- Marit Bjoergen (NOR) has been nigh on unstoppable since the beginning of February, and has won every World Cup  race since the Olympics.  Today was no different though Kikkan Randall nearly pulled off the upset, leading the Norwegian star into the homestretch of the freestyle sprint in Oslo.

 - Live coverage of the Oslo freestyle sprint.

 - The IOC hasn’t yet decided on a location for the 2018 Winter Olympics. But it’s safe to say that the road to those Games travels through Slovenia, where 15 American skier... 1 Comment

 - Petter Northug won an exciting 50km freestyle World Cup race at the famed Holmenkollen venue outside of Oslo.  He edged Italian Pietro Piller Cottrer in the final sprint.

 - Nine American skiers are currently in Slovenia contesting the OPA Cup Finals, an event modeled on the popular Tour de Ski and World Cup Finals.  After two of three races, Mi...

 - The Canadian men’s team, just off a record-breaking Olympics, was unable to re-capture the magic.  Four of five Canadians dropped out of the race.  Morgan Arritola led al...

 - Marit Bjoergen, Kristin Stoermer Steira, and Therese Johaug swept the podium in front of the home crowd in Oslo.  The three skied away from the field halfway through the rac...

 - The Norwegian team gave the home crowd a show as the nation won the nordic combined team event at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival Saturday, the biggest sporting event in Norway...

 - Olympians towered over their respective fields at the New England Ski Museum’s Bretton Woods Nordic Marathon at Omni Mount Washington Resort presented by CNL Lifestyle Prop... 1 Comment

 - Russian Ivan Tcherezov, who missed out an an individual medal at the Olympics, settling for a bronze in the relay, got a measure of revenge, winning the men's 10km sprint in ...

 - Polish cross-country skier Kornelia Marek tested positive for EPO following the women's 4x5km relay at the Olympics, according to the Polish Olympic Committee. 3 Comments

 - It is a rare occurrence in the Nordic sports when men and women compete together, but the International Biathlon Union usually holds one such race each season.  Norway edged...

 - The 5/10k skate race closed out individual competition for the week in Presque Isle and set the stage for Saturday's relays.

 - The World Cup has moved to Oslo, the site of the 2011 World Championships, and Saturday's 30/50km freestyle will be a preview of that event.  Strong fields will contest both... 1 Comment

 - While in the US, the story of the day was Andy Newell's 3rd place finish, Emil Joensson (SWE) and Marit Bjoergen (NOR) both skied to impressive victories in the tough Drammen...

 - The first of two NCAA national collegiate championship races took place today at Howelsen Hill in "Ski Town USA". 7 Comments

 - FasterSkier had the opportunity to catch up with the US Ski Team’s Andy Newell, who today took third at the Drammen World Cup classic sprint race. 6 Comments

 - The traditional Vasaloppet (SWE) last weekend represented the eighth of the ten races in this year's FIS Marathon Cup. As at several other popular cross-country marathons thi...

 - The FIS Nordic World Cup Holmenkollen in Oslo, Norway, will be held on 13rd-14th March 2010. Most of the ultra-modern new Holmenkollen National Arena will be in use for the f...

 - It was the 30th edition of the Cross-Country Masters World Cup for ladies and men, age groups 1-12, this is age 30 and above, in Falun, Sweden last week. Again, the competiti...