Articles from January 2009
Jan 20, 2009
- The US Ski Team's Kris Freeman will race the 50km classic Craftsbury Marathon on January 31st.
Jan 20, 2009
- Vegard Kojeolhammar (CU) edged Andrey Golovko (Saab Salomon Factory Team) by .3 seconds to twin the 10km classic SuperTour in Aspen. Maria Grevsgaard (CU) beat Kristina Stran...
Jan 20, 2009
- Racing action from around the country, including the New England Eastern Cup and the Lapham Loppet in Wisconsin.
Jan 20, 2009
- The Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation's Nordic Ski Program and The Community School have joined forces to offer college preparatory education and competitive Nordic ski tra...
Jan 19, 2009
- The US Ski Team has named 13 athletes to the Cross-Country World Championship team. Seven men and six women will travel to Liberec, Czech Republic next month.
Jan 19, 2009
- Rebecca Dussault (Saab Salomon Factory Team) and Matt Gelso (USST/CU) won the Owl Creek Chase SuperTour in Aspen Colorado. The event was part of the Aspen Nordic Festival.
Jan 18, 2009
- By Topher Sabot - The US Women's Sprint Relay team of Liz Stephen and Kikkan Randall skied to a 4th place finish today under sunny skies in Canada. Italy skied away with a convincing victory.
Jan 18, 2009
- By Topher Sabot - The Canadian team of George Grey and Alex Harvey finished an impressive third in the Men's Team Sprint competition this morning. The Swedish team took the victory in a tigh...
Jan 17, 2009
- By Topher Sabot - Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) gained her third career World Cup victory, skiing to victory in the women's 15km pursuit. Sara Renner finished 6th for Canada, and Liz Stephen led the...
Jan 17, 2009
- By Topher Sabot - Pietro Piller Cottrer led a strong Italian contingent, winning the 30km World Cup pursuit at Whistler Olympic Park. Ivan Babikov led the Canadians in 6th and Kris Freeman t...
Jan 17, 2009
- Jay Hakkinen took a conservative approach to the 10 km Sprint at the Ruhpolding World Cup. Still feeling a bit worn from his all out effort in the 5th place relay finish on T...
Jan 17, 2009
- By Topher Sabot - The men's 30km pursuit and women's 15km pursuit are set to start in Whistler this morning. The men start at 9:00AM and the women at 12:45. 42 women and 37 men are schedul...
Jan 16, 2009
- Billy Demong capitalized on a massive 134.0 meter jump to win the Olympic test event World Cup at the Whistler Olympic Park Friday. The DKB FIS Nordic Combined World Cup win ...
Jan 16, 2009
- Emil Joensson (SWE) held off a hard-charging Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR) at the line, to claim the victory in Whistler, Bristish Columbia. Andy Newell led the Americans in 7t...
Jan 16, 2009
- Alena Prochazkova (SLV) won her first ever World Cup, edging Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) at the line in the women's classic sprint. Kikkan Randall (USA) and Sara Renner (CAN) l...
Jan 16, 2009
- The US and Canadian men fared well in the Classic Sprint Qualifier this morning in Whistler. Andy Newell led the way, qualifying in third, 2.51 seconds in back of Emil Joenss...
Jan 16, 2009
- Led by Kikkan Randall in 16th place, the US qualified two athletes for the sprint heats, and Canada, four.