Nordic Combined athletes combine fun and training in Sweden

Michele Roepke
Oct 8, 2021

USA Nordic athletes' version of dry-land training for nordic combined in Europe. Photo: courtesy of USA Nordic

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The Nordic Combined athletes on the USA Nordic Team had some serious fun while wind tunnel training in Sweden this week.

USA Nordic, sponsored by Backcountry and based out of Park City, is preparing its nordic combined and ski jumping athletes for this winter’s Beijing 2022 Olympic Games.

Park City resident Jared Shumate posted these two videos on social media, one on skis and one in a wingsuit.

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I've lived in Park City for 30 years but right off the starting line, my journalism professors expressed plaudits after class for writing more so about the small-town sports in the surrounding mountains than the urban updates they assigned. Therefore, I’m on par punning and penning Parkites' pastimes. Turning high and early through my career, I’ve worked communications for The Olympics, the Paralympics and the Special Olympics. Additionally, there's been National Geographic, Patagonia, NCAA, USA Nordic and the United States Library of Congress, so I guess you could say this ain't my first rodeo.

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