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Show Jumping Team in Canada where the team had its first on-snow training of the season. Kotlarek was very pleased with the progress of the team members mem-bers at Banff and looks forward to excellent results in upcoming up-coming competitions. U.S. Ski jumpers return to the Canadian snow this week to begin the final leg of preseason pre-season training in preparation for the first international competitions in Europe later this month. The jumping team will train at Thunder Bay, Ontario for the next two weeks as they sharpen their skills on the modern 70 and 90 meter jumps that overlook the beautiful, but cold lakeside lake-side city. Earlier than normal snow in Thunder Bay makes it an ideal training site for the U.S. team since it lies close to the homes of many of the team members. According to Head Jumping Coach, Glenn Kotlarek, the team is in hopes of getting much training on the 90 meter jump to adequately prepare the top skiers for the upcoming 90 meter competition at the Intersport Sringertournee after Christmas. The Thunder Bay camp follows a very successful 10-day 10-day jumping session in Banff, Canada in mid-November |