We tried to track down Dave Chamberlain for an interview right after US Nationals. It took a while, but he finally got back to us and answered some questions from Oberstdorf.
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An estimated 20,000 spectators cheered on the team sprint relay event, which made its World Championship debut today in Oberstdorf, Germany. The two-person team sprint format has each individual racer skiing a total of three laps of roughly 1km, with a rest in between each lap after tagging off to their race partner. Although this event has been around on the World Cup circuit for some time now, today's team sprints were the first to...
A Canadian in Norway!
FasterSkierFebruary 25, 2005
Sarah Peters from Canada won Norway's second largest ski race, the Holmenkollen marathon on February 12. Here is her race report and some photos. See previously posted stories Sarah Peters Wins Holmenkollen Ski Marathon podium shot top three women (foto Oyvind Aas) polse (hot dogs) Sarah Peters
World Championships Pictures
FasterSkierFebruary 24, 2005
The following photos are courtesy of Fischer Skis.
First WCS Team Sprint
FasterSkierFebruary 24, 2005
Many favorites fight for precious metal in this new discipline Source: Official Oberstdorf World’s web site
Source: Langrenn.com Norwegian skiers have struggled in skating for a long time, but did better than expected in the men’s pursuit at Worlds. The coach explains why. Note: These comments were said before the men’s 4 x 10-kilometer relay. Since Krister Sorgard took over as head coach for the Norwegian men’s team he has hammered them on their skate technique. We now see the results of the hard work. – We started a process where...
Sprint Relays Preview
FasterSkierFebruary 24, 2005
Watch the men and women’s sprint relay live here on FasterSkier.com. Here is a relay preview and startlists. Norway has won both the men’s and women’s regular relays at this year's Worlds and are among the favorites once again in the two-person freestyle sprint relays. There are 19 women’s teams and 24 men’s team entered. There will be two qualification heats to determine the 10 team’s (10 women’s and 10 men’s teams) that gets to...
Teichmann Rescues German Cross-Country Team
FasterSkierFebruary 24, 2005
First medal for Cross-Country skiers — silver medal for DSV team, gold for Norway, bronze for Russia Source: World Championship official web site www.XC-Ski.de
Canadian Men Finish Thirteenth in Team Relay at Nordic World Ski Championships
FasterSkierFebruary 24, 2005
Oberstdorf, GER-Canada’s four-man squad finished a disappointing 13th in the men’s relay at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany on Thursday. The young Canadian team, which consisted of 22-year-old Devon Kershaw of Sudbury, Ont., 25-year-old George Grey of Rossland, B.C., and 27-year-olds Dan Roycroft of Port Sydney, Ont. and Chris Jeffries of Chelsea, Que., combined to ski the 4 x 10 kilometre track in a time of one hour 45 minutes 03.3 seconds....
In front of 30,000 roaring fans, the World Championship 4 x 10km men's relay got underway this morning in Oberstdorf, Germany. Tore Ruud Hofstad. Photo By Trond Harald Sand. Heading out onto the fourth and final leg, Tore Ruud Hofstad immediately put the hammer down and skied away from Russia's Nikolai Bolchakov, who was trailing by 17.3 seconds at the 4.8km mark. Christian Zorzi of Italy remained in third, about 56 seconds behind Norway, and...
Freemen Charges U.S. Relay
FasterSkierFebruary 24, 2005
OBERSTDORF, Germany (Feb. 24) – Norway defended its men's 4x10K relay title Thursday at the World Nordic Ski Championships, but Kris Freeman (Andover, NH) looked as though he was finally ready to chuck whatever has kept him mired this season in the worst slump of his career as he had the U.S. Ski Team in fifth place most of the first leg. The American men finally finished 11th in the 17-team field. “I'm not all...
Men’s 4 x 10-K Relay Preview
FasterSkierFebruary 23, 2005
Watch The Men’s 4 x 10-K Relay Live Here On FasterSkier.com http://www.fasterskier.com/racing1634.html Relay 4×10 Men: 1) Norway 1.34.07; 2) Italy + 0.0; 3) France +0.5; 4) Russia +0,5; 5) Germany +0,6; 6) Italy II +1.48.5; 7) Austria +1.50.1; 8) Switzerland +2.08.4; 9) USA/SWE +2.08.5; 10) Sweden +2.26.9. Fasterskier.com 2003 Worlds relay report: Play By Play of the Men's World Championship Relay Men's podium – Norway, Italy, France – from www.newspower.it
Conditions Excellent For Birkie This Weekend
FasterSkierFebruary 23, 2005
HAYWARD, Wisc. — Race day conditions for Saturday’s 32nd Subaru American Birkebeiner and Johnson Bank Kortelopet will be “perfect†says Bill Pierce, president of the Board of Directors for the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation (ABSF). “Racers can expect excellent conditions from the race start at Telemark Resort in Cable to the finish line on Main Street in Hayward,†he said. “Groomers have been out on the course every day, and the trail is in great...
SOLDA Glide Wax Update: Marathon Cup Leader Paluselli Will Race The Birkie
FasterSkierFebruary 23, 2005
SOLDA Glide Wax Update: Marathon Cup Leader Paluselli Will Race The Birkie http://www.fasterskier.com/racing1972.html Other news from SOLDA and The US importer TorbjornSport: Team TorbjornSport/SOLDA skier Meiko Hoemke won both the 25-kilometer freestyle and the 25-kilometer classic at last weekend’s Keskinada on SOLDA Glide wax. Hoemke’s wax choice for both Saturday’s classic race and Sunday’s freestyle race was SOLDA HP05 over SOLDA S-30 on a day with starting temps around 0 F. It climbed in to...
Notchview Reservation Hosts 2005 Banknorth New England Bill Koch League Festival. February 21 (Notchview Reservation, Windsor, MA): The biggest event on the New England nordic calendar every year is the Banknorth Bill Koch League Festival, a weekend-long celebration of Nordic skiing and family fun. This weekend, February 26-27th, the Notchview Reservation, in the Berkshire mountains of Massachusetts, will host over 400 kids and well over 1,000 parents, coaches, spectators, and industry and sponsor representatives who...
Disaster for German men’s team
FasterSkierFebruary 23, 2005
After excellent pursuit race results of the German men’s team in the current world cup season, it was expected to see a German on the podium at the Worlds men’s pursuit race. But unfortunately it became a disaster. Filbrich and Angerer placed only 14th and 17th as the two best Germans. Sommerfeld and Teichman were far behind as 28th and 30th. Already on the classic leg of the race a small group of 4 skiers...
A Fiasco For Norway’s Marit Bjorgen
FasterSkierFebruary 22, 2005
Source: Langrenn.com – It is clearly a fiasco when the skier who everyone thought would win the gold gets knocked out in the prologue. I was a little shocked when it happened, says the Norwegian women’s team coach Svein Tore Samdal. But this isn’t the first time Bjorgen has struggled in the prologue. -She has numerous times struggled to qualify in classic-sprint prologues. But that’s the way it is. She felt good before the start...