A new analyzes of Vittoz’s doping test after the World Cup race in Nove Mesto, still shows positive A-test and negative B-test. Source: Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen http://www.fasterskier.com/training1875.html Vincent Vittoz B-test Is Negative http://www.fasterskier.com/training1894.html
Windy conditions, rain and even some snow met the masters in age 50-54 and 55-59 at the US Masters Nationals for the road race in Park City, Utah on Tuesday. Fasterskier.com took some photos during the race. For results see www.USACYCLING.ORG Photos by Torbjorn Karlsen
Source: CXC Monday, June 27, 2005 Central Cross Country Skiing is proud to announce the 2005 CXC Regional Development Team (RDT), the highest athlete honor in the Region, and Regional Development Group (RDG). The Central Regional Development Team was selected based on selection criteria results from the 2004-2005 competition season and by athlete participation in the fully subsidized one week CXC Regional Development Training Camp just concluded at Cresthill Resort in Hayward, WI. The 2005...
We at FasterSkier have enjoyed hearing from all of you who have stretched your ski season well into summer. Here's the latest installment, which we received a week ago from Chris Humbert in Utah I was up at Bald Mountain Pass (10,000') this past Saturday the 18th, since Laurie [Chris's wife ] rode up there on her bike. I figured I'd bring my skis, and lo and behold, there's still about six FEET of snow...
Dorcas Wonsavage sat down with Luke Bodensteiner to discuss the role of NENSA, and USSA & USST in making our skiers 'Best in the World'. *Note: Luke reviewed the article and has clarified key points that I missed. His comments are included here, now, in italics. Park City, UT (June 27*): After a phenomenal and inspiring set of seasons from our U.S. Ski Team athletes, last season's results were disappointing- for everyone involved. And...
I have enjoyed the recent discussion on the state of the US Cross-Country Ski Team and the future possibilities for improving international results. Thinking about the responses, from all over and fired up, I hope the Ski Team administration can draw some wise and very logical conclusions. The first would be that attempts to centralize the governance, education and training of cross-country skiing in this country have not, and cannot, work. There are two reasons...
Norwegian ski star Jens Arne Svartedal ended up with a punctured lung and broken rib in a boat accident at his bachelor party. He is now suing the boat rental company. Source: Langrenn.com The accident happened at Svartedal’s bachelor party on June 3, when a 30 feet long rubber boat with a 450 horsepower engine that was supposed to bring the party from the harbor to the sailboat suddenly took off at high speed and...
Join skiers, coaches and parents from North America and around the World – subscribe to FasterSkier.com's subscription service. Expand your knowledge and get ideas and inspiration. Wed Jun 22, 2005 FASTERSKIER CLUB SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE – 2005 June, 2005 Volume 2 Issue 2 The Club! This is the second issue of the 2005 season Fasterskier.com’s subscription service covering in-depth, modern and interesting issues in the sport of Cross-Country. For non-subscribers, this is a great time to...
The European uphill championship will be held in Austria on July 10th. Norway has entered a team of three good skiers including Anders Aukland. Source: Langrenn.com altitude profile The men will start at 1301 meters altitude in Heiligenblut and the women at 1415 meter. The altitude difference from start to the finish at Keiser-Franz-Josefs-Hohe will for men be 1069 meters and for women 955 meters. The total climb is even greater since there are some...
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Siri Halle (33) was a very good ski racer and became Junior World Champion in 1991. She retired in 1994. She didn’t train for ten years, but now want to make the 2006 Olympics in biathlon. Source: Aftenposten/Langrenn.com For story and photos see:
Source: Langrenn.com Trond Iversen need to stay away from normal training for 4-6 weeks after he collided with a child right after he crossed the finish line as the 100-meter winner in Kragero, Saturday last week. – I was skiing at very high speed and crashed with a small child that had climbed up on the snow. The crash wasn’t that hard, but I got rotation and landed on my shoulder that got a big...
The calendar is closing in fast on July, but that hasn't stopped some of the diehards from holding on to winter. We received the following report from Mandy Bowden in Montana. The skiing on Beartooth Pass continues to hold up well. We were skiing at elevations over 8000 feet where there is still several feet of snow. Because Beartooth Pass is closed from Red Lodge due to mud slides, the drive from Bozeman is over...
Former Norwegian national team super-wax technician Geir Tufto is hired by the Swedish team. Norway’s cross country sports chief is very critical to Tufto and claiming that he is withholding important test results. Source: Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen Some of last year’s wax technician conflict stories posted on FasterSkier.com: Waxing Controversy In Norway http://www.fasterskier.com/news1042.html Geir Tufto accepted a job for the Swedish team recently. The experienced waxer will now among other be responsible...
Beckie Scott was undecided whether she wanted to continue her racing career following the 2003-2004 season. She stopped training after the last race of the 2004 season and used the spring and most of the summer to figure out if she wanted to continue to race or not. This was not done to focus on the 2005 Worlds but rather to figure out if she would have the desire to continue racing through the 2006...
Source: Langrenn.com Kristen Skjeldal and Tor Arne Hetland won the Norwegian national team’s two first time-trials during their recent on-snow camp at Sognefjellet. Both the Norwegian sprint team and the distance team had good conditions during last week’s camp despite lots of rain. Two on-snow races were held. Here are the results from the sprint race and the classic race. Classic race: 1 Kristen Skjeldal 32,08 2 Espen Harald Bjerke 32,36 3 Tor Arne Hetland...
Norwegian Guro Strom Solli set a new World record in the 100-meter classic in an on-snow race in Kragero, Norway on Saturday. Source: Langrenn.com http://www.langrenn.com/cparticle253779-1743b.html
VANCOUVER 2010: Two new venues get underway 21 June 2005 Work has begun in the Callaghan Valley, near Whistler, on two of the venues for the XXI Olympic Winter Games — Vancouver 2010. The Whistler Nordic Competition Venue, which was started on 16 April 2005, and the Whistler Sliding Centre, which was started this month, will play host to cross-country skiing, ski jumping, biathlon and Nordic combined, and bobsleigh, luge and skeleton, respectively, during the...