A nice problem? Because of his increasing success on the World Cup circuit, Kris Freeman has decided to continue to compete internationally and will miss the Chevrolet U.S. Cross Country Championships, Jan. 3-11 in Rumford, ME. Freeman, currently 17th in overall World Cup standings, said he wants to take advantage of this prime opportunity to be part of the “red group” – the top 30 skiers on the World Cup circuit – and is still...
Tobias Fredriksson, last year's Sprint World Champion, won todays Sprint event in Chinese capitol Peking, ahead of Norwegian Jens Arne Svartedal.
The Best and the Fastest — Dussault and Wesson – at Banknorth Eastern Cup Sprints, Maine Winter Sports Center, Fort Kent, Maine. December 30 (Fort Kent, ME):Â Today's Banknorth Eastern Cup Sprints at the 10th Mountain Division Lodge in Fort Kent, Maine, brought out the best of the U.S. and Canadians, fighting for points and prize money. The best fought race went to Rebecca Dussault, who fell twice in the first 200meters of the Women’s...
Kelly Milligan, 1984 US Cross-Country Olympian, showed last week at the Soldier Hollow SuperTour that she can still ski with the best US Cross-Country women. Fasterskier.com decided to find out what drives and makes 40-year young women still race as fast as Kelly does. Read through for some great advise for young and upcoming female skiers. It is interesting to see that you can still keep up 20 years after Olympic racing? Do you think...
The toughest part about nordic skiing in Antarctica comes the moment you turn around to ski back. It's when you realize that, after 40 minutes of effortless V2-ing, you've been skiing with a gale force tail wind the entire time. And now you have to ski back INTO it in order to get home. Duh. McMurdo Station, Antarctica (summer pop. 1200) is located on Ross Island and is the US Antarctic Program's base of operations....
The ‘Moms’ Take 1-2-3 in the TAMC 10km Classic December 29 (Fort Kent, ME): Today’s TAMC Nordic Heritage Classic, a Banknorth Eastern Cup Event, drew a competitive field, despite the change in venue from Presque Isle’s Nordic Heritage Center to Fort Kent’s 10th Mountain Division Lodge. The Women’s race was highlighted with three ‘moms’ on the podium – Rebecca Dussault, Subaru Factory Team hugged her two year old son shortly after winning. Second place, former...
Methow Valley Ski Rodeo, 10K FS Mass-start Conditions: cold & clear, 15 F, 3 inches of new snow overnight. National Team skier Torin Koos cruised to win this year's edition of the Ski Rodeo, in cold and somewhat slow conditions, finishing more than a minute clear. Second place went to Dartmouth skier Sam Naney, who just nipped Torbjornsports masters skier Kent Murdoch at the line. On the Women's side, Kristina Owen of Wenatchee edged Leslie...
The first race in the BSF Lindley World Cup nordic skiing series was held on Christmas Eve, sponsored by First Security Bank. Leif Zimmerman of the US Ski Team returned home to Bozeman to take the 5k skate race. The Ronbeck brothers, Oystein and Thomas of the Alta Ski Club in Norway took second and third in a tight three way battle that broke apart when Zimmerman pushed the pace in the second lap. MSU’s...
www.torbjornsport.com This article applies to SOLDA Glide waxes but can be used to understand the main principles used by other wax companies as well. There are eleven SOLDA Fluorinated waxes to choose from. Use the information below to narrow it down and select waxes that would cover typical snow conditions in your area. You can focus on UF-7 and some F-15 waxes if you are strictly training and not involved in racing. Fast...
Fasterskier.com did a profile on 17-year-old Glenn Randall on December 10th. Glenn lives in Collbran, Colorado. He is the only (serious) racer in the area and made last year’s Junior World Championship team as a 16-year old. A week ago he participated in three of the Super Tour races at Soldier Hollow, Utah. Only a handful of junior racers showed up and Glenn came out as the top junior in all three races. He placed...
Is this the year of Cross-Country moms? Rebecca Dussault showed up with her husband Sharbel and her 2-year old son Tabor at the SuperTour races at Soldier Hollow last week – a “blew” the rest of the women’s field away at four of the five races. Katerina Neumannova of the Czech Republic last week also won her first race back after giving birth last July – at the World Cup in Ramsau. Are “mom's in!”...
When Canadian cross-country skier Beckie Scott called her coach at Jeremy Ranch on Thursday morning to tell him she had great news, Olympic gold wasn't the first thing that leaped to Torbjorn Karlsen's mind. “Are you pregnant?” he asked Scott, who married three-time U.S. Olympian Justin Wadsworth this summer. “Did you get great new skis?” Finally, Scott, who is in Austria preparing for a World Cup competition this weekend, blurted it out. Almost two years...
Kris Freeman is in the elusive 30 member Red Group for the next period of Cross-Country World Cup racing. This is the first time an American skier has been in the prestigious World Cup Red Group for over 25 years. Canadian Beckie Scott is currently in 21st on the women’s list. The World Cup Red Group is also called the seeded group. This group of skiers gets “special” treatment in form of preferred start positions...
One window of marketing opportunity closed on Beckie Scott because of the 22-month delay in receiving her rightful gold medal for cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics. But corporate doors are now wide open because of the qualities she showed in fighting against cheats and pushing the sport bureaucracy to do the right thing, sport marketing agents say. “An Olympic gold medalist normally has three to six months after the Games to get endorsements...
Depending on snow conditions, December can be a tricky month for Cross-Country skiers. Many of us have trained faithfully from early summer with anticipation of being able to get on snow at Thanksgiving time and be able to ski consistently thereafter. If you’ve planned the training season correctly, you would have built up your training and yourself to be ready for the race season in early to mid-December. However, as most of us have experienced,...
Twelve laps in a 2.5 k loop (6 classic and 6 skate) worked fine for the men's 15 + 15 k pursuit. TD Knut Nystad commented that some coaches had been concerned about running this long of a race on such a short course, but everything worked out fine.
Christian Hoffman earlier this week got awarded the 2002 30 km Olympic Gold medal – after the CAS decision to strip Johan Muhlegg of all his 2002 Olympic medals. Today he showed his joy by winning the World Cup 10 km skate race in his home country of Austria. Carl Swenson showed great speed in 11th place. Results Men's World Cup 10km Free Technique, Ramsau, Austria 1 Hoffmann Christian AUT 24:21.0 0.0 2 Teichmann Axel...
Kristina Smigun won today's 7.5+7.5km double pursuit in Ramsau Austria, 25 seconds ahead of this young seasons' surprise skier, Valentina Shevchenko from Ukraina. Beckie Scott ended up in 20th place, while Sara Renner struggled a bit in 40th. Results, Women's World Cup 7.5+7.5km Double Pursuit, Ramsau Austria 1 Smigun Kristina EST 44:44.2 2 Shevchenko Valentina UKR 45:09.8 3 Kuenzel Claudia GER 45:21.4 4 Pedersen Hilde G. NOR 46:05.9 5 Savialova Olga RUS 46:07.0 6 Skofterud...
The men's race result ended up with good mix of USSA, Marathon, College and visiting international skiers in the top 10. Even in fast conditions, the long gradual hill out of the stadium made even a few of the best skiers suffer on the last of the four lap race. Andrew Johnson came back from tooth infection to claim his first win of the year. Rebecca Dussault could control the women's race being able to...