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Team Today Releases Book
Nathan SchultzNovember 30, 2005
Team Today Announces the release of their new book, Creating Champions.
Norway’s Team For Sovereign Lakes And Canmore
FasterSkierNovember 30, 2005
The Norwegian Skifederation has selected these skiers to race the December World Cup races in Canada. Norway’s team for the Canadian World Cup races: Men Anders Aukland Frode Estil Tore Ruud Hofstad Kristen Skjeldal Jens Arne Svartedal Jon Anders Gaustad Geir Ludvig Aasen Odd – Bjœrn Hjelmeset Jan Egil Andresen Tord Asle Gjerdalen HÃ¥vard Bjerkeli John Kr. Dahl Tor Arne Hetland Trond Iversen Bœrre Næss Eldar Rœnning Johan Kjœlstad Ola Vigen Hattestad Women Marit Bjœrgen...
On Sunday in Kuusamo, Finland, Germany's Jens Filbrich was prevented from racing the men's 15km free technique race after a pre-race blood test determined that his hemoglobin level was too high. He was suspended by FIS for five days. Filbrich's hemoglobin level was 17 g/dL, which is the limit authorized by FIS. An elevated hemoglobin level can be an indicator of banned blood-enhancing substances, such as EPO. Filbrich said the abnormal reading was because he...
Not A Great World Cup Start For Sweden
FasterSkierNovember 30, 2005
Poor World Cup start for Sweden: The goal of six Olympic medals remains, but some skiers might loose their spots if they don’t ski faster in the Canadian World Cup races. Source: Skidsport.com The Swedish head coach Inge Braten’s goal of six medals at the 2006 Olympics has not changed despite poor World Cup results in Kuusamo last weekend (and in Norway the week before). But Braten will make changes if the results don’t improve...
FasterSkier Is Growing – Advertise Here Now
FasterSkierNovember 30, 2005
Every day, FasterSkier.com receives about 5,000 unique visits from skiers around the United States, Canada, and the world. It pays to advertise races, events and products on FasterSkier! FasterSkier.com is the best place to reach active cross-country skiers. You will reach people who enjoy an active and healthy lifestyle, people who travel, people who race, people who do lots of different outdoor activities, and people who care about cross-country skiing on a daily basis. 24/7...
Silver Star Mountain Resort hosts “Fast and Female” event with Canada's National Team Racers
FasterSkierNovember 29, 2005
Junior Nordic racers from throughout BC and Alberta got the chance to ski with their Olympic heroes yesterday at Silver Star Mountain Resort, at the “Fast and Female” event. The brainchild of Chandra Crawford, a National Team member from Canmore who is training up at Silver Star for the upcoming Viessmann World Cup races at Sovereign Lakes, this event brought together junior racers from nearby Nordic clubs and others as far away as Kamloops, BC....
A Talk with National Champion James Southam
FasterSkierNovember 29, 2005
One of the top U.S. skiers not on the national team, Alaska native James Southam has been moving up the results for many years. Last season at Soldier Hollow (UT) he finally captured his first national championship. Right now James is training in West Yellowstone, MT along with a majority of the rest of the elite racers in the country. We talked earlier in the week about his training, goals, path through college and more:...
Northug Already Earning Salary
FasterSkierNovember 29, 2005
“The ski manufacturers are fighting to get Northugâ€. This was a recent sport page headline in Norwegian newspaper Vg a few days ago. Norway’s upcoming young skistar Petter Northug Jr. (19) has as the first ever junior skier got a contract with Fischer that includes salary, reports the paper. The VG article with photo http://www.fasterskier.com/racing2737.html
November 2005: Training Analysis of Top Juniors
FasterSkierNovember 29, 2005
Here is the November issue of the FasterSkier Club newslettter. These articles are sent to our club subscribers each month via email. To sign up, see the end of this article. FASTERSKIER CLUB SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE – 2005 November, 2005 Volume 2 Issue 7 The Club! This is the seventh issue of the 2005 season Fasterskier.com’s subscription service covering in-depth, modern and interesting issues in the sport of Cross-Country skiing. The subscription service runs from May...
U.S. World Cup Team Announced
FasterSkierNovember 28, 2005
The U.S. Team for the upcoming December World Cup races in Canada has been announced. Luke Bodensteiner addressed a large conference room packed full with several hundred skiers and coaches at the Holiday Inn in West Yellowstone on Saturday night, just after the completion of the second of two SuperTour races: “Back in 2002, our Olympians set a new standard of team performance at an Olympic games, placing fifth in the men’s relay just one...
Renner And Jeffries Fastest In Sovereign Lakes Sprint Race
FasterSkierNovember 28, 2005
Source: Cross Country Canada Vernon, B.C.-Canada’s Sara Renner and Chris Jeffries won the opening Madshus cross-country skiing sprint event of season in the Hawyood NorAm series at the Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre near Vernon, B.C. on Sunday. Renner, of Canmore, Alta., who won the women’s pursuit race on Saturday, dashed to the top of the podium for the second straight day at the Haywood NorAm event, claiming the opening of four Madshus sprint events. Renner,...
Source: Cross Country Canada Vernon, B.C.—Sara Renner and George Grey kicked off the 2005 Haywood NorAm cross-country ski series with gold medal performances on the World Cup course at the Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre near Vernon, B.C. on Saturday. Renner, of Canmore, Alta., blasted the field by nearly two minutes in the women’s 10 kilometre pursuit race which combines five kilometres of classic skiing followed by five kilometres of skate skiing. Athletes enter a transition...
Sunday 11 PM Interview With Carl “One-Man-Show†Swenson
FasterSkierNovember 28, 2005
American skier Carl Swenson placed 11th and 12th in the Kuusamo, Finland individual start classic and skate World Cup races this weekend. A great World Cup start for Carl! I got a chance to ask him some post race questions on the phone Sunday night. Sunday night 11 PM European time: Hey Carl I hope I didn’t wake you up? – Hey Tor, no problem, I’m still in the car driving back from the race....
Wendy Wagner, Justin Freeman Win Snowed-Out SuperTour Classic
FasterSkierNovember 27, 2005
After over a week of excellent, firmly packed tracks and great hardwax skiing in West Yellowstone MT, things turned nasty overnight prior to the second of two SuperTour races, the men's and women's 12km classic. Can you spot the track in this picture? Actual race course photo. Fast-falling steady snow piled up on the race course and by the time the elite women were on course, the so-called “track” was virtually obliterated, turning what would...
Neumannova Fastest In Kuusamo
FasterSkierNovember 27, 2005
Source: Langrenn.com Press conference comments: Neumannova (of the Czech Republic) won by 21 seconds and was surprised that Marit Bjorgen didn’t challenge her victory and said that this proves that Bjorgen isn’t a machine. Neumannova showed that she is getting in shape and crushed the competition today. She was most surprised that Bjorgen wasn’t better than fourth. – I had expected that she would win, but she isn’t a machine. I still feel that she...