Articles from February 2010
Feb 23, 2010
- Aukland barely edged Sweden's Joergen Brink and Oskar Svaerd by one second to take the win in the 50th anniversary of the Estonian Worldloppet and FIS Marathon Cup race.
Feb 23, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - After being selected as the fourth member of the U.S. nordic combined team's relay squad, the pressure was all on Brett Camerota's shoulders this morning as he took to the to...
Feb 23, 2010
- It is a straight forward and predictable wax tip except the structure recommendation is a little different from normal for us. This is due to the fast conditions and ice cont...
Feb 23, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - With four events down and two to go, FasterSkier caught up with U.S. Ski Team Sprint Coach Chris Grover on Monday night for a quick check-in about the American performance at...
Feb 23, 2010
- By Topher Sabot - There are few opportunities to list American Nordic skiers as gold medal favorites, but the US Nordic Combined squad has changed that over the last few years. And in today'...
Feb 23, 2010
- The last week of the Games have begun. With wonderful weather again there were three events decided in the Whistler Nordic Park.
Feb 23, 2010
- By Aubrey Smith - Stats, schedule, links, and more info on the 37th annual Worldloppet and FIS Marathon Cup American Birkebeiner.
Feb 23, 2010 - By Chris Magerl
- I’m headed to Sweden to ski race! I have dreamed of doing a big Scandinavian race for years, with the Swedish Vasaloppet or the Norwegian Birkebeiner at the top of my wish ...
Feb 23, 2010
- By Aubrey Smith - After winning the Birkie last year in his 7th attempt, Liebsch talks about the most important things he has learned from marathon races and the Birkie in particular. And why ...
Feb 23, 2010
- By Topher Sabot - The US men's sprint relay team of Torin Koos and Andy Newell finished 9th after advancing out of the semifinals with a strong performance, before falling off the back with a ...
Feb 22, 2010
- By Topher Sabot - Another race, another record. The Canadian men's cross-country team upped the ante once again, setting the third new mark for best Canadian men's finish at the Olympics for...
Feb 22, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - The prolonged, brutal physical demands of the team sprint make the event a fickle friend. Just ask Charlotte Kalla and Anna Haag. After blowing the doors off the eight other...
Feb 22, 2010
- By Topher Sabot - He had to wait, but Petter Northug finally got to show off his dominating sprint finish against his perennial whipping boy Axel Teichmann. Northug and teammate Oystein Pett...
Feb 22, 2010
- It was a an thrilling day in the team sprint with crashes, broken poles and most of all fast ski racing. Here are a few photos from the semis with more to come.
Feb 22, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - Not even one kilometer from the start of the 30k pursuit, New Zealand's Ben Koons had slid into the track in the lead, ahead of such favorites as Norway’s Petter Northug an...
Feb 22, 2010
- By Aubrey Smith - Former Olympian and Birkie racer Abby Larson dispels myths about carbo-loading and warns racers who are trying to get an edge “not to try anything funky.”
Feb 22, 2010
- At Whistler Nordic Park, there was also the question of the Biathlon Mass Start races. This morning, except for the temperatures being 2 degrees colder than the last few days,
Feb 22, 2010
- By Dylan Dethier - he Northern Michigan Nordic ski teams used dominating performances on the men’s and women’s sides to take home top honors at the NCAA Central Regional Championship on Sun...
Feb 22, 2010
- 2006 Olympians Phil Widmer of Canada and Rebecca Dussault of the United States followed yesterday's victories with repeat performances on the streets of Madison's Capital Squ...
Feb 21, 2010
- By Lauren Jacobs - Andy Liebner (Anchorage, AK) won his 4th ASM race of the year at the 2010 Minnesota Finlandia. Steinbock Racing's Zack Simons and Andrew Johnson (both of Park City, UT) finis...