Articles from January 2011
Jan 23, 2011
- Photos from the Lake Placid SuperTour/EISA 10/15km freestyle last weekend.
Jan 23, 2011
- Olympic silver medalist Todd Lodwick jumped third and hung on in a hotly contested battle to finish eighth in a nordic combined World Cup in Chaux-Neuve in the Jura mountains...
Jan 23, 2011
- By Topher Sabot - Different day, different distance and different technique, but the results were the same. CXC Elite teammates Caitlin Compton and Garrott Kuzzy won the 10/15km classic mass s...
Jan 23, 2011
- By Nathaniel Herz - One year after notching a career-best 12th place in the Otepaa classic sprint, Gaiazova did herself four places better in the same event on Sunday, finishing fourt...
Jan 23, 2011
- By Nathaniel Herz - After leading wire-to-wire in Sunday’s classic sprint final in Otepaa, Estonia, Petra Majdic took her third win of the year with gusto over Sweden’s Hanna Brodin and Norw...
Jan 23, 2011
- By Nathaniel Herz - Brandsdal rode his skate gear to third place in qualifying, two seconds behind his teammate Ola Vigen Hattestad, then just pipped Hattestad in the finals to take his first-ev...
Jan 23, 2011
- By Chelsea Little - Lowell Bailey of the United States, in his World Cup mass start debut, finished 22nd.
Jan 23, 2011
- By Nathaniel Herz - At least three men double poled the full qualifier, one of whom, Norway’s Ola Vigen Hattestad, was the winner. Eirik Brandsdal and Eldar Roenning, both of Norway, also comp...
Jan 22, 2011
- Boisterous Estonian fans, challenging courses, and a selection of the best skiers in the world made for an exciting day of World Cup racing in Otepaa. FasterSkier's Nat Herz ...
Jan 22, 2011
- By Topher Sabot - Whether or not home-course advantage has much impact in cross-country skiing, the CXC Elite Team had no problem defending their local snow. CXC skiers Garrott Kuzzy and Caitl...
Jan 22, 2011
- Bryan Fletcher (USA) turned in yet another strong performance, moving up from 25th in the jump to finish 21st in a nordic combined World Cup in France. Billy Demong returned...
Jan 22, 2011
- By Nathaniel Herz - On an unyielding course in Otepaa, Norwegian classic specialist Eldar Roenning skied to a convincing 15-second victory over Sweden’s Daniel Rickardsson.
Jan 22, 2011
- By Nathaniel Herz - With a 33-second victory in Saturday’s 10 k classic in Otepaa, Estonia, Norway's Marit Bjoergen remains unbeaten in every individual-start distance race she’s entered thi...
Jan 22, 2011
- By Chelsea Little - Laura Spector finished 23rd in Friday's sprint in Antholz, Italy, again snagging a spot in the weekend's mass start. Haley Johnson and Sara Studebaker were 37th and 56th.
Jan 21, 2011
- By Nathaniel Herz - FasterSkier reports live from Estonia, where World Cup racing this weekend will showcase a good chunk of the sport’s best athletes, who are returning from a weekend of rest...
Jan 21, 2011
- By Chelsea Little - With what Lowell Bailey called "the best skiing of his career," he had the best result for any U.S. biathlete so far this season.
Jan 21, 2011
- By Nathaniel Herz - Kris Freeman (USA) may not have been thrilled with his final result in the Tour de Ski, but there were several significant high points, including strong blood sugar managemen...
Jan 21, 2011
- By Inge Scheve - During the 2011 US Senior Nationals in Rumford, Maine, the US Ski Team named 12 athletes to the J1 team that will compete at the Scandinavian Cup races in Örnsköldsvik, Swe...
Jan 21, 2011
- Disgraced Austrian ski coach Walter Mayer is still waiting for his trial on charges related to doping. Mayer discusses his yet-to-be-scheduled trial and doping in sport with ...
Jan 21, 2011
- By Inge Scheve - The upcoming nordic combined World Cup races in France, represent the last chance to get international points before the World Championships in Oslo in February, and the US N...
