Articles from January 2010
Jan 26, 2010
- If you are a DirecTV customer you may email a request for Universal Sports - hopefully you can soon be watching real coverage of American skiers racing for the podium.
Jan 26, 2010
- A week after naming the 2010 Olympic Cross Country Ski Team, two additional athletes have been added to the roster with expanded quotas received Tuesday by USSA. Named to the...
Jan 26, 2010
- By Topher Sabot - The Fis has reallocated Olympic quota spots and the US now has 10 and Canada 15. The current word is that Garrott Kuzzy and Holly Brooks will go for the US and Gord Jewett,...
Jan 26, 2010
- FasterSkier's Nat Herz captured some of Simi Hamilton, Ida Sargent and other top American's action during the sprint heats at the U23 World Championship earlier today.
Jan 26, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - After a mishap in a race in Canada, Simi Hamilton said that he secured the grips on his Swix Stars with “about a pound” of glue. It still wasn’t enough. Leading his he...
Jan 26, 2010
- Tomas Northug won the men's World Junior freestyle sprint yesterday. As everyone knows, his older brother Petter is considered the best all-aruond skier in the world. The...
Jan 26, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - When Simi Hamilton lost a pole and was bounced from his quarterfinal heat, it was up to Ida Sargent to salvage the American hopes in the U-23 skate sprint. She didn’t disap...
Jan 26, 2010
- The West Yellowstone Ski Education Foundation (WYSEF) has coordinated with the Hebgen Lake Forest Service District to offer a FREE ski day at the Rendezvous Ski Trails on Sat...
Jan 26, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - He’s the real deal. That’s what U.S. Ski Team Development Coach Matt Whitcomb said this morning about Simi Hamilton, after the skate sprint national champ took first pla...
Jan 25, 2010
- Photos from the World Junior Freestyle Sprint in Germany. It was a foggy day in Hinterzarten.
Jan 25, 2010
- Inge Scheve is the FasterSkier Social Media Director, responsible for social media strategies and accounts management, and also contributes as a reporter, all while pursuing ...
Jan 25, 2010
- Canada's Zina Kocher and Brendan Green Crack Top-15 at Final Biathlon World Cup before the Olympic Games; no U.S. racers finished the race. Austria’s Daniel Mesotitsch a...
Jan 25, 2010
- By Aubrey Smith - Despite some nasty pre-race weather, more than 300 racers competed at this year's events. Andy Leibner and Carolyn Bramante took the top titles of the American Ski Marathon r...
Jan 25, 2010
- By Dylan Dethier - Day 2 of the Central Super Tour races at Theodore Wirth Park brought a host of strong competition, but the CCSA represented itself well throughout the leaderboards on both th...
Jan 25, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - Different race, different Northug, same result. With a finishing kick eerily similar to the one his brother has made famous, Norway’s Tomas Northug won the championship in ...
Jan 25, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - One misstep and one mistake, and it was all over for the American women in Hinterzarten. 50 meters into her quarterfinal here, Jessie Diggins found herself on the ground, se...
Jan 25, 2010
- With a strong US and Canadian contingent pick for the World Junior/U23 Championships in Germany, FasterSkier decided to send erstwhile International Ski Journalist Nat Herz t...
Jan 25, 2010
- By Matthew Voisin - Brian Gregg and Rebecca Dussault, both of CXC Team Vertical Limit, pulled away from the field during yesterday's SuperTour in Minneapolis, Minnesota. FasterSkier caught up ...
Jan 25, 2010
- In a promising start for the American team here, the U.S. qualified two women for the heats in the World Junior Championships freestyle sprint.
Jan 25, 2010
- By Lauren Jacobs - Media attention for the Olympics is usually focused on high profile teams and local favorites. Everyone loves to read about the athletes who will represent their country or t...
