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 - The first official joint workout between the U.S. and Canadian biathlon teams happened on Wednesday, but even before that the two groups had plenty of contact. Canadian coach Matthias Ahrens compared the atmosphere to that of Ramsau.
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 - Teams of two skiers competed in a relay that featured two legs apiece and a prize of a roast chicken. Welly Ramsey and Kris Freeman won for men, while Ida Sargent and Chelsea...
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 - Jessie Diggins went from a top junior to a top-ten World Cup performer last season, and recently made the tough decision to switch clubs. More changes are in store: 2013 will...
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 - Once the country’s best juniors, a handful of biathletes – including Lowell Bailey, ranked 14th in the 2012 World Cup standings – detoured through college pr... 3 Comments
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 - Before heading to the Canadian National Ski Team's first camp of the season in Bend, Ore., Perianne Jones talked about the summer ahead and changes surrounding her. 1 Comment
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 - This season, U.S. biathlete Laura Spector was tired, possibly overtrained, and unable to find the form that had netted her a top-20 World Cup finish in 2011. She's solving th...
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 - Canada's World Cup team is going to operate differently this summer, separating its women and men for training purposes. The Alberta World Cup Academy underwent a similar tra... 1 Comment
 - Four days after Canadian National Ski Team members were supposed to have submitted their signed contracts, at least one athlete has not formally accepted a spot on the 2012/2... 5 Comments
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 - Kris Freeman is testing a new look for next year. After a decade of experimenting with race strategies to manage his diabetes, Freeman is toying with a new idea with the help... 8 Comments
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 - The U.S. gained a World Cup starting position in both women's sprints and men's distance races for 2013, and Kikkan Randall will receive automatic starts that don't count tow...
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 - Six athletes have met the objective criteria for the 2012-13 U.S. Ski Team, and more will be nominated on discretion. Head Coach Chris Grover discussed how to choose a team a... 4 Comments
Brazil's Jaque Mourao shooting at IBU World Championships in Ruhpolding, Germany in March.
 - Jaque Mourão may be a 36-year-old Brazilian mom, but the Quebec-based endurance queen has already made history in mountain biking and cross-country skiing. With help from Sw...
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 - FasterSkier talks with Devon Kershaw about Inge Bråten, the legendary Norwegian coach, who died last week at the age of 63.
Alexei Petukhov, winner of the Grand Prix Sprint Tour 2012. Petukhov is racing in the Day 1 Skiathlon here.
 - After a one-year hiatus, the Russian Sprint Tour is back, bringing a unique combination of events to elite spring ski racing. Russian sprinter Alexei Petukhov came out on to...
Red Bull NordiX 2012—Holmenkollen Ski Stadium (Photo: Red Bull NordiX)
 - The skier-cross style nordic event, Red Bull NordiX, was held in Oslo, Norway, this year, and American World Cup skiers Kikkan Randall and Andy Newell were there for two days... 1 Comment
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 - Only the second half of SuperTour finals remains: here's a roundup, with links to results, of our reporting on the culmination of the FIS and IBU World Cup seasons, the OPA C...
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 - As the World Cup season came to a close with the freestyle pursuit on Sunday at the World Cup Finals there was movement in all directions to witness; all the racers went up a...
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 - The last race of the World Cup season was the ladies' 10km freestyle pursuit at the World Cup Finals on Sunday.  It was clear from the very first starter that they were goin... 3 Comments
Diggins (l) and Roponen (r) lead the pack on Mördarbacken.
 - The US Women's Cross-Country Ski Team brought a historic 2012 World Cup season to a close with another strong day of racing. The last hurrah, however, also signaled major cha... 3 Comments
Devon Kershaw (CAN) pulled his teammate Lenny Valjas early before going it alone on a solo mission.
 - Sometimes boring is good, and today, at the Lugnet Rikkskidstadion, both Darion Cologna (SUI) and Devon Kershaw (CAN) were happy to avoid any excitement in the 15km freestyle... 16 Comments
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