Kuusamo

The cross-country skiers also kicked off their World Cup season in Kuusamo, where Carl Swenson (29th, 15-kilometer freestyle) and Kris Freeman (24th, 15K classical) earned World Cup points.

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Mark Knowles/Walks Worldwide Sausages prepared during a snowshoe trip in Finland; After landing in Kuusamo via Helsinki, you are given a quick lesson in the art of snowshoeing by the tour leader.

Walking in a Winter Wonderland Jemima Sissons 2010

Carl Swenson matched his career World Cup best with an 11th-place finish in the 15-kilometer classical Kuusamo, Finland, and finished 12th in the 15k freestyle the next day.

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Also at Kuusamo, Todd Lodwick finished ninth and 11th in the two Nordic combined events, Bill Demong finished 15th and 31st in Nordic combined, and Alan Alborn placed 29th in his second ski jumping event since spring knee surgery.

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Other winter sports World Cups: Alpine skiing in Lake Louise, Alberta; all Nordic events in Kuusamo, Finland; luge in Altenberg, Germany.

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Clint Jones placed 25th and 32nd in ski jumping's World Cup openers, also in Kuusamo.

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Todd Lodwick finished on the podium in the first two World Cup Nordic combined events of the season, placing third in the season opener in Kuusamo, Finland, and backing it up with a second-place finish in the sprint.

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Her own sorcery had turned and bit her, helping Lagoas and Kuusamo drive her from the land of the Ice People, from which she'd imported the vital mineral.

Rulers of the Darkness Turtledove, Harry 2002

Gyongyos had lost a good many islands besides Obuda to Kuusamo this past year; Ekrekek Arpad had vowed to the stars that the warrior race would lose no more.

Rulers of the Darkness Turtledove, Harry 2002

She and Siuntio and Ilmarinen had been in Yliharma when Mezentio's mages attacked the capital of Kuusamo.

Rulers of the Darkness Turtledove, Harry 2002