Articles from December 2011
Dec 31, 2011 - By Rob Whitney
- Today was a wet one. We're hoping our cameras and socks will have dried out by tomorrow. Here is today's A to Zeller.
Dec 31, 2011
- By Topher Sabot - Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) won her third straight Tour de Ski stage, besting more Bjoergen and taking a 22 second lead in the overall. Astrid Jacobsen was third in the classic s...
Dec 31, 2011
- By Nathaniel Herz - With a berth in the finals of Saturday's classic sprint all but guaranteed, Kikkan Randall's day came to an untimely and ignominious end when she crashed herself out.
Dec 31, 2011
- By Nathaniel Herz - Andy Newell was stymied by slick skis in the Oberstdorf classic sprint; we catch his teammates Simi Hamilton and Kris Freeman, as well.
Dec 31, 2011
- By Alex Matthews - Once again, we're shaking up the Pro Workout series by giving busy skiers a chance to add some simple weight training (simple in principle, harder in practice) to their fitne...
Dec 31, 2011
- FasterSkier catches up with Kris Freeman, Andy Newell, and Simi Hamilton after Friday's racing in Oberhof, Germany.
Dec 31, 2011
- Two days into the 2012 Tour and Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) remains uunbeaten, looking more and more like the two-time Tour de Ski defending champion she is. Kowalczyk bested No...
Dec 31, 2011
- By Chelsea Little - In the last day of racing, two new athletes, Amanda Del Frate of Alaska Biathlon and Jacob Dalberg of National Guard Biathlon, picked up victories. But even a win couldn't sn...
Dec 30, 2011 - By Rob Whitney
- Race day 2 of the Tour de Ski has come and gone - quite literally for those of us in Germany. Today's (or yesterday's as the case may be) A to Zeller. From Axel to Zeller.
Dec 30, 2011
- By Nathaniel Herz - Kikkan Randall scored yet another big result in a distance race, finishing Stage 2 of the 2012 Tour de Ski in sixth place.
Dec 30, 2011
- By Topher Sabot - After several years of playing a dour second fiddle to Petter Northug (NOR), Axel Teichmann (GER) struck a different chord, besting the Norwegian at his own game with a stron...
Dec 30, 2011
- By Nathaniel Herz - The Canadians struggled with slick boards in Stage 2 of the Tour de Ski on Friday. "I’m a good runner in the summer, but not on skis,” said Devon Kershaw.
Dec 30, 2011
- The prologue is a grueling test of speed, strength and will. Here is a look at yesterday's ladies' race on a brutally difficult course as the much anticipated 2012 Tour de ...
Dec 30, 2011
- As the second day gets started on the Tour de Ski, we take a visual look back at day one, the prologue.
Dec 30, 2011
- By Nathaniel Herz - After a leg injury and a cold, Sweden's Emil Jönsson is back on the World Cup circuit. And he's not just looking for sprint podiums, either.
Dec 30, 2011
- By Topher Sabot - The prologue is the least important stage of the Tour de Ski, good news for the American men, who came out of the day looking for more, but in good position for Friday's purs...
Dec 30, 2011
- By Chelsea Little - In Thursday's pursuit competitions, only Kimberly Del Frate (Alaska Nordic Racing/Alaska Biathlon) was able to repeat her sprint win.
Dec 29, 2011 - By Rob Whitney
- FasterSkier stringer Rob Whitney tackles today's A to Zeller. It starts with Awesome and it ends with...well...Zeller.
