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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/bashing_gates_on_bended_knee/16191/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: Kelsey Schmid-Sommer, the four-time women’s U.S. national telemark ski racing champion, prefers to start training for the season in the fall. But last year an event disrupted her plans: In October, she gave birth to a son. And while she is overjoyed at becoming a new mother, the 33-year-old admits it had made the challenge of training to defend her title at the upcoming national championships – scheduled to begin at Whitefish Mountain Resort March 18 – a bit tougher.