Articles from December 2011
Dec 12, 2011
- Photos of the women's classic race at Silver Star, courtesy of Jesse Winter Photography.
Dec 12, 2011
- By Alex Matthews - While Jessie Diggins in the leader's jersey surprised few with a victory in the women's 10 sprint at the Haywood NorAm Cup in Sovereign Lake, the APU squad drew attention wit...
Dec 12, 2011
- By Audrey Mangan - Kikkan Randall (USA) won her second individual sprint in as many weekends. The Canadians did something they've never done before in Davos, and sent all three women to the hea...
Dec 11, 2011 - By Kieran Jones
- On a beautiful blue-sky day in Davos, Switzerland, Russian sprint-specialist Alexey Petukhov picked up his first win of the season in the 1.5 k sprint freestyle World Cup, ed...
Dec 11, 2011
- By Chelsea Little - While Lowell Bailey, Jay Hakkinen, Tim Burke, and Leif Nordgren made the top ten in the season's first relay, they expect to build on that finish over the next several months.
Dec 11, 2011
- By Kieran Jones - Marit who? Kikkan Randall ended Bjoergen's winning streak Sunday, emerging victorious by a 1.7-second margin in the World Cup freestyle sprint in Davos, Switzerland.
Dec 11, 2011
- The gloves have been cut off and now we wait for the judges decision which will determine who will don the heavyweight title belt as the top gift for the cross country skier ...
Dec 11, 2011
- Readers asked for it, and here it is. Join the live chat to discuss the sprint races as the action unfolds!
Dec 11, 2011
- A collection of images from Saturday's classic sprint qualifier and heats at Sovereign Lake. Photos courtesy of Jesse Winter Photography.
Dec 11, 2011
- By Alex Matthews - Throughout Saturday’s NorAm Cup Teck Sprints, Jessie Diggins -- the overall winner of the 1.2 k event -- made a point to look back. There were a lot of things the current ...
Dec 10, 2011
- By Alex Matthews - As six men threaded the underpass and burst into the stadium at Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre, Canadian Brent McMurtry and American Mike Sinnott sent spectators running toward...
Dec 10, 2011
- Notodden, Norway — Norway’s Anette Sagen, the 2009 World Championships Bronze medalist, ended a two-year victory drought in Continental Cup (COC) competition Saturday on ...
Dec 10, 2011
- By Topher Sabot - With veteran Kris Freeman on the squad, and Noah Hoffman drooling over the long Davos climbs, not many would have picked relative World Cup rookie Tad Elliott to lead the US ...
Dec 10, 2011
- By Topher Sabot - Holly Brooks led a trio of US women in the top-30 in the Davos 15km freestyle. The US women are now ranked 4th in the world.
Dec 10, 2011
- By Kieran Jones - Petter Northug (NOR) continued his domination of the World Cup with a win in the 30 k individual freestyle race on Saturday in Davos, Switzerland, while two others picked up ...
Dec 10, 2011
- By Topher Sabot - No Alex Harvey, no Devon Kershaw, no problem for the Canadian men’s team as Ivan Babikov toyed with the top-5 and ultimately placed seventh in the men’s 30km freestyle in...
Dec 10, 2011
- By Chelsea Little - Darya Domracheva of Belarus picked up her second World Cup victory of the season, outsprinting Russia's Olga Zaitseva and Germany's Magdalena Neuner for the win.
Dec 10, 2011
- By Audrey Mangan - Billy Demong began the day in Ramsau, Austria by jumping to 14th, and after skiing a strong 10 k, improved to 11th. He finished +17.3 behind winner Jan Schmid (NOR). Bryan F...
Dec 10, 2011
- By Kieran Jones - Marit Bjoergen blew away the field by 41.8 seconds, while the Norwegian women showed no signs of letting up, packing six into the top 10 during the 15 k individual start free...
Dec 10, 2011
- By Chelsea Little - Bailey continued his tear through the World Cup circuit - he has yet to finish outside the top twenty - while Brendan Green of Canada also fell victim to errors in the standi...