Beckie Scott dominated from start to finish in a 5 + 5 kilometer continues pursuit race (5 kilometer classic followed by 5 kilometer skate) at Sovereign Lake, Canada on Saturday, winning by almost two minutes. Milaine Theriault was second and Dasha Gaiazova was third.
Marit Bjorgen was again best of the Norwegian women in Sunday’s 10-kilometer classic race in Kuusamo, Finland. But Hilde G. Pedersen in sixth place and Vibeke Skofterud in seventh also showed (World) class. Bjorgen was clearly beaten by Kristina Smigun, but was only 1.8 seconds behind Katerina Neumannova and placed third. – The start of the season could not have been better, said Bjorgen after the race. National team assistant coach Egil Kristiansen was very...
The snow conditions were excellent for annual West Yellowstone, Montana ski camp held last week. More than 1500 skiers visited the small town of West Yellowstone right at the outskirt of the West Yellowstone National Park. Skiers had to drive 10-15 minutes up to higher elevation to ski in good conditions early in the week, but could use good skis and had great conditions in town (5 minutes walking distance from the hotels) from Wednesday....
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Short course, great skiing, light snow in the air and roughly 200 racers at the starting line for last Saturday's Super Tour skate races in West Yellowstone, Montana. Rebecca Dussault easily won the women's class after dominating the qualification and the elimination heats. Andy Newell outsprinted Torin Koos in the men's finals, after both struggled in the quarterfinal heats and barely advanced. Here are some photos. FULL RESULTS: Women's Final – Photo: Andy Canniff, Fischer...
The conditions were great for last Friday's Super Tour classic races in West Yellowstone. Sunny, no wind, new snow, firm tracks and temperatures close to 30 Fahrenheit made for excellent racing. FULL RESULTS:
The Park City, Utah area is currently receiving lots of new snow and the conditions for the upcoming FasterSkier.com annual on-snow December training camp should be ideal. A former Norwegian national team Head Coach and World-renowned sport physiologists will give a eye-opening training and physiology lecture and participate as a guest coach in some of the camp workouts. The lecture should be of great interest to both athletes and coaches and will be open to...
Axel Teichmann of Germany was in a class by himself and won Sunday’s 15-kilometer classic World Cup race in Kuusamo, Finland by 25 seconds to Vassili Rotchev of Russia. Teichmann covered the three-lap race in 37:33.2, in the field of 98. Rene Sommerfeldt was third while Kris Freeman, USA was the top North American in 24. George Grey of Canada also showed improvement by placing 41. Freeman shook off a frustrating performance 24 hours earlier...
Kristina Smigun of Estonia won Sunday’s 10-kilometer classic race in Kuusamo, Finland by thirteen seconds to Katerina Neumannova. Marit Bjorgen was third, while top North American was Sara Renner in 23. Wendy Wagner was 64th. Smigun took the lead in the last half of the race and won in 27:47.4. Results: 1 1094063 SMIGUN Kristina 1977 EST 27:47.4 0.00 2 1054778 NEUMANNOVA Katerina 1973 CZE 28:00.4 6.24 3 1303777 BJOERGEN Marit 1980 NOR 28:01.8 6.91...
November 27, Rebecca Dussault easily won the women's class after dominating the qualification and the elimination heats. Andy Newell outsprinted Torin Koos in the men's finals, after both struggled in the quarterfinal heats and barely advanced. For full results, please see our Fasterskier results section (right hand column on our home page).
Wayne Dustin is a two time Olympian in cross country skiing, having represented Canada at Calgary in 1988, and Albertville in 1992. 1992 was almost 13 years ago, but you can still find Wayne at some of the highest level North American races, such as the Canada Cup to take place at Silver Star this coming weekend. As Wayne is now my team mate I had the chance to ask him a few questions about...
Invitation to the 2005 U.S. Cross Country Championships Soldier Hollow Midway, Utah January 3-10, 2005 Dear Competitors, USSA and the Soldier Hollow Organizing Committee would like to invite the you to participate in the 2005 U.S. Cross Country Championships, January 3-10 2005, at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. The invitation contains information about lodging/meal plans at the Homestead Resort, transportation and car rental information, and the competition program. For on-line registration: http://www.soldier-hollow.com/events/ We look forward...
Press Release – Cross-Country Canada: November 25, 2004 Vernon, B.C.-Beckie Scott hit the start line for the first time since announcing her commitment to racing for Canada through to the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, and picked up exactly where she left off – stepping on top of the podium at the season-opening Haywood Canada Cup event on Thursday. The Vermilion, Alta. native, who last stepped on top of the podium in June when she was...
Results World Cup Men's 15 km Free Technique: 1 90 Vittoz Vincent FRA *12:30:00 35:26.9 0.0 2 101 Teichmann Axel GER *12:35:30 35:28.7 +1.8 3 76 Di Centa Giorgio ITA *12:23:00 35:45.5 +18.6 4 100 Sommerfeldt Rene GER *12:35:00 35:46.8 +19.9 5 92 Dementiev Evgenji RUS *12:31:00 35:51.8 +24.9 6 29 Zorzi Cristian ITA *11:59:30 35:55.2 +28.3 7 82 Piller Cottrer Pietro ITA *12:26:00 35:56.8 +29.9 8 42 Schwienbacher Freddy ITA *12:06:00 35:59.9 +33.0 9...
Wednesday, Nov. 10th 2004 : The Two Olympic Committes Torino and Vancouver, the cities that will host the next two editions of the Winter Games, have just signed an agreement in Rome, Italy regarding cooperation between Italy and Canada, according to the Italian Secretary General of CONI, Mr.Raffaele Pagnozzi following a meeting with the Representative from the Canadian Committe, Mr.Lou Ragagnin. The committment from the two Countries is aimed at improving the countries' athlete's preparation for the games for the two nation's teams ahead of the Games...
The November issue of Fasterskier.com’s Club subscription service was sent to subscribers on November 20. The Club provides detailed, in-depth coverage of modern and interesting issues in the sport of Cross-Country. Most of the Club’s articles will cover issues related to training and racing, and will also include material for all ages and abilities, from World Cup skiers’ training to important elements of youth and age group training and skiing. The November issue This month...
In great conditions, sunny and 25 degrees, over 200 racers skied the 6.5 and 13 km race courses at West Yellowstone. Top 5 results: Men 13 km classical technique 1. David Chamberlain 33:18 2. Chad Giese 33:26 3. Tor Erik Schellerud 33:39 4. James Southam 33:50 5. Chris Cook 33:54 Women 6.5 km classical technique 1. Rebecca Dussault 19:20 2. Jaana Rehemaa 19:34 3. Alison Crocker 19:48 4. Aubrey Smith 20:02 5. Lindsey Weier 20:11...
KUUSAMO, Finland (Nov. 26) – Czech Katerina Neumannova led all the way Friday to win a 10K freestyle technique World Cup race, holding off Estonian Kristina Smigun by 1.3 seconds. Neumannova's winning time was 26:58.1 with Wendy Wagner (Park City, UT), the lone U.S. skier, 80th. Canada's Sara Renner was the top North American, just missing World Cup points with her 31st place finish. For complete results: