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Norway's Kristin Stoermer Steira passes a palace guard as she competes during the Women's 1.1 kilometer cross country World Cup Royal Palace Sprint on March 20, 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden.
The competition is being held at the palace for the tenth time, with the skiers racing on a circuit that takes them around the historic building.
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A man jumps during the 'Nostalgic Ski Race' in the town of Neuastenberg, Germany.
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Vintage skis and sticks.
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Reuters photographer Ina Fassbender describes the scene at the 'Nostalgic Ski Race' in the German town of Neuastenberg:
I saw the first competitor arriving, a man dressed in an old-fashioned manner, with wooden skis and bamboo sticks in his hands. He wore some kind of fur on his back, looking like a poacher. He was joined by women with long black skirts, a boy with an old leather satchel, teenage girls in Bavarian leather trousers, young and old, men and women, about 40 competitors altogether.
The short and not too steep racing track was like a small island, surrounded by the modern ski community. Everybody was wondering where all these strange people came from. It was a jubilee race, marking 300 years since the foundation of the small city of Neuastenberg. Most of the competitors knew each other. The youngest participant was a 7-year-old girl and the eldest was about 65 years old.
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A man checks his son's skis before the race.
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The 'Nostalgic Ski Race' is held every two years with about 40 participants and is organized by the ski club of Neuastenberg, a town which was founded in 1713.
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Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. is airlifted after crashing during the women's Super G race at the World Alpine Skiing Championships in Schladming Feb. 5
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Tina Maze of Slovenia reacts after learning that her competitor Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. did not complete the race, during the women's Super G race at the World Alpine Skiing Championships in Schladming on Feb. 5.
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Lindsey Vonn competes during the women's Super-G event of the 2013 Ski World Championships in Schladming, Austria on Feb. 5.
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Two-time world champ Lindsey Vonn has been flown to a hospital after suffering a serious crash on the opening day of the Alpine World Championships in Schladming, Austria during the super-G event.
Vonn lost her balance on a tough landing, lost her ski, and slid off course into a gate before finally coming to a stop. She was checked out by a doctor on the hill for more than ten minutes, and then taken to the hospital for further evaluation.
An FIS official said the doctor reported her injury as cruciate and lateral tears in her right knee. Not a tibia fracture, as originally reported.
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Austria's Wolfgang Loitzl soars through the air during his competition jump of the third stage of the four hills ski jumping tournament during foggy weather in Innsbruck, Austria, on Jan. 4.
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Norway's tournament leader Anders Jacobsen soars through the air during a practice session for the third event of the Four Hills Tournament in Innsbruck, Austria, on Jan. 3.
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A man sand skis in the desert near Tabuk, 932 miles from Riyadh, on Dec. 27.
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Ski teacher Alberto Ronchi jumps in Madonna di Campiglio in northern Italy on Dec. 17.
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Herzogstand cable car mechanics inspect parts of the lift during the annual safety revision in front of the small village Walchensee, southern Germany on Nov. 21.
Herzogstand cable car mechanics inspect parts of the lift during the annual safety revision above the small village Walchensee, southern Germany on Nov. 21. The inspection continues until Dec. 21. The cable car begins around 2,600 feet above sea level at the small village of Walchensee and ends in Fahrenberg around 5,300 feet. Cable cars are prepared for the upcoming skiing season all over the Bavarian mountains.
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Herzogstand cable car mechanics inspect parts of the lift during the annual safety revision in front of the small village Walchensee, southern Germany on Nov. 21.
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Skiers ride a lift over thinly-covered slopes at the Sugarbush Resort in Fayston, Vt. on Tuesday. Northern New England is experiencing some summerlike weather. Forecasters say the temperature should go past 70 degrees on Wednesday in Portland, Maine, smashing the old record by 10 degrees or more. And it'll be even warmer Thursday, moving toward the 80-degree mark.
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Skiers descend a trail at the Sugarbush Resort in Fayston, Vt.
The Burlington Free Press reports record-breaking weather in Vermont:
The temperature in Burlington hit 80 degrees Tuesday afternoon, shattering a record from 1903 of 70 degrees, according to National Weather Service data. Normally the temperature would be around 41.
Meanwhile, the Cleveland Leader reports that weather this week is more typical of July than March:
Tuesday high temperature was recorded at 83 degrees, the average high temperature for mid-July in Northeast Ohio. According to the National Weather Service, Cleveland Hopkins Airport has had 7 days in a row where the temperature has surpassed 70 degrees, which ties the record for most consecutive 70+ degree days which was set back in March 1945.
Today's high is likely to be around 80 degrees, and Thursday is also likely to be in the upper 70s. Rain is due to move into the area on Friday, but even still, the temperature should easily climb over 70. Should this play out as expected, March 2012 will officially become the hottest month of March on record in Cleveland ever.
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A touring skier is on his way towards the Piz Maler, near Sedrun, Switzerland on Friday.
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An aerial view shows rescuers searching for persons under an avalanche at Col de la Croix in the Skiing area The Diablerets, Switzerland, on Wednesday. It is assumed that two persons are buried under the snow.
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Picture taken out of a rescue helicopter shows people searching for victims after an avalanche near Col de la Croix mountain, Swiss Alps, near Les Diablerets, Switzerland on Wednesday.
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