Articles from October 2010
Oct 19, 2010
- By Liz Kantack - Tom Keefe and Sarah Tory captured the Mt. Greylock Rollerski Race on Sunday, outdistancing their closest competitors by several minutes each. Tory, a senior and the women's captain at Williams College, defended the title she picked up her junior year, while Keefe, a former UNH and Maine Winter Sports Center standout, took the men's title in his first rollerski race in four years.
Oct 19, 2010
- By Kieran Jones - FIS has been messing with the format of the sprint race since its introduction in 2001, with big implications for athletes. Just what constitutes the proper distance? FIS Cro...
Oct 18, 2010
- You've been training this summer and fall to get the most from your skiing, so make sure your skis aren't a limiter. Prepare all of your skis to run their best with a fresh...
Oct 18, 2010
- By Chelsea Little - FasterSkier checks in with the U.S. Biathlon Team, which just finished up a two-week training camp in Soldier Hollow, Utah.
Oct 18, 2010
- By Inge Scheve - As winter is quickly approaching in Alaska, anticipation and excitement for the season openers is in the air. FasterSkier checks in with 2010 Olympian Holly Brooks.
Oct 17, 2010
- Swedish skier Anders Södergren was pushed to the ground and injured his shoulder when an angry off-duty police officer interfered with the Swedish team’s roller ski workou...
- Russian media are reporting that former Olympic champion Yevgeny Dementiev intends to return to skiing for the 2011-2012 season, after serving a two-year ban for a positive d...
Oct 15, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - “It could be pouring like this in Oslo, for sure,” says USST Coach Pete Vordenberg.
Oct 15, 2010
- There is no mercy for the Russian biathletes who want to return to the World Cup after sitting out their doping suspensions. They can’t race before they repay prize money t...
Oct 15, 2010
- “Using asthma medicine is just as far from doping as using eye glasses,” Charlotte Kalla (SWE) said to Norwegian newspaper VG Nett.
- The event, and the hurt, was on display Thursday morning at the Olympic Jumping Complex in Lake Placid, where the U.S. Ski Team (USST) is conducting its final dryland camp of...
Oct 14, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - In interviews, Americans Kikkan Randall and Andy Newell and Canadian Ivan Babikov all said that they would be interested in testing out a 5 k uphill-5 k downhill format in Po...
Oct 14, 2010
- Auburn Ski Club in Donner Summit, CA is looking to hire a Nordic Development Coach / Admin Assistant full time from November through April.
Oct 14, 2010
- OSLO, NORWAY – Norwegian national team racers object to FIS plans of introducing alpine cross-country races.
Oct 13, 2010
- Feeling stuffed of turkey, most Canadians are having a hard time staying awake after the long weekend. Thanksgiving means the snow is only weeks away at Silver Star. Actua...
Oct 13, 2010
- By Inge Scheve - ENGERDAL, NORWAY – Maja Solbakken, 16, is somewhat like a sponge. She absorbs almost everything her brother Martin Andersen, 22, throws at her. But she also has a mind of h...
Oct 12, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - A $100,000 grant from the U.S. Olympic Committee will help NENSA partner with veterans' hospitals near Boston to operate an adaptive skiing program out of the Weston Ski Trac...
Oct 12, 2010
- The New England Nordic Ski Association is seeking an Adaptive Programs Director to direct a new program for disabled veterans in the Boston area and build adaptive programmi...
Oct 12, 2010
- Atomic's Rick Halling gives a thorough lesson on fitting Atomic race skis properly. The process relies on a new sticker containing detailed information on each pair of skis.
Oct 11, 2010
- By Kieran Jones - Beginning this weekend, staff at the Canmore Nordic Center in Alberta will roll snow into a loop in an operation nicknamed ‘Frozen Thunder.’