Fasterskier.com is entering its fourth winter of providing the latest ski training and racing news. We have strived to post articles of interest to young and old, elite and recreational skiers. We have posted news, updates, profiles, results, training and racing summer and winter. More than 50-60 monthly articles have become the norm even in the summer. The total number of articles that can be found in our archives after two seasons have reached several thousands! With all that said, we want to give you a chance to test you memory, recollection and knowledge from what you have acquired of “must know†from reading our articles.
We will occasionally post 5-10 questions and you can see if you can answer without having to scroll down below the last question to find the answers. Most questions will be from stuff that has been mentioned in Fasterskier.com articles, but we will occasionally sneak in some “specialsâ€. Enjoy and think before you look!
Here is round 4:
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1.      We’ll start with an easy one: First and second place in the 4 x 10 kilometer men’s relay at the 2002 Olympics?</p>
<p>2.      Bente Skari won the 15-kilometer at the 2003 Worlds in Val di Fiemme. What was the winning time? Give yourself full score if you are within 30 seconds.</p>
<p>3.      Where and when was the first winter Olympics held?</p>
<p>4.      Top three skiers in the 50-kilometer skate race at the 2003 Worlds? (Give yourself 3 extra points if you know the winner’s time within 30 seconds!)</p>
<p>5.      Where will the 2005 US Nationals and US Masters Nationals be held?</p>
<p>6.      North Americas best World Cup cross country result last season? Athlete, place and event.</p>
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<p>Think — don’t look yet!</p>
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<p>Answers:</p>
<p>1.      We’ll let you have the “whole story†– The Men’s relay race ended up being the “star of the show” at Soldier Hollow during the Games, as it has for many of the past Olympic Games and Nordic World Ski Championships. The main actors were again Norway and Italy. However, the US Team was surprisingly great supporting actors, achieving their best result ever in an Olympic Cross-Country relay. John Bauer, after an amazingly strong first leg, tagged off in 5th place only 13 second behind the leading team, Norway. The rest of the US team stayed energized in 5th place during most of the race, ending up only 1min 20 seconds behind the winner at the end of the relay. </p>
<p>The now familiar cat and mouse game between the top two teams at the end of the last lap were taken to a new level with Thomas Alsgaard and Christian Zorzi. After several bursts to try to break away, followed by stop and go, and a little push and show the two great skiers came together into the stadium for the last time. The sold out stadium of over 20,000 spectators roared as never heard at a Cross-Country event in this country, and the athletes gave it all. In front of the visiting King Harald of Norway, Alsgaard regained his Champion sprint form, and gave Norway another Gold medal.<br />
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