2005 January

Lukas Bauer rebounded from a somewhat dissapointing finish last weekend in the World Cup held in his home country (Czech Republic.) In today's 2 x 15km pursuit, Bauer grabbed a sensational World Cup win by passing Matthias Fredriksson with just a few meters remaining. The challenging pre-Olympic courses in Pragelato, Italy, made it possible for the best skiers to separate from the usually large leading group. Estonian Andrus Veerpalu had hammered out an 18 second...

Today's 2 x 7.5km pursuit took place in Pregelato, Italy, on the trails that will be used for next year's Torino Olympics. The champion of last weekend's 15km, Katerina Neumannova, led during the classic portion of the race with Claudia Kuenzel (Germany) and Kristin Stoermer Steira (Norway) hanging tough. Heading into the steep climbs on the skate leg, the light-weight Steira took over the lead, and fought hard to the finish to take her first-ever...

Source: Skidsport.com The pre-Olympics in Pragelato, Italy are conflicting with the Swedish team’s current prioritization on training and the Swedish Championships which are starting next Wednesday. -We are following a plan towards Worlds and only the skiers which are currently training at altitude will compete in this weekend World Cup races in Pragelato, says national coach “Peken”. Copyright: Marco Felgenhauer: Mikael Ostberg, Sweden won the Dusseldorf sprint race

We caught up with US Ski Team head coach Trond Nystad, currently in Pragelato, Italy preparing for this weekend’s Pre-Olympic/World Cup races. This weekend’s World Cup races include 15/30-kilometer pursuit/duathlon on Saturday and two-person sprint relay on Sunday. Trond was able to take a few minutes to answer some questions for us. Trond, can you tell us a little about where you are?, plans and expectations? We are currently in Pragelato, Italy where next years...

Next weekend’s World Cup races are in Pragelato, Italy on Saturday and Sunday.  The US Ski Team will be rejoining the World Cup at these races. Continuous pursuit (duathlon) and classic sprint relay is on the agenda. Events Saturday January 22: Women 2 x 7.5 kilometer (7.5-kilometer classic followed by 7.5-kilometer skate) Men: 2 x 15 kilometer (15-kilometer classic followed by 15-kilometer skate) Sunday January 23: Classic sprint relay men and women Most of the...