūtė happy and confident after the World Championship slalom in Beaver Creek
It would be another perfect Colorado day for the final ladies’ event at the 2015 FIS Alpine World Championships in Beaver Creek. Reigning World and Olympic Champion Mikaela Schiffrin of the U.S. Ski Team was wearing bib number 2, while Lithuania’s Ieva Januškevičiūtė would start with bib number 88. […]
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Lithuanian Alpine skier not intimidated by Beaver Creek’s Birds of Prey
The temperature was crisp this morning for the first run inspection of the men’s giant slalom at the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Beaver Creek, Colorado, but clear skies and quickly climbing temperatures promised to make for a fantastic day of ski racing. […]
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For small nations skiers, participation is important, but just finishing isn’t good enough
There are 69 countries represented here in Vail-Beaver Creek, Colorado, for the FIS World Alpine Ski Championships. Some of them are well-known in the ski racing world, and attend these and other big ski racing events with an entourage of coaches, doctors, trainers, ski technicians, and even personal assistants. But the majority of the field is made up of up-and-coming racers doing it mostly on their own, and many of them are from small nations like Lithuania, Latvia, Georgia, Israel, Brazil (at least in the ski racing world), and even Haiti and Mexico, countries that don’t even have snow. […]
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Sun, smiles, and singing at the World Alpine Ski Championships in Colorado
“The first thing I noticed was how much people smile here, and they are so friendly!” laughed Ieva Januškevičiūtė. Januškevičiūtė, along with Rokas Zaveckas, are in Colorado this week for the FIS World Alpine Ski Championships at Vail-Beaver Creek. […]