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  • Biathlon Finland: Tero Seppel makes the double, Mari Eder half-tone

    For the first time in many years, only the distant shadow of the new retiree Kaisa M-k-inen, hovered over the 2020 Finnish Summer Biathlon Championships held last weekend in Hollola, in the southern region of the country. In sweltering heat, Tero Seppel, completed the sprint/mass-start double ahead of Heiki Laitinen and then Tuomas Harjula, disqualified…

  • Etienne Daille: “The practice I have in kayaking is moving away from the Nordic”

    You were born in Prague, but are originally from Ain. Can you introduce yourself? I was born in Prague in 1989 to a French father and a Czech mother. They met on the international circuit when they were athletes. I spent most of my childhood in Ain, since in kindergarten I was already in Poncin.…

  • Gérard Colin, profession coach

    SAUT À SKI – Former ski jumping competitor Gérard Colin has become coach of the French team. Portrait of a pure sugar Vosgien who now lives in the Jurassic Grandvaux. Gérard Colin, Jurassien des Vosges “I was born in Remiremont, but I say I’m from La Bresse.” No matter if he didn’t see the light…

  • Vincent Descombes-Sevoie, hedge jumper

    SAUT À SKI – Since 2011, Nordic Magazine has published a long portrait of an athlete in each of its issues. Each time, it is an opportunity to get to know the person whose exploits are admired. Find here the article that evoked, in December 2014, Vincent Descombes-Sevoie. Vincent Descombes-Sevoie is a jumper who, as…

  • Neil Young Talks ‘Effortless’ New LP With Promise of the Real

    Neil Young is nearly finished with his 37th album as a solo artist, working in a Malibu studio with his newest collaborators, Promise of the Real. “I’m very happy with what I’m doing,” Young told Rolling Stone this week. “I don’t know what its place is in the world, but I like it.” The album…

  • Guns N’ Roses Tap Alice in Chains for Las Vegas Shows

    Alice in Chains will open for Guns N’ Roses during the first two dates of the band’s highly anticipated reunion. The pair of hard rock groups will join forces at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena on April 8th and 9th, one week before GN’R headlines Coachella. Sidebar 8 Unanswered Questions About the Guns N’ Roses Reunion…

  • Find Out How Playing Music to Your Unborn Baby Can Have Lasting Effects on It

    Did you know that playing music to your unborn baby could have lasting effects on it? According to the experts, a foetus hears many sounds from the outside world. However, there is a type of noise that captures the baby’s attention most from moms-to-be is music. Although the actual impact of prenatal exposure to Mozart…

  • Nordic Ski Worlds in 2021: Germany Maintains

    Oberstdorf has no plans to ask for a postponement of the Nordic ski world championships, which it is due to host from February 23 to March 7. The Nordic Ski World Championships are scheduled to take place from February 23 to March 7, 2021 in Oberstdorf. However, during a live facebook post on Facebook, the…

  • Nordic Skiing Oberstdorf Worlds: no public restrictions

    SKI NORDIQUE – The organizers of the World Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, have already sold 25,000 tickets. Nordic skiing: stadiums 100% full Already 25,000 tickets have been sold for the World Nordic Ski Championships in Oberstdorf in 2021. While the planet is still facing the coronavirus pandemic, the information may surprise. “There is no discussion…

  • Kamasi Washington on American Music Prize Win, Kendrick at the Grammys

    Listeners who have long wondered why the U.K. gets to use the annual Mercury Prize as an excuse to celebrate some innovative, recent recording of note, while America is stuck with the Grammys, are about to be vindicated. Organizers behind this year’s inaugural American Music Prize have banded together to give a gaggle of handpicked…

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