Johan Kjœlstad felt like his form was so good after the recent stair workout he did in Livigno (site of a recent Norwegian Sprint national team camp) that he wants to try it prior to the Düsseldorf sprint. “I’m planning to do some stair training on Friday. I’m doing this in order to get some spenst in the legs and because it worked well in Livigno,†says Johan Kjœlstad to langrenn.com. Half Length Kjœlstad isn’t...
November 24 – December 2, 2007 Celebrating the 20th Anniversary Join the Fun! Saturday, November 24 10:00am -2:00pm Manufacturer sponsored Demo & Ski Free at Sovereign Lake Nordic Center — Come out and try a full range of the newest and greatest equipment. Skis, Boots and Poles for all skill levels will be available. (contact the Lodge at 558-3036 or info@sovereignlake.com) 5:00pm — 9:00pm National Ski Team Banquet/Auction at Silver Star Club Resort, Cost $40.00/seat...
Tom McCarthy races for the
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame has recently welcomed eight new honoured members. All are worthy, of that there is no doubt. Included in the group are professional hockey, baseball and football players, who at one time were judged to be the most valuable performers in their leagues. But in all the gushing over the brilliant athletic achievements of Mike Bossy, Larry Walker, Doug Flutie, Cassie Campbell and Daniel Igali, let's not forget to celebrate the...
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This summer has been one of the best we Fairbanksians have had in the past few years. No smoke from forest fires, clear skies most of the summer, and no horrendous bees. But for us skiers, roller-skiing is only bearable on the same traffic-free smooth roads for so long. So when a three-day-weekend approached, a few of my buddies and I took a trip down to the Alaska Range to search for some pre-season skiing....
Canmore, Alta.—Four Canadian nordic ski clubs have been targeted across the country to receive $10,000 each as part of Cross Country Canada’s AltaGas Club Incentive and Coach Mentoring Program, the governing body for cross-country skiing in Canada announced on Monday. The Big Thunder Nordic Ski Club in Thunder Bay, Ont., Commission Nordique Skibec, in Quebec City, Foothills Nordic Ski Club in Calgary, and Nakkertok Nordic Ski Club in Ottawa were all selected amongst applications from...
U.S. Ski Team, U.S. Disabled Team will compete HOUGHTON MI — For the second year in a row, the national championships for cross country skiing will take place in Houghton, Michigan. The U.S. Cross Country Championship will be held at the Michigan Tech Nordic Training Center, January 1-6, 2008. Members of the U.S. Ski Team — including Olympians Kris Freeman, Andy Newell and Kikkan Randall — will be among the 400 skiers competing in the...
Sweden made it two for two today when the team of Thobias Fredrikkson and Peter Larsson won the World Cup Team Sprint in Dusseldorf. The men matched the performance of Charlotte Kalla and Britta Norgren who took the top spot in the women’s race for Sweden. Larson was a last minute substitution for Bjoern Lind who sat out with an illness. Sweden 2 completed an excellent opening weekend for Sweden, finishing third. The Norweigan duo...
Editor's Note: The original results posted on the FIS website were incorrect. The top five teams are the same as originally reported, but Norway 1 and Switzerland 1 finished 6th and 7th respectively. The standings below have been updated to reflect the correct results. Thanks to reader Nils Koons for pointing out the erroe. Sweden's second team of young Charlotte Kalla and Britta Norgren won today's Team Sprint in Dusseldorf, Germany. The Russian team of...
US Ski Team Sprint Coach Chris Grover answered a few questions about yesterday's Individual Sprint and has stong hopes for today's Team Sprint. FasterSkier: How did you feel about the performances of Andy and Torin? From the results it looks like as deep a field as you’ll ever see on the World Cup. Chris Grover: The field was extremely tough. I think there were many more athletes in a high state of fitness here in...
The World Cup opening weekend in Duseeldorf concludes tomorrow with the Team Sprint. The start order is determined by FIS sprint points. The American team of Andy Newell and Torin Koos are in the first position in the first qualification heat, followed by Sweden 1 (Fredriksson, Lind), Norway 2 (Kjoelstad, Pettersen), Germany 1 (Angerer, Wenzl), and Italy 1 (Pasini, Zorzi). The second heat is led by Russia 1 (Morilov, Rotchev), Sweden 2 (Hellner, Joensson), and...
FasterSkier checked in with American sprinter Andy Newell after the first World Cup race of the season. Andy qualified in 14th in the freestyle sprint and was knocked out in the first round of heats, finishing 19th on the day. Last year Andy finished the season 6th overall on the World Cup in sprinting. Given his consistent top ten finishes last year, Andy was a bit disappointed with today’s performance. FasterSkier: How did you feel...
Natalie Mateeva of Russia won the season opening World Cup event in Dusseldorf, Germany. The 21 year-old qualified 9th in the freestyle event and proceeded to win 2 of her 3 heats enroute to victory. Last season's Russian National Champion in the sprint topped her previous best World Cup result – a 2nd place last winter in Changchun, China. Marit Bjoergen (NOR) started off the season on a strong note after a disappointing 2006/2007. Qualifiying...
22-year old Josef Wenzl of Germany won the qualification round by a stunning margin of almost three seconds over Swedish sprinting star Bjoern Lind. Finnish youngster Matias Strandvall qualified third with Oeystein Pettersen (NOR) in fourth. The freestyle sprint event, held in Dusseldorf's (GER) Old Town, was the first event of the 2007/2008 World Cup season. Action continues tomorrow with a team sprint. Wenzl raced a number of World Cup races last season, in addition...
U.S. Ski Team sprinters Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT) and Torin Koos (Leavenworth, WA) will be on the start line when the 2008 FIS Cross Country World Cup season opens in front of over 100,000 spectators in Dusseldorf. The series begins Saturday on a 1.5K track of machine-made snow in a showcase event alongside the Rhine. “It should be an exciting weekend. The guys are healthy and they're ready to roll,” U.S. Sprint Coach Chris Grover...
USA Men Andy Newell Torin Koos Canada Women Chandra Crawford Perianne Jones Men David Nighbor Phil Widmer Sean Crooks Stefan Kuhn, Norway Men Tor Arne Hetland, ByÃ¥sen IL Eldar Rœnning, Skogn IL Johan Kjœlstad, Skogn IL Øystein Pettersen, Bækkelagets SK Trond Iversen, Mjœndalen IF Bœrre Næss, Eftelœt IL Ola Vigen Hattestad, Ørje IL Jens Arne Svartedal, Trœsken IL Petter Northug, Strindheim IL – Ski John Kristian Dahl, Women Marit Bjœrgen, Rognes IL Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen,...
Øystein “The Sausage” Pettersen has chosen Ola Vigen Hattestad as the favorite prior to the sprints in Düsseldorf tomorrow. With a second place to show from last year’s sprint opener, Øystein Pettersen traveled with the rest of the Norwegian sprint national team to Düsseldorf yesterday. He has named Ola Vigen Hattestad as his pick for the win. â€I believe in Ola. He has impressed me in the last period. I would tentatively choose him as...
A talented group of Olympic and World Cup medallists, including the return of veteran Sara Renner, will headline the 2007-08 World Cup Cross-Country Ski Team, Cross Country Canada announced on Thursday. The young and dynamic squad has welcomed the return of Olympic silver medallist, Sara Renner, who took last season off to have her baby daughter Aria. Renner, of Canmore, Alta., will be counted on to carry the torch for a group of athletes that...
The FIS World Cup will start the season for the 6th time in Düsseldorf, the German city on the banks of the river Rhine. On October 27 and 28, 150 of the best athletes from 21 nations are competing for the first points of the new season. Among the participants will be both overall World Cup winners from 2006/2007 — Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) and Tobias Angerer (GER), as well as Jens Arne Svartedal (NOR), the...