June 2007 – FasterSkier

Andy Newell To Lead Nordic Walking Session On Saturday At Prospect Mountain

FasterSkierJune 29, 2007

From Bennington (VT) Banner: Local Olympian to lead Nordic walk at ProspectADAM WHITE, Sports Editor Article Launched: 06/27/2007 03:01:11 AM EDT Wednesday, June 27 WOODFORD â€” Some seven million Europeans have already discovered a certain fast-growing sport that offers total-body fitness benefits to people of every age, sex and physical condition. On Saturday at Prospect Mountain, Andrew Newell will give area residents a chance to become part of the movement. Read Full Article: http://www.benningtonbanner.com/sports/ci_6238255

News

Update On Vancouver 2010 Olympic Skiing Venues

FasterSkierJune 29, 2007

With exactly 961 days to go until the start of the XXVI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, venue construction and event planning work by the organizing committee — VANOC — is at full speed. Following the decision of the IOC Executive Board last autumn to accept ski cross into the program, the six FIS Olympic disciplines will award a total of 120 medals including 40 titles at the 2010 Games. The ski and snowboard events...

News

CXC Announces Regional Development Team

FasterSkierJune 29, 2007

Four male and two female athletes named to the Regional Olympic Development Program HAYWARD, WI (June 28) Central Cross Country Ski Association is proud to announce the CXC Ski Team for the 2007-2008 season. Four male and two female athletes will represent CXC Ski Team and Central Region at the SuperTour, U.S. National Championships, Canadian Nationals and other domestic competitions. Four of the male athletes returning from the last year’s team are joined by two...

Training

USSA To Build National Training Center In Park City

FasterSkierJune 28, 2007

USSA to build national training, education center in Park City The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association announced that it will build a national training and education center in Park City, acclaiming it as the most important project in the Association’s history.

Camps Training

US XC Team Skis, Surfs, Cycles at Oregon Camp

FasterSkierJune 28, 2007

Sometimes a change of scenery can have a huge – make that HUGE – impact. Exhibit A: Oregon hosted the first cross country training camp of the season, a two-week mix of snow at Mt. Bachelor and water on the coast that jump-started the preseason training regimen. It was a mix of drills for the mind and body, from on-snow training to team dynamics exercises with the U.S. Ski Team's longtime sports psychologist, Jon Hammermeister,...

Training

US Biathlon Team in Lake Placid

FasterSkierJune 28, 2007

Lake Placid, NY, June 27. The US Biathlon Team continues to move towards the new season with its second group training camp of the year at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid. US Coaches Per Nilsson and Mikael Lofgren are closely supervising the athletes during a week of typical hard summer training, as they begin the next phase of their annual plan. During this camp, the team will be spending extensive time on the...

XCFeeds

Getting Across the River

Peter VordenbergJune 27, 2007

To Go Pro, Be Pro.

Training

The Sausage’s training is different

FasterSkierJune 27, 2007

Not all skiers are like Ã˜ystein â€œThe Sausageâ€ Pettersen. The sprinter’s training in the summer season is very different from what’s considered traditional sprint training. Background story: Oystein Pettersen ran naked in DÃ¼sseldorf http://www.fasterskier.com/racing3662.html

Dryland Racing

NENSA Receives Donation from V2/Jenex to Launch New Summer Rollerski Series

FasterSkierJune 26, 2007

The recipient of a donation of twenty pair of evenly matched V2 850 rollerskis, the New England Nordic Ski Association is thrilled to announce the launch of its new Summer Rollerski Series. The series consists of three freestyle technique events taking place in New Durham, New Hampshire; Rutland, Vermont; and Jericho, Vermont. Top-ranked participants will compete on the evenly matched V2 skis, but skiers of all abilities are welcome to participate using their own skis....

News

Mathias Fredriksson kicked off the Swedish team

FasterSkierJune 26, 2007

Mathias Fredriksson was kicked off the Swedish team last week. The reason is that the Swedish ski federation in May gave Mathias Fredriksson permission to organize his own training, writes newspaper Atonbladet. – We tried to meet halfway. We thought it would be motivating with an individual program for someone his age and with his family situation, says head coach Bengt Stattin. But the special treatment lead to protests from other skiers on the team....

Camps Training

Photos from Western Regional Elite Group Camp

FasterSkierJune 26, 2007

Over 60 of the best nordic athletes and coaches from the Western United States have come to test their mettle in the sunny Sierra Nevada this week. Perfect conditions and a full menu of activities greeted everyone on Sunday, starting out with a special team-bonding experience of a special orienteering contest around Donner Memorial State Park in Truckee. Athletes were divided into teams, with maps, compass, and instructions on how to best navigate the course...

Racing World Cup

Rybinsk again on the World Cup Calendar

FasterSkierJune 26, 2007

June 21st, 2007 — After a successful comeback by Russia with the host city Rybinsk into the Cross-Country World Cup last January, the Viessmann FIS Cross-Country World Cup Calendar for the upcoming season now includes the Russian town as well. Following the decision of the Austrian Ski Federation to return the planned Ramsau World Cups in December, Rybinsk, which is situated 320 km in the north-east of Moscow, jumped on the newly-available weekend from 15th-...

Dryland Racing

Dartmouth Skier And Runner Ben True Runs Sub-Four-Minute Mile

FasterSkierJune 25, 2007

True â€˜08 clocks sub-four-minute mile, breaks school record By Kevin Pellecchia, The Dartmouth Staff Published on Friday, June 22, 2007 The group of distance runners that have run sub-four-minute miles is indeed an exclusive group. As of Sunday, June 17, Dartmouth has its very own member of this club of outstanding distance runners. Ben True '08 finished the mile run in less than four minutes on Sunday at the U.S.A. Track and Field New England...

Health Training

Update for World Anti Doping Code Testing Procedures

FasterSkierJune 25, 2007

As part of the revision of the World Anti-Doping Code, the regulations that define the practical conduct of testing, the International Standards, are also undergoing a thorough update as they become an obligatory part of the Code following the adoption of the new version in November 2007. The International Standards contain provisions related to the organization and practical aspects of testing, including athlete whereabouts requirements and sample collection procedures. FIS was requested by WADA to...

Camps Training

APUNSC Holds First Glacier Camp of the Summer, Thomas Training Center – Eagle Glacier

FasterSkierJune 23, 2007

APUNSC Athletes had nothing but sunshine, sweet tracks, good food, and sunburns from the first glacier camp of the season! Last week was the first of four scheduled on-snow camps planned for the 2007 summer training season. If everything goes according to plan, athletes will have had a total of 28 days on snow come fall. Camp Highlights included: -a quality big-hour week for everyone (18-25 hours) -Valuable video sessions -Taz Mannix’s 21st birthday! (Happy...

News

Ride The Rockies Going Green

FasterSkierJune 22, 2007

Aspen, Colorado — June 20, 2007 — The City of Aspen’s Canary Initiative and Rocky Mountain Nordic (RMN) are teaming up with Ride the Rockies to make the event carbon neutral. RMN will purchase carbon offsets for each participant’s travel to and from the start of the event and for the support vehicles used during the event to help bring awareness to global warming. Ride the Rockies will generate about 383 tons of CO2 that...

Other Racing

Bjœrgen and Rœnning won on-snow race in VÃ¥gÃ¥

FasterSkierJune 21, 2007

The Norwegian national team finished their camp at Sognefjellet last week with an on-snow sprint race in the town of VÃ¥gÃ¥. Marit Bjœrgen and Eldar Rœnning were the winners. Check out the photos. Results: Herrer: 1. Eldar Rœnning 2. Simen Ã˜stensen 3. Ã˜ystein Pettersen 4. Tor Arne Hetland Damer: 1. Marit Bjœrgen 2. Guro Strœm Solli 3. Ella Gjœmle 4. Astrid Uhrenholt Jacobsen The race included prologue, heats and c, b and a-finals. – It’s...

News

Dartmouth Ski Team Enjoys Trip To The White House

FasterSkierJune 20, 2007

On June 18, 2007, Dartmouth's NCAA-champion ski team took part in the annual “Champions' Day” celebration hosted at the White House by President George W. Bush. The Big Green was one of nearly 30 championship teams from the past academic year taking part in the event. The 12 competitors from this year's NCAA championship team, along with their coaches, support staff and administrators, spent the afternoon touring the White House and posing for photographs with...

Travel

Ski Season Starts In Australia

FasterSkierJune 19, 2007

Falls Creek, June 18. The Australian Ski Season officially opened a week ago. Since June 7 there have been 10-15km of cross country ski tracks groomed at Falls Creek, the training centre for the Australian Cross Country Ski Team. It is snowing today and more snow is forecast all this week. The tracks will be groomed again tomorrow – conditions can be seen on the Falls Creek website www.fallscreek.com.au The FIS Australia / New Zealand...

Other Racing

Bjorn Lind won summer ski sprint in China

FasterSkierJune 19, 2007

The first ever summer ski competition in Asia took place on Saturday at the Chang Bai Shan Mountain. The sprint race was a success for Swedish skiers with Anna Dahlberg winning the women’s race and BjÃ¶rn Lind winning the men’s event. The Chinese Chang Bai Shan Mountain s at 1 700 meters altitude on the border to North Korea. Nine Swedish skiers took part in Saturday’s first ever on-snow summer sprint race in China. Anna...

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