- The World Cup has moved to Oslo, the site of the 2011 World Championships, and Saturday's 30/50km freestyle will be a preview of that event.  Strong fields will contest both the men's and women's races, with most of the top skiers present.
 - While in the US, the story of the day was Andy Newell's 3rd place finish, Emil Joensson (SWE) and Marit Bjoergen (NOR) both skied to impressive victories in the tough Drammen field.
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 - The first of two NCAA national collegiate championship races took place today at Howelsen Hill in "Ski Town USA". 3 Comments
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 - FasterSkier had the opportunity to catch up with the US Ski Team’s Andy Newell, who today took third at the Drammen World Cup classic sprint race. 5 Comments
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 - The traditional Vasaloppet (SWE) last weekend represented the eighth of the ten races in this year's FIS Marathon Cup. As at several other popular cross-country marathons this season, the Vasaloppet week set new records in terms of registered,...
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 - The FIS Nordic World Cup Holmenkollen in Oslo, Norway, will be held on 13rd-14th March 2010. Most of the ultra-modern new Holmenkollen National Arena will be in use for the first time.
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 - It was the 30th edition of the Cross-Country Masters World Cup for ladies and men, age groups 1-12, this is age 30 and above, in Falun, Sweden last week. Again, the competition for senior Cross-Country skiers from around the globe, took place in a...
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 - Classic technique for 90K, 57,000 registered skiers. Welcome to the 2010 Vasaloppet week.  A lot of folks need wax help. Toko is the wax supplier, providing assistance to anyone who needs it, from the start line through every feed station.
 - IBU World Cup racing resumes here this week following the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The U.S. biathletes will compete in three World Cup events this month – Kontiolahti, Finland; Oslo, Norway and Khanty Mansiysk, Russia - before the...
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 - Sweden's Vasaloppet is considered the largest Nordic race in the world. The big deal is the 90K classic mass start at the end of the week. But there are several races over the week leading up to that, including the world's largest female-only race,...
 - Chris Wheaton, who completed the 2010 Korteloppet in 1 hour, 52 minutes and 55 seconds takes a look at the race from the citizen racer's perspective. 1 Comment
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 - The collegiate skiers competing at the NCAA Championships in Steamboat, CO have nothing on the juniors racing in Presque Isle, ME this week... at least as the weather is concerned.  Flying Point Road captures the scene, desire and spirit that is...
 - Fifteen of the Central Collegiate Ski Association’s fastest men and women skied in Thursday’s classic event at the NCAA Championships.
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 - Kris Freeman recently commented on his FasterSkier.com blog, "I am a serious contender for the most volatile and inconsistent skier on the world cup", in reference to his disappointing races at the Vancouver Olympics.  Joran Elias examines Freeman's 9 Comments
 - The North Routt Coureur des Bois in Steamboat Springs, CO, featuring 90 and 45km events, and the 4th annual Equinox Challenge, with 3, 6, 12 and 24 hour classes are both coming up in March.
 - Break time is over, and all the top World Cup skiers are back in action for Thursday's classic sprint in downtown Drammen.  30,000 spectators are expected to pack the streets along the 1.2km course.
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 - Today was the second day of racing here in Presque Isle and was the first day of distance, with the J2’s skiing classic 5ks, while the J1/OJ women and men skied 10k and 15ks.  The conditions for this race were hard and fast making the race very... 1 Comment
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 - Registration for the New England Ski Museum’s Bretton Woods Nordic Marathon is open through 5 pm  (EST) on Wednesday, March 10.  The race will take place on Saturday, March 13 and there are two distance options:  25 K and 50 K (as well as timed
 - The 2010 U.S. Olympic Nordic Combined Team takes the helm of the Armed Forces Entertainment  “Olympic Heavy Medal Tour,” bringing for the very first time, four Olympic medalists and their Olympic hardware on a special tour to visit troops... 2 Comments
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 - Even when captured static in an image these guys still look fast.  A look at the Junior National sprint race through the lens of Boulder Nordic Sport and FasterSkier's Shane MacDowell.