Liz Stephen skied away from Morgan Arritola in the second half of the 30Km, and Ivan Babikov left Factory Team-mate Andrei Golovko in the final 10Km to repeat as victors in the USSA National Distance Championship/ SuperTour 30K and 50K races, respectively. Stephen and Arritola skied with a pack that included Sigrid Aas, Nicole DeYong, Kassie Rice and Kristina Strandberg for the first, short (5.5Km) loop. On the first long (8Km) loop, Stephen and Arritola...
Whistler BC, Canada. The US won the 3 X 6K Mixed Relay competitions in both the Open and Junior categories today by putting together teams with three of the best athletes from both the World Cup and National Junior Team in the final competition at the Canadian National Championships. The team of Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY), Haley Johnson (Lake Placid, NY), and Jeremy Teela (Anchorage, AK) were the overall winners in a time of...
Whistler BC, Canada, March 28. Wynn Roberts (Battle Lake, MN) and Leif Nordgren (Marine-on-St. Croix, MN) went one-two in the Junior 10K Sprint competition, while Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) claimed second place in the Men’s 10K Sprint at the Canadian National Championships here this morning. Roberts and Nordgren started one after another today (Nordgren 30 seconds before Roberts), raced together over all three loops, and finished almost side-by-side. Roberts with two penalties finished in...
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (March 28) – The U.S. Ski Team's Liz Stephen (East Montpelier, VT) and Leif Zimmermann (Bozeman, MT) skied their way to titles in the pursuit event during the U.S. Cross Country Distance Championships on Friday evening in Fairbanks. The events were held in the late evening twilight in Fairbanks. The event also served as the finale of the USSA SuperTour. Russian Ivan Babikov took the win, with Zimmermann the top American in fourth...
Whistler BC, Canada. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) continued to his streak of top performances that began two weeks ago in Oslo, with a victory in the 20K Individual competition at the Canadian National Championships. Burke had two penalties, in each of the prone stages in this first-ever major biathlon competition at the Whistler Olympic Park. He covered the 20K in 52:44.7, topping Canadian Robin Clegg (Ontario) by 2:18.2. Clegg had three penalties, as did...
Thanks to GMVS coach Justin Beckwith for this video.
From Rob Whitney's “Coaches Around the Country” interview with Pete Philips – 8. JO’s are in Anchorage this coming March. With that said, Alaska will probably beat New England (duh). Care to comment? 🙂 I think I’m learning enough to be able to answer that in Vermont… “Care to comment?†Yup. “Alaska will probably beat New England.†Nope. Credit where credit is due – here is Pete's recent follow up : “Ok, ok, I don't...
Skiing through conditions ranging from 30 degree and bright sun to -20 degree moonlit trails, Paula Hudson, Roxanne Toly and Inge Travis teamed up to win the 2008 Equinox Ski Challenge. The three women skied a total of 388km in 24 hours, topping the field of 50 entrants. Randy Anderson took the 24 hour solo division with a 269km ski and amazingly looked ready for a few more laps on Sunday morning! Both Anderson and...
After a busy racing season Colorado Cup sponsored by Fischer and Rossignol has announced its winners: Overall women’s Champion is Sarah Konrad (Madshus) of Laramie, WY, second place goes to Tina Gini Larter (Boulder Nordic Club) and third to Jeniffer Wygant (Army Nurse Corps) from Colorado Springs. Overall men’s Champ is Michael Brothers (Madshus) of Monument, Stephen White from Vail is second and Shawn Big Shooter Scholl of Kremmling third. Winners will receive a pair...
Fairbanks ski fans were treated to some of the fastest sprint racing seen in North America this winter in the Tour of the Golden Heart Classic Sprints Wednesday afternoon and evening at Birch Hill. A crowd of several hundred cross country skiers and fans was treated to the excitement generated by sprint racing. Having the top sprinters in the country going head-to-head led to some very exciting racing on the 1.145Km course. Unfortunately, Kikkan Randall...
Forget climate change; welcome to year-round skiing — of a sort. From next year cross-country skiers at a top German resort will also be donning their skis in mid-summer, thanks to the construction of the world’s most advanced “ski tunnelâ€. The above-ground concrete tube, which will be built on a course snaking 2km through the forests around Oberhof, eastern Germany, will have a bed of artificial snow, special lighting and windows and advanced air conditioning,...
Norwegian rockets Sigrid Aas and Petter Eliassen were victorious in Tuesday evening's Tour of the Golden Heart Spring Series opener. The men's race began at 7:00PM, and a gradually increasing breeze and slowly falling temperatures made conditions seem a little colder for the many spectators who had grown accustomed to the conditions during the women's race. The fastest skiers went out toward the front of the field of 37. Leif Zimmerman of the USST and...
New Gloucester, ME, March 25. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) leads a large group of US Biathletes who will compete this week in the Canadian National Championships at the Whistler Olympic Park. Burke, who closed his World Cup season just over a week ago, with two top eight finishes (7th Pursuit, 8th Mass Start) will get his first look at the 2010 Olympic Biathlon Venue during the training and competitions there. He recently commented on...
WHISTLER OLYMPIC PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA. The Canadian National Championships provided a great opportunity for the CXC Elite Team to race on the newly-created 2010 Olympic race courses at the beautiful Whistler Olympic Park in the Callaghan Valley, British Columbia, about a fifteen minute drive from the alpine mountain resort of Whistler. The drive from Vancouver to Whistler on highway 99, also known as the Sea to Sky highway was certainly memorable. The highway twists and...
First, FasterSkier would like to congratulate the athletes and coaches of Alaska’s Junior Olympic Team on winning the 2008 Junior Olympics. Alaska’s Head Coach Ja Dorris was kind enough to recap a great week in Anchorage. FasterSkier:Could you tell us a little about yourself and and your coaching experience? Ja Dorris: I have coached High School in Alaska for over 20 years with stints at West HS, Chugiak HS, and most recently Eagle River HS....
The 2007-2008 racing season comes to a close with the US Distance National Championships in Fairbanks, Alaska, starting on Thursday. Schedule: Friday, March 28 – 15/30km Duathlon Sunday, March 30 – 30/50km Classic There will also be a 5/10km Freestyle race on Tuesday, March 25th and a classic sprint on Wednesday, March 26th. These races are not National Championship events. Shorter distance junior races will also be held on both Friday and Sunday in conjunction...
WHISTLER, B.C. — Canadian Olympians Sara Renner and Ivan Babikov won the ultimate endurance tests — the women’s and men’s 30- and 50-kilometer classic cross-country ski races which officially put a close to the 81st Haywood Ski Nationals. The 31-year-old Renner completed a grueling comeback season on the national team, after taking last year off to have a baby, by stomping the field in the women’s 30-kilometer classic with a time of one hour 36...
Liz Stephen is a member of the US Ski Team. She finished third in the mass-start freestyle race at the U23 World Championships in Italy. FasterSkier: First of all, congratulations on your 3rd place finish! Could you give us a quick recap of that race, and how it felt afterwards to be standing the podium an international championship event? Liz Stephen: Thank you. I really enjoy mass starts. It is almost guaranteed to be a...
Video from the 10/15km freestyle race at Canadian Nationals – featuring men's race winner Ivan Babikov (CAN) and the top two in the women's race – Liz Stephen (USA) and Kikkan Randall (USA)
Coleraine, MN. Walt Shepard (Brunswick, ME), Laura Spector (Lenox, MA), and Leif Nordgren (Marine-on-St. Croix, MN), scored a biathlon hat trick by winning their third National Championship in three days in the Mass Start competitions at the North American/US National Championships. Shepard, after two strong performances on the shooting range, struggled with twelve penalties today, but still claimed his third US title in the Men’s 15K Mass Start, finishing in 43:36.7. Brendon Green (Hay River,...