Joel Reichenberger, Sierra Sun Newspaper

Joel Reichenberger

Sierra Sun Newspaper

Steamboat Springs, CO, United States

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  • Sierra Sun Newspaper
  • Steamboat Pilot & Today
  • Aspen Times

Past articles by Joel:

With Justin Reiter in her ear, Steamboat-trained Czech Ledecká soars to unthinkable second Olympic gold medal

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Justin Reiter had dreamed about something like this, of course, about glory at the Olympics.Not until recently did he actually dream of this, though.He stood → Read More

US Nordic combined team struggles in final event of 2018 Winter Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — The end came with a dedicated effort, a sharp sprint but still a frustrating result Thursday as the U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team wrapped up → Read More

Bryan Fletcher 17th in final individual Olympic event

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — It’s not that Bryan Fletcher doesn’t love racing in the Olympics, as the Steamboat Springs Nordic combined athlete did for the fifth time and in → Read More

Steamboat’s Olympic snowboard success years in the making

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Jon Casson no longer coaches snowboarders. He coaches coaches, he said, but he couldn’t help but feel invested, perhaps overly so, as riders advanced again → Read More

Looking south on the border from North Korea

KOREAN DEMILITARIZED ZONE — Even on the South Korean side of the border — the sane side, right? — actual facts can sometimes be difficult to come by.On a → Read More

Chris Del Bosco crashes hard in Olympic ski cross event

BONGPYEONG, South Korea — Skiers weighed in ahead of Wednesday’s ski cross men’s event at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, asking that → Read More

Inside the hard work and thrilling moments of calling the 2018 Winter Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — It’s 7:45 p.m. at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and the NBC crew that’s preparing to broadcast the night’s big event, → Read More

Love at the Olympics no easy trick to land for Nordic combined’s Fletcher and freestyle skiing’s McKinnon

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Nordic combined is difficult, Taylor Fletcher insists. The mental battles of timing a jump just right and of squeezing every last drop of energy out → Read More

Classmates at Steamboat Springs High School, now pack of Sailors are U.S. Olympic teammates

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — It used to be a joke among the class.“What if they all make the Olympics some day?”“Some day” in an official sense became Feb. 9 → Read More

Dierdorff charges to gold-medal final but just short of podium at 2018 Winter Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Mick Dierdorff took his dream of an Olympic gold medal from the base of Howelsen Hill, where he began learning to ski and snowboard before → Read More

Disappointment for U.S. as Nordic combined begins at 2018 Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — The opportunity was there, Bryan Fletcher said.The race wasn’t.After jumping to 18th position in Wednesday’s Nordic combined normal hill competition, the first Nordic combined event → Read More

Era ends with smiles for U.S. women’s ski jumpers

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Sarah Hendrickson isn’t a “happy just to be here” kind if person. You can’t be and still build the kind of sports resume she has → Read More

Pates smiles proud as White glimmers gold in men’s snowboard halfpipe

BONGPYEONG, South Korea — Shaun White, Ayumu Hirano and Scotty James traded blows at the top to ensure Wednesday’s men’s snowboard halfpipe finals at the 2018 Winter Olympics would → Read More

Bronze for Gold! Steamboat’s Arielle Gold goes big to score Olympic medal in women’s halfpipe

BONGPYEONG, South Korea — It takes courage to go big on a snowboard in the halfpipe, a willingness to commit to the point it can scare even those who’ve → Read More

Riding his own way, Gerard scores gold

BOKWANG PHOENIX PARK, South Korea — Snowboarding is not about the Olympics for Red Gerard.It’s about barbecues with friends while they grind the rails in his backyard, about days → Read More

Kauf bumped out of Olympic medal contention

BOKWANG PHOENIX PARK, South Korea — Jaelin Kauf has made her success in freestyle moguls skiing with her speed, and she leaned on that trait Sunday evening at Bokwang → Read More

Kauf among 3 Americans to advance as women’s moguls Olympic event begins

BOKWANG PHOENIX PARK — Step one is out of the way for Jaelin Kauf, the Steamboat Springs-trained moguls skier chasing Olympic gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics.Kauf, the top-ranked → Read More

Last-minute shuffle

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — The good news finally came for Taylor Fletcher after 1,431 days of working every day since he finished his last event at the 2014 Winter Olympics.It came in the very last qualifying event and four days before the deadline to announce the competitors for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.The… → Read More

U.S. freestyle, freeski Olympic teams announced

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — It was “all-but” official a month ago, and a lock several weeks ago, but the actual news came Monday evening, and Jaelin Kauf said, even knowing → Read More

Arielle Gold closes in on second Olympic bid

It’s still not official, and Arielle Gold did miss an opportunity Saturday night under the lights at Mammoth Mountain Resort, California to make it that way, to stomp her landing, if you will.But, barring a major curveball of a decision, Gold is headed back to the Olympics.The Steamboat Springs halfpipe snowboarder placed fourth in a U.S.… → Read More