Wow, what a bummer of a day for Kikkan! But that’s sprint racing; everyone who makes it to the finals relies on at least a little bit of luck. Related posts:Race Snapshot: Davos WC Sprint Tour de Ski Freestyle Sprint Recap Race Snapshot: Liberec Freestyle Sprint Related posts:
Wow, what a bummer of a day for Kikkan! But that’s sprint racing; everyone who makes it to the finals relies on at least a little bit of luck. Related posts:Race Snapshot: Davos WC Sprint Tour de Ski Freestyle Sprint Recap Race Snapshot: Liberec Freestyle Sprint Related posts:Race Snapshot: Davos WC Sprint Tour de Ski Freestyle Sprint Recap Race Snapshot: Liberec Freestyle Sprint
With less than two weeks to go, skiers everywhere are getting ready for the 2011 Tour of Anchorage. On Sunday March 6, thousands of skiers will participate in the largest ski race in Alaska, and what many claim is the second largest ski race in North America. Many elite athletes consider the Tour to be the pinnacle of their season’s training and you can expect to find nearly all the big name Alaska skiers participating—just...
After a good week of training here in Lake Placid, I'm off this morning for Russia! It will be a long next couple of days of travel (overnight in Oslo before leaving for Khanty Saturday morning). It's exciting to finally be heading off to World Champ...
After a good week of training here in Lake Placid, I'm off this morning for Russia! It will be a long next couple of days of travel (overnight in Oslo before leaving for Khanty Saturday morning). It's exciting to finally be heading off to World Champ...
After a good week of training here in Lake Placid, I'm off this morning for Russia! It will be a long next couple of days of travel (overnight in Oslo before leaving for Khanty Saturday morning). It's exciting to finally be heading off to World Champ...
After a good week of training here in Lake Placid, I'm off this morning for Russia! It will be a long next couple of days of travel (overnight in Oslo before leaving for Khanty Saturday morning). It's exciting to finally be heading off to World Champ...
Ladies and Gentlemen, we're getting there aren't we? As the Birkie approaches, this is always an emotional time of year. For many of us, this is the weekend we plan the whole year around, and ironically our whole purpose is that the Birkie passes as ...
World Cup #1Holly and I soaking it inLast weekend I had my debut into the world of World Cup racing. Honestly I can't quite put words to what it was like. I think I may be the luckiest person alive to have my introduction into the world cup life in Nor...
While Norwegian media love to point out that Emil Joensson (SWE), the current World Cup sprint leader, has never delivered in a major championship, he does carry the stamp as the favorite for the men’s sprint.
Click on any picture to enlarge. Thanks to Lilly for taking the pictures.
This will be the link http://www.livestream.com/birkie Let’s hope it works!
OSLO, Norway – The USA’s women’s ski jumpers played around with the wind Wednesday in a training round on the Midstubakken 106-meter jump at Holmenkollen. On Friday, American Lindsey Van (Park City, UT) will seek to defend her title, starting with four other teammates in the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Oslo. Winds on the normal hill jump were tricky Wednesday. Van had the longest ride for the Americans at 97.5 meters on her...
The North American men may not have a gold-medal favorite among their ranks for Thursday’s men’s World Championship freestyle sprint in Oslo. But if they lack a reliable podium candidate, they make up for it in their numbers: no fewer than seven U.S. and Canadian skiers have a shot at cracking the heats. In Devon Kershaw and Alex Harvey, the Canadians have two men with freestyle sprints podiums already this season—Harvey’s a second place last...
With or without Andrus Veerpalu, the Oslo World Ski Championships are underway. A New Zealander and a Dane won today's qualifying races, but I think the freestyle sprint podiums will include the usual suspects:I can't wait...
With or without Andrus Veerpalu, the Oslo World Ski Championships are underway. A New Zealander and a Dane won today's qualifying races, but I think the freestyle sprint podiums will include the usual suspects:I can't wait...
With or without Andrus Veerpalu, the Oslo World Ski Championships are underway. A New Zealander and a Dane won today's qualifying races, but I think the freestyle sprint podiums will include the usual suspects:I can't wait...
With or without Andrus Veerpalu, the Oslo World Ski Championships are underway. A New Zealander and a Dane won today's qualifying races, but I think the freestyle sprint podiums will include the usual suspects:I can't wait...
Norway’s expectations for the World Championships on home turf are sky high. No less than being the best nation overall for the seventh time and earning Norway’s 100th World Championship gold.