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You’d be hard pressed to find anyone on the U.S. cross country ski team who loves Christmas more than Olympian Sadie Bjornsen.
This year Bjornsen celebrated Christmas at home in Alaska on Oct. 26 with a special meal, close friends and a few presents under the tree.
“A lot of times when people ask what is the hardest thing about your sport, my answer is always missing family during the holidays,” Bjornsen, 28, said last week in a phone interview from Davos, Switzerland, where the team was staying.