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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Nordic Skiers Band Together to Create Youth Ski Team in Ironwood/Hurley
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:05:21
	Publish Date:		2019-03-15 05:00:00
	Description:		The Ironwood/Hurley area can get up to 200 inches of annual snowfall, in part due to their close proximity to Lake Superior. This makes for great skiing, but it was only recently that a youth-based cross country ski program began in the area, named for the Finnish concept Sisu, that has to do with resilience. Last week, they wrapped up the season with 25 youth participants. Larry Lapachin continues our We Live Up Here series with the story. In last year’s Winter Olympics, Americans were at the edge of their seats watching the dramatic finish of the women’s cross country team sprint. Analyst Chad Salmela and play-by-play announcer Steve Schlange covered the race. Their coverage of the race was both emotional and possibly the best called event in that year’s Olympics. At the end of the race, Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall won the first ever US gold metal in cross country skiing. It also catapulted the sport into the national spotlight. Around the same time this duo were given their
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