The accusations following Inge Bråtens resignation as Swedish headcoach continues. Bråten is now according to Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet demanding retribution (from the Swedish federation) since the federation has not kept their part of the deal.
Magnar Dalen continues as head coach for the Finish national team.
Canada will host four World Cup races in Canmore between January 22 and 26, 2008. The races are pursuit, classic sprint, skate sprint and 10/15 kilometer freestyle. Here is the link to the 2007-2008 World Cup schedule http://www.fis-ski.com/data/document/cc0708.pdf
The International Ski Federation (FIS) is adding money prizes in the overall World Cup starting this season. The top six men and women will be awarded money prizes. 31.500 Swiss franc (roughly US $25,000) will go to the overall winner, while those who end up in sixth place will get roughly $3000 each. The money prizes will be the responsibility of each World Cup organizer which each will have to contribute about $1800. Tour de...
BRUNSWICK, Maine – Nathan Alsobrook, a 1997 graduate of Bowdoin College, has been named the new head coach of the Nordic Skiing program at his alma mater. Formerly the head coach of the Whitman (Wash.) College nordic ski program, Alsobrook began his collegiate coaching career as an assistant under Marty Hall at Bowdoin in 1999.
May 24,2007 – The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today unanimously decided to suspend the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Austria from receiving or applying for any grants or subsidies, whether direct or indirect, from the IOC in the amount of USD 1,000,000. The EB also ordered the NOC of Austria to demonstrate, no later than 30 June 2008, the results of its investigation into this matter and the internal organisational...
(ATR) The president of the Austrian Olympic Committee says an emergency meeting is planned next week to begin responding to harsh sanctions imposed by the IOC over a blood doping scandal at the Turin Olympics. The AOC has been fined $1 million over its role in the scandal, the most severe ever handed to a national Olympic committee over a dopinf offense. Six Austrian athletes who competed in biathlon and cross country skiing have already...
The Maine Winter Sports Center (MWSC) is looking for a multitalented Community Development Coach to join its staff in Aroostook County Maine. The candidate will be responsible for creating and implementing introductory and development ski programs to participants at every age group, but focused primarily on youth and adults. In addition, this coach will share direct responsibility for community outreach and ski club building in remote communities around Aroostook County. These grassroots community outreach efforts...
Former Norwegian national team skier HÃ¥vard Bjerkeli (29) is one of the initiative takers for this summer’s Tour de Romsdal in Norway. The three day event will be a real challenge for the participants. – I want to use the contacts that I have in cross country skiing to attract as many as possible to the Romsdal valley (Romsdalen) the weekend it takes place, says HÃ¥vard Bjerkeli. The newâ€summer tour†consists of 3 competitions in...
There were a total of 3086 in- and out-of-competition doping controls carried out in the FIS Olympic disciplines by either FIS or WADA during the 2006/2007 season, including controls performed at the 2007 FIS World Championships.
The first official meeting of the FIS Council this year will take place at the Hotel Bernardin in Portoroz (SLO) on Monday, 28th May. The most important items on the Council’s Agenda include the confirmation of the competition program for the 2009 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Val d’Isere (FRA) and for the 2009 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec (CZE), as well as the confirmation of the FIS World Cup schedules for...
CXC TEAM — CAMP 1 Hayward, Wisconsin The first CXC Team training camp of the season began on May 5th. The goal was four fold: welcome back returning athletes and meet the new athletes to kick off the year with overall team goal setting; physiology and general fitness testing; results analysis and individual coach/athlete meetings to develop individualized plans; and begin ski specific team training and technique analysis. We sat down as a team, looked...
Axel Teichmann, the 2007 World champion from Sapporo, is back on the German A-team. Axel Teichmann was kicked off the German A-team ahead of last season, but is back with elite team status following World championship gold in Sapporo, Japan. Here is the German team. Women: A Böhler Stefanie A Nystad Claudia A Stehle Evi B Fessel Nicole B Henkel Manuela B Zeller Katrin Men: A Angerer Tobias A Filbrich Jens A Göring Franz A...
Bill McKibben is to activism what Bente Skari is to classic ski technique. The uber-activist recently orchestrated the largest-ever global warming demonstration, Step It Up, a nationwide surge of actions urging congress to cut the emissions that cause snow depletion 80% by 2050. (www.stepitup2007.org ) In this time when skiing is being hit hard by warming temperatures, when dispatches from the head coach of the US Ski Team have strategies to combat Global Warming, its...
Cross Country highlights: Andy Newell was chosen as XC Athlete of the year, while Chris Grover (USST) and Bryan Fish (CXC) were named International and Domestic Coach of the year, respectivley. Demong Takes Top USSA Athlete Honor PARK CITY, Utah (May 18) – U.S. Ski Team World Championship medalist Bill Demong (Vermontville, NY), two-time Olympian and former U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association Chairman Chuck Ferries, and the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club were among the...
Bjœrn Dæhlie recognizes many of the situations which Petter Northug now is experiencing. He therefore wants to give the youngster advice. Background article: Bjorn Daehlie agrees to become Northug’s adviser http://www.fasterskier.com/news4290.html
Mathias Fredriksson says no to a spot on the Swedish national team. Things have still not calmed down completely in Swedish cross country skiing. Mathias Fredriksson recently declined a spot on the national team.
Some changes in the staff but not many surprises in the team. Technical director – Dario D'Incal Assistance director – Silvio Fauner (CS Carabinieri) Men team: trainer – Marco Selle (GS Fiamme Oro) Valerio Checchi 1980 (GS Fiamme Gialle) Roland Clara 1982 (GS Fiamme Gialle) Giorgio Di Centa 1972 (CS Carabinieri) Pietro Piller Cottrer 19074 (CS Carabinieri) Fabio Santus 1976 (CS Carabinieri) Cristian Zorzi 1972 (GS Fiamme Gialle) Women team: trainer – Alfred Stauder (CS...