The World Cup continues this weekend in Ramsau Austria. Vincent Vittoz of France braves a snowstorm and winds gusts Saturday to win his second World Cup cross country race of the season, edging Swede Anders Soedergren by three-tenths of a second in a 30K freestyle. World Cup leader Axel Teichmann was third, two seconds back. On a team hard-hit by sickness, Andrew Johnson (Greensboro, VT) was the lone American to race, finishing 70th in a...
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Three years ago the first Vasaloppet in China was run in the city of Changchun with seven million inhabitants. Only a few hundred started the race. – This time we expect around 6 000 participants in the four chosen events. The interest is enormous at the moment for skiing in China. One can only describe it as a “ski explosion” in China, says Torbjörn Pettersson of Park World Tour Travel. A few of the best...
Former doping convicted Finnish skier Mika Myllyla is still competing. He showed that he is in very good shape during a race in Finland last weekend. The race was held in classic style and many of Finland’s best skiers competed. Myllyla won in dominating fashion and was more than one minute ahead of number two. When will we see Myllyla in World Cup races?  Results: Men 1. Mika Myllylä Joutsan  Pommi 42.57 2. Karri...
On a tough course that included the major climb known as “Hermod’s Hillâ€, foreign-raised skiers led the way ahead of US men in the 30k pursuit at Soldier Hollow. The longer race distance, more big climbs, and the freestyle technique format over the last 15k made for a very different results sheet compared to the 10k classic held just a few days ago at the same site. James Southam – fourth place Results – SuperTour...
Rebecca Dussault Pushes Hard With the top two spots firmly established early on in the women's race, the real battle was for third. Rossignol skiers Karin Camenisch and Brooke Baughman held slight leads over Aubrey Smith and APU's Aelin Peterson. In the end it was Aubrey Smith, skiing on Atomic, who cranked out a substantial 27.5 second lead ahead of Camenisch to take her place on the podium. Aelin Peterson kept it strong in fifth.
Marit Bjorgen paired with rising star Ella Gjoemle for the second time this year, and for the second time, they managed to finish ahead of the rest of the world–this time in Asiago, Italy. One second back was the Finland I team of Virpi Kuitunen and Aino Kaisa Saarinen. These two teams utterly crushed the rest of the field. Sweden finished third, 28 seconds back. In the men's relay, Norwegian teams took first and third,...
Italian cross-country skier Stefania Belmondo has set her sights on a sensational return to competition next season, three years after hanging up her skis. The 35-year old told a press conference in Turin, Italy, on Tuesday that she would begin preparations after the birth of her son in March 2005. Belmondo retired after the 2002 Salt Lake City, Olympics. Belmondo is now 35-years old. She has two Olympic Gold’s and five individual World Championship gold’s....
2005 SuperTour Overall Standings Men Overall Rank Name Nation Nov. 26 Nov. 27 Dec. 11 Dec. 12 Total Earnings 1 Chad Giese USA 25 14 25 21 85 $1,025 2 David Chamberlain USA 30 16 21 10 77 $1,150 3 Andrew Newell (U23) USA 5 30 30 65 $2,050 3 Chris Cook USA 16 18 15 16 65 $600 5 James...
Axel Teichmann, like Marit Bjorgen among the women, is this season’s big name in the cross country skiing. On Saturday he won his third World Cup victory despite a crash.