- Kris Freeman regained a place on the distance red group lest for the final World Cup period of the season. Kikkan Randall, Devon Kershaw, Alex Harvey, Andy Newell and Dasha Gaiazova all held on to their spots in the top-30 on distance and sprint lists.

 - With a marathon being such a long race, having a proper strategy can be quite effective at getting you close to the top steps of the podium. However, don't expect a race stra...

 - Defending Vasaloppet champion Jörgen Brink (Madshus) won the 2011 Vasaloppet in an amazing race effort. A pole break cost the Swede a lot of time, but with his incredible st... 1 Comment

 - In a FasterSkier exclusive, Norwegian biathlete Tarjei Bø discusses his training, his relationship with his superstar teammates, and his thoughts about that other sport thatâ 2 Comments

 - Nordic Combined Olympic gold medalist Billy Demong raced the 50km cross-country World Championship event on Sunday for the US, placing 51st. Would he do it again? "Hell yeah!" 8 Comments

 - Monday’s Junior Olympic sprint competition at Wirth Park was a staggering success. After the noon qualifiers and early afternoon quarters, a select 72 skiers earned the rig... 2 Comments

 - This week 78 collegiate racers from around the country converge in Stowe, Vermont for the National Collegiate Nordic Championships. 2 Comments

 - For the sixth time, in the nearly 60 year history of the NCAA Skiing Championship, the University of Vermont will host the four day competition to determine the nation’s to...

 - Anchorage’s Dylan Watts and Fairbanks’ Melissa Lewis led an Alaska sweep in the men’s and women’s 50-kilometer skate events of the 2011 Tour of Anchorage ski marathon...

 - Canadian Brent McMurtry may have missed out on World Championships in Oslo, Norway, but he found a way to keep pushing himself during a tough season.

 - The 2011 Junior Olympics, hosted by the City of Lakes Nordic Foundation in Minneapolis, MN, kicks off Monday afternoon with freestyle sprint racing action.

 - Biathlon is holding its World Championships this week in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The IBU charters planes from Munich and Oslo just to transport the athletes 2,000 miles East... 6 Comments

 - The 50k race in West Yellowstone, MT, saw success in it's 32nd year and crowned a local in the women's event.

 - In the last race at Oslo's World Championships, the pace was moderate for more than 30 kilometers, setting up an exciting finale in which two skiers crashed and three vied fo... 22 Comments

 - 22-year-old Noah Hoffman skied with the leaders for more than thirty kilometers, at one point skiing in second place as the 105,000 fans packing the Holmenkollen trails cheer... 10 Comments

 - Jorgen Brink and Jenny Hansson win the 87th edition of Sweden's historic Vasaloppet.

 - After skiing with the leaders through 49 kilometers, Canada's Alex Harvey ran out of gas when Russian Maxim Vylegzhanin broke open the whittled-down lead group of eight men, ... 6 Comments

 - The scene at Holmenkollen for the men's 50km freestyle mass start today was nothing short of spectacular.  With an estimated 105,000 fans packed in around the courses 8.3km ...