{"id":98404,"date":"2022-02-09T15:06:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T21:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=98404"},"modified":"2022-02-16T11:32:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T17:32:35","slug":"local-ski-jumping-club-turns-athletes-into-olympians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/local-ski-jumping-club-turns-athletes-into-olympians\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Local ski jumping club turns athletes into Olympians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Hannah Shapiro<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chicagoland might not be known for elevation, but the Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove is developing a reputation for churning out Olympic ski jumpers. For the second Winter Games in a row, three of the four men\u2019s ski jumpers on Team USA are Norge athletes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Local ski jumping club turns athletes to Olympians\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/675575971?h=e88c4f4234&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Hannah Shapiro is a Video and Broadcast graduate student at Medill. You can follow her on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_hannah_shapiro\">@_hannah_shapiro<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Hannah Shapiro Medill Reports Chicagoland might not be known for elevation, but the Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove is developing a reputation for churning out Olympic ski jumpers. For the second Winter Games in a row, three of the four men\u2019s ski jumpers on Team USA are Norge athletes. 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