Start the season off right!

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CORONET PEAK, New Zealand (Aug. 17) – Olympian Hailey Duke (Boise, ID) sliced through soft snow and difficult visibility Tuesday to finish second in an Australia New Zealand Cup slalom held at Coronet Peak.

Canadian Marie-Michele Gagnon, who was second in giant slalom on Monday, won the race with teammate Madison Irwin grabbing third. Coronet was also good to the Canadian men as they repeated the U.S. giant slalom performance with a podium sweep led by Patrick Biggs.
Nolan Kasper (Warren, VT), who raced in the 2010 Olympic slalom, nabbed the top American slot with fifth followed by David Chodounsky (Crested Butte, CO) in sixth.

Duke made an equipment switch earlier this spring to Fischer boots and the fit is working well with her ski set-up from Voelkl.

"Hailey was struggling a bit last season with her equipment and the boot change has helped quite a bit," said Head Coach Alex Hoedlmoser. "She's doing a good job adjusting. It's been a solid camp for her."

Hailey in Vancouver

See Hailey's interview with CH 7 KTVB news, and be sure to watch February 26th at 11:30 MT when she takes her first Olympic run!

Home Town Send-Off

Hailey Duke and other Treasure Valley athletes heading to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, were honored by more than 300 local friends, families and followers at the Linen Building in Boise.

Vancouver Bound-2/9/2010

Hello worldAfter a lifetime of training, Hailey Duke was named one of the 22 members of the 2010 U.S. Olympic Alpine Ski Team. Duke is currently in Jackson Hole for a pre-Olympic training camp in preparation for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic games.

Going Skiing - 01/20/2009

Wins FIS Race Slalom in St. Johann, Austria 21st at Aspen World Cup Slalom PREVIEW: U.S. Alpine Focused on Worlds 2008: Back to back Europa Cup slalom wins (Lenggries, GER) 2008: 4th in Europa Cup slalom standings 2008: 2nd in Noram slalom standings 2008: U.S. Championships slalom silver.