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the olYMPians’ JourneY

playground, they already had dreams of jumping in the Olympics. When asked
when and why they decided to shoot for the Olympics, they said:

Glasder: “I can’t put a date on it but making the Olympics has always been a goal
of mine since I was very young. I decided to go for the Olympics because it is
the epitome of competitive sports and the highest level that you can reach. The
opportunity to represent my local club, community, and nation is the highest
honor.”

Larson: “It’s always a huge dream as a kid, it’s the biggest stage our sport has to
offer and it was the goal the first time I went off a ski jump. It became a reality
In Fox River Grove, perched atop a large hill that overlooks a natural glacial when I started jumping in international competitions and placing pretty well in
depression sits a ski jump that dwarfs anything else in sight. Home to the Norge Ski them during the 2016-2017 winter. ”
Club, this massive structure has seen thousands of jumpers since the original was
built in 1905. With a long history of sending jumpers to national and international Bickner: “The Olympics had always been a dream of mine, since the first day I
competitions, the Olympics eluded Norge jumpers. That is until 2018 and the started ski jumping. It was an event I always thought was really cool and the
PyeongChang Olympics, when three of the four jumpers on the American team only event I knew that skiers competed in, so I never even
were from Norge: 28 year old Michael Glasder, 19 year old Casey Larson, and 21 considered being a world cup jumper until I got older and
year old Kevin Bickner. The end result of amazing athletes, learned about the different levels of competition.”
dedicated parents, and a ski club that dared to dream. But
the journey was a long and difficult one. For the Glasder, Bickner and Larson families, Norge became

their kids second home. They started on Norge’s 5 meter hill
All three started jumping before they were 10 years old! and eventually graduated to the huge 70 meter jump. All
Glasder was 4, Larson was 6, and Bickner the ripe old three later started training at other international locations,
age of 9. When most children’s goal was conquering the and moved on to compete across the country and around
biggest slide or reaching the highest point at the local (Cont. on p 19)

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