March 2005 – FasterSkier.com

Surprise: Hilde G. Pedersen Continues

FasterSkierMarch 31, 2005

Source: Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen Fasterskier.com has several times the last couple season’s posted articles about Norwegian national team skier Hilde G. Pedersen (40) upcoming retirement. This past season was (again) going to be her last, however two relay gold’s at Worlds and enjoying life as a World Cup skier has made Hilde change her mind once again. The Torino, Italy Olympics is now her goal. Racing after that is not out of...

Other Racing

Koukal, Gaiazova Both Win Again

FasterSkierMarch 31, 2005

At the first Spring Series race, last Saturday's pursuit, Martin Koukal put himself in a pretty big hole in the chase for the overall Spring Series title. But he's been been moving up ever since. Koukal finished 9th in the first race, 1:20 behind winner Kris Freeman. But he has won every race since, including Thursday's 10K skate race. Koukal won by 6 seconds over Andrew Johnson, and 12 seconds over Ivan Babikov. The overall...

Other Racing

Spring Series Day 3: Homer at the Sprints

FasterSkierMarch 30, 2005

What a difference a day makes. We went from 50+ degrees and sunshine yesterday afternoon to driving snow this morning for the Salomon Sprints at Snow Mountain Ranch. You can find all the results here:

Other Racing

Koukal, Gaiazova Win Spring Series Sprints

FasterSkierMarch 30, 2005

The Czech Republic's Martin Koukal came out on top after an exciting day of sprint racing at the Colorado International Spring Series at Snow Mountain Ranch. Kris Freeman, who is known as a distance racer and does not race many sprint events, showed for the second day in a row that he can sprint with the best of them, taking second place. Lars Flora was third and Torin Koos, who had the fastest qualifing time...

News

Don’t Miss Out On Early Season Special On PRO-SKI Rollerskis

FasterSkierMarch 29, 2005

Get fit this summer: TorbjornSport’s early season special on PRO-SKI Rollerskis Expires April 1. Don’t miss out on a great opportunity to purchase skate or classic rollerskis at 15% discount from one of the best and most successful rollerski brands ever. Success and fitness: The Norwegian and Swedish National Team and the Canadian women’s team continue to include PRO-SKI Rollerskis in their dryland training. Users also include many of today’s top masters and a large...

Continental Cup Racing

Koukal, Babikov Win Spring Series Team Sprint

FasterSkierMarch 29, 2005

In an extremely excited race where the top 6 teams were separated by a mere 4 seconds, the team of Martin Koukal and Ivan Babikov came out on top of the Spring Series Team Sprint relay. Team Sweden was second and the US Ski Team's Chris Cook and Andrew Newell lead late in the race, but fell to third place. The women's race was much more spread out than the men's. Sigrid Aas (Norway) and...

Other Racing

Spring Series: Day 2 From a Homer's Perspective

FasterSkierMarch 29, 2005

Hello again from Tabernash Colorado. As I write this, it is two in the afternoon on Monday, and temperatures in the Fraser Valley are pushing into the mid 50's F. Don't worry, there is more than enough snow to get through the last race on Saturday, even if the fresh stuff predicted for tonight and tomorrow does not materialize. I am much more concerned about the racers that I saw basking in the sun when...

Continental Cup Racing

Live Results From Spring Series

FasterSkierMarch 28, 2005

Follow Spring Series results online as they happen, thanks to Ernie Page and Summit Timing.

News

Yuriy Gusev Named CXC Program Director

FasterSkierMarch 28, 2005

Central Cross Country Skiing is pleased to announce the selection of Yuriy Gusev as Program Director for the 05-06 season. Yuriy brings to this position an extensive background in education, racing, coaching and organization. In Russia he was a first rank athlete of the Russian Sports Classification and received the equivalency of a Bachelor's Degree in Secondary Education with a major in Physical Education. For the past three years he has been the Program Director...

Racing

Babikov and Strandberg Win FIS North America Marathon Cup

FasterSkierMarch 28, 2005

Source: ussa.org Ivan Babikov (RUS) and Kritsina Strandberg (SWE) have won the inaugural FIS North America Marathon Cup after placing 2nd and 3rd in the USSA Marathon Cross Country Championships at Royal Gorge, CA (March 20). Lars Flora (Anchorage, AK) and Abi Larson (Bozeman, MT) won the Marathon Championship, taking the final marathon races of the season. Ivan Babikov

Continental Cup Racing

Spring Series Info For Monday'S Sprint Relay RACE

FasterSkierMarch 28, 2005

Race Update 2 – Sunday, March 27 6PM IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR Monday'S Sprint Relay RACE: see http://www.snowforecast.com/coloradofcst/winterpark.html

Masters Racing

Spring Series Pursuit From “Homer's Perspective”

FasterSkierMarch 27, 2005

So, have you read the press releases about the “best field in North America this year”, great conditions, fun atmosphere, etc? The Spring Series folks have done an excellent job promoting the race, but today it became time to “walk the walk” as the series opened with a rolling pursuit at Devil's Thumb Ranch, near Tabernash, Colorado. I plunked down my credit card last week and signed up for the entire series – in the...

Continental Cup Racing

The 2005 Colorado International Spring Series opens up

FasterSkierMarch 27, 2005

The 2005 Colorado International Spring Series opened up with the Devil's Thumb Ranch Duathlon under perfect conditions Saturday 27th. It was the final individual event of the 2005 North American Continental Cup Super Tour. Race organizers and racers were pleased with cold, consistent conditions and excellent snow that made for a great race with lots of action from a strong international field. Kris Freeman of the US Ski Team, making a rare appearance on American...

Juniors Racing

Norway continues collecting medals

FasterSkierMarch 26, 2005

It wasn’t hard to predict the outcoming of Saturday morning’s Cross Country 4×5 km relay competition after the outstanding performances of the Norwegian team in all other Cross Country competitions. Astrid Jacobsen, Caroline Tangen, Betty-Ann Nilsen and Marte Elden finished their race 17.2 seconds faster than the Russian team who won the silver medal. The third place went to the team from Czech Republic. The finnish girls ( Sanna Soudunsaari, Pirttiniemi, Silja Tarvonen and Noora...

Juniors Racing

Perianne Jones Gets Her Second Top-15 at Junior World Championships

FasterSkierMarch 25, 2005

Rovaniemi, FIN-Perianne Jones posted one of the strongest distance race results in nearly a decade for a Canadian junior cross-country skier at the Nordic Junior World Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland on Friday. The 19-year-old Jones finished 14th in the women’s five-kilometre free technique event with a time of 15 minutes 26.1 seconds. It marks the best performance by a junior Canuck in a distance race at the world championships since Amanada Fortier was eighth in...

Juniors Racing

Russian Girls Take Top Two In JWC 5K Free

FasterSkierMarch 25, 2005

In Friday’s 5 km Cross Country competition, the team from Russia gave an extraordinary performance. Natalja Iliana, who is living in the Moskova region, won before her teammate Joulia Kolesnitchenko. The bronze medal went to Betty-Ann Nilsen from Norway. She already got a bronze medal on Monday’s 10 km competition. The two other members of the Russian team, Evgenija Bazarnova and Olga Tiagai ended up 4th and 7th. Their coach had good reasons to be...

Juniors Racing

Northug Wins Again At World Junior Championships

FasterSkierMarch 25, 2005

Petter Northug from Norway took already his third medal in the FIS Nordic Junior Ski World Championships 2005 in Friday’s 10 km competition. After one gold medal in the 20 km pursuit competition on Monday before and one silver medal in the sprint competition, he celebrated a great victory once again with 30 seconds difference to the second placed Japanese Keishin. The gold medal winner’s teammate Emil Hegle Svendsen finished the race third 35.6 seconds...

Other Racing

David Chamberlain and Ida Sargent Win Maine Nordic Sprint Championship

FasterSkierMarch 24, 2005

RESULTS: Women: http://www.nensa.net/sched&result/2005/men_3_23.htm David Chamberlain (Bethel, ME) arrived at Portland Jetport yesterday afternoon after spending the last six weeks competing at World Championships in Germany, then World Cup events in Scandinavia. Twenty-four hours later he was putting on a show at the one kilometer track laid out by the City of Portland… and groomed by Coastal Nordic Ski Club at Deering Oaks Park in Portland. Chamberlain finished second in qualifying, but left nothing to chance...

Continental Cup Racing

World Champion Martin Koukal to race at 2005 Colorado International Spring Series

FasterSkierMarch 24, 2005

You do not want to miss this race! The 2005 edition of the Colorado International Spring Series (CISS) starts on Saturday, March 26th and this year’s event is set to deliver great snow, plenty of fun, and a stellar field from all over the world. The field is set: skiers from Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany and Russia will join a full slate of North American’s elite teams. Representatives from team Brazil and Thailand will...

Racing

The Silver Star 75 Thrills Participants

FasterSkierMarch 24, 2005

Fresh snow greeted over 160 Nordic Skiers at Silver Star Mountain Resort for the Silver Star 75 Cross Country Ski Challenge! There were 54 solo athletes and 18 teams which is a fabulous turn out for a first year event! People came from eastern Canada, Alberta, Pacific Northwest US and the lower mainland. It was great to hear all the positive remarks during and after the event. The race started at 8:00am in the Silver...

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