Famed ski coach Erich Sailer is still out on the slopes at age 96
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If you hit the slopes at Buck Hill in Burnsville, Minn., this ski season, you might have seen famed coach Erich Sailer. He has coached at Buck Hill since 1969, and he's coached 14 elite skiers who have made it to the Olympics.
At 96, he’s still out on the slopes. Host Cathy Wurzer talked with Sailer about his approach to coaching athletes, his reaction to the 2022 Olympics in Beijing and what brought him to Minnesota in the first place.
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