Canmore, Alberta, Canada – Addie Byrne of Bovey, MN placed sixth in the Youth Women 6 km Sprint competition today. Teammate Grace Boutot of Fort Kent, ME finished in 9th place. Both women had one penalty in the ten shot race. Addie Byrne left the range after prone with one penalty in 23rd place 54 seconds off the leader. But undeterred she kept with her race plan coming into standing just over a minute out...
Pinkham Notch, NH — On Sunday, February 8, 2009, Great Glen Trails will host the Great Glen Nordic 300, a five-hour Nordic ski race. Competitors race solo or in teams with the goal of completing as many laps of the 5-kilometer course as possible within the 300-minute time limit. Patterned after Great Glen Trails’ signature summer event the 24 Hours of Great Glen—a 24-hour mountain bike race—the Great Glen Nordic 300 is designed to be...
Rybinsk, Russia – Andy Newell (USA) turned in his best result of the season, finishing 5th in the freestyle sprint in Rybinsk. Torin Koos was 17th in the event won by Renato Pasini (ITA), Newell qualified 4th, 1.03 seconds behind Russian Anton Gafarov. “Andy skied as well as he possibly could today,” Head Cross Country Coach Peter Vordenberg said. “He skied the final really well and fifth was it for the day.” Newell’s career best...
Rybinsk, Russia – Pirjo Muranen (FIN) claimed victory on the 1.3 km course, just ahead of Arianna Follis and Magda Genuin (both ITA). World Cup leader Aino Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) was edged out of the podium and finished fourth while Justyna Kowalczyk (POL), the winner of the qualification round took fifth place. In sixth position was the home favorite, Natalia Matveeva (RUS). For Muranen it was her fourth ever individual World Cup victory – her...
span style="font-family:courier new;"The trails skied great, and we had sunshine! Thanks to Casey Smith for grooming; Mike Harvey and Nancy Cushing for timing, and everyone else who helped get it done. MVNT, you look fast and ready for your upcoming ...
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Rybinsk, Russia – Mariann Longs (ITA) won the first ever 10km freestyle mass start event. Longa edged teammate Ariann Follis by .4 seconds. Steffie Bohler (GER) was third. The front pack consisted of 17 skiers at the finish – all were within 6.6 seconds of Longa. The top 34 were within one minute of the lead, and the filed remained one large pack thorugh the first 3 kilometers. Longa and Follis skipped last weekend’s World...
Similar to several other skiers I know, I grew up skiing at a very young age. I started in my dads backpack and by the time I was three I had my own skis strapped to my feet. My family and I went on day-long trips to Hatcher Pass and skied for hours,...
Canmore, Alberta, Canada – Grace Boutot (Fort Kent, ME) won the Silver medal in the Youth Women 10K Individual competition today. Boutot finished 1:03.9 behind Yan Zhang of China. Both Boutot and Zhang had one penalty. Third went to local favorite Yolaine Oddou of Canada, 1:35.9 back. Oddou had one penalty in each of the first two stages, but cleaned the final two stages. The 17-year-old Zhang carried a substantial lead of two minutes throughout...
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Michael Sinnott races for the Saab-Salomon Factory Team and is a member of the Sun Valley Olympic Development Team. More information on the Saab-Salomon Factory Team can be found at www.skipost.com The first half of the season has come and gone. It was cold, warm, snowy, and dry, but it’s gone, and it’s not coming back. Now, we look forward to the second half and what may come. While the weather itself is unpredictable (forecast? ...
The MVNT traveled north this past weekend for some races in beautiful 100 mile house. Unfortunatly the temps hovered around -25 celius for both days, and because of the cold temps, the distance race was completly cancelled and the Sprint race was short...
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The Plan Posted by Zach Caldwell on January 29th, 2009 Kris had his second doctors appointment of the day this afternoon with a vascular specialist who confirmed that he had no arterial blockages and quite normal circulation. This doc made it clear that the compartment pressure that was measured in his shins earlier in the day could not be caused by obstructed arterial blood flow under any circumstances. This appears to rule out the really...
Matias Saari writes for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. This aritcle first appeared in Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. The Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks will get a chance to do something Mother Nature prevented in Anchorage earlier this month — stage a series of four national championship races. Not since Fairbanks hosted a World Cup in 1984 have there been races as important as what Birch Hill Recreation Area will show off in late March, said John...
Training day in Antholz!
After a frustrating start to the season, I finally feel that I have gained some good momentum heading into World Champs. The turning point for me, and the team, was definitely the relay in Ruhpolding. Everyone on the team had a solid race and we finished a best ever-5th place. This was [...]
Cable, WI – Kristina Trygstad-Saari (Saab Salomon Factory Team) and Leif Zimmerman (USST) won a small but competitive freestyle sprint as the SuperTour continued in the Midwest. Only 10 women and 20 men took to the line for the qualification round, with the top eight advancing directly to the semi-finals. Trygstaad-Saari posted this fast time by 6 seconds over Nicole deYong (Fischer/Craft,SVSEF). She won the first semi-final to advance to the A-Final along with Kristina...