Dusseldorf Sprint Relay Photos
FasterSkierOctober 23, 2005
Once again, a huge thankyou to Andre Watt for bringing us these live action shots straight from the Dusseldorf World Cup. Early break by Norway 1 in the men's race speed waxing
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Olympic Athletes Coming to Silver Star
FasterSkierOctober 23, 2005
Source; Silver Star Press Release Vernon, B.C.: Just eight weeks before the Olympic Games in Torino, Italy, over 160 of the world’s best Nordic athletes from 25 countries will be coming to Silver Star Mountain Resort to compete at the Viessmann FIS World Cup in Silver Star Provincial Park, hosted by Sovereign Lake Nordic Club. Silver Star Mountain Resort will be extending a warm welcome to all World Cup teams and Olympic athletes with a...
The first women’s semifinal heat starts 9.43 AM Central European time. Canada’s team of Chandra Crawford and Sara Renner starts in the second heat at 10.01 AM The first men’s heat starts at 10.18 AM. Canada’s team of Devon Kershaw and George Gray is in the second heat. Start time it listed at 10.18, but it could be 10.43. Live results will be available online at:
The Norwegian sprint coach Morten Aune was very happy with Saturday’s prolog, but felt that lack of decisiveness and a little heavy legs prevented better results for his sprinters.
The King Of Düsseldorf Won Again!
FasterSkierOctober 22, 2005
Sweden’s Peter Larsson won Saturdays sprint World Cup opener for the fourth time in a row! Lasson accelerated at the halfway point in the final and got a gap to Tor Arne Hetland of Norway. Larsson held on to the finish line. It was a very good day for Sweden with Thobias Fredriksson in third and Fredrik Ostberg in fourth. Bjorn Lind won the B-final Source: Skidsport.com/Glid Results: Source FIS – Rain and temperatures of...
Marit Bjorgen On Top In Germany
FasterSkierOctober 22, 2005
Marit Bjorgen of Norway won Saturdays sprint World Cup opener ahead of Kaisa Saarinen of Finland. Natalia Matveea of Russia was third and Anna Dahlberg fourth. Source: FIS Results: 1 1 1303777 BJOERGEN Marit 1980 NOR 2 3 1255665 SAARINEN Aino Kaisa 1979 FIN 3 4 3485202 MATVEEVA Natalia 1986 RUS 4 10 1237817 DAHLBERG Anna 1976 SWE 5 2 1220648 KUENZEL Claudia 1978 GER 6 8 1166037 KUITUNEN Virpi 1976 FIN 7 12 1138877...
Bjorn Lind of Sweden was fastest in the men’s World Cup sprint qualification in Düsseldorf, Germany on Saturday. Complete results:
Photos From Today's Sprint In Dusseldorf
FasterSkierOctober 22, 2005
Huge thanks to Andre Watt for bringing us these photos straight from the World Cup. World Cup skiers warm up on the manmade loop in downtown Dusseldorf Olympic Gold Medalist Tor Arne Hetland (2nd place today) Peter Larsson, perennial Dusseldorf winner Thobias Fredriksson Bjoergen at the finish
Bjorgun Fastest In The Women’s Prologue
FasterSkierOctober 22, 2005
Marit Bjorgen of Norway was fastest in the Women’s prologue in the sprint World Cup opener in Düsseldorf, Germany on Saturday. No Canadians qualified for the second round. Complete Results:
Swedish national team skier Jenny Olsson is back on the ski tracks after breast cancer surgery. – Some days have been very tough. The day I was being told was very difficult. On other days I enjoy life a great deal. I felt like on cloud nine when I was told that I was cancer fee again, says Jenny Olsson.
Five Canadian will be in action Saturday morning in the World Cup sprint opener in Düsseldorf Germany. Live results will probably be available online at:
The sprint competition at the 2007 World Championship will take place indoor. The opening ceremony and the sprint competition in Sapporo, Japan at the 2007 Worlds will take place indoor. The organizers is promising a 1.2-kilometer loop rolling course at the Sapporo Dome with a spectator capacity of 30,000 Editor’s note: John Aalberg who successfully organized the Nordic events at the 2002 Olympics is involved in Sapporo’s trail design. Source: Skidsport.com
Dr. Cross Country Skiing
FasterSkierOctober 21, 2005
Swede H.C. Holmberg has just finished his doctoral degree in cross country skiing and double poling. He believes that cross country skiers have a lot to gain by becoming stronger in the upperbody. Source: Langrenn.com Holmberg’s is now working as a physiologist for the Swedish Olympic committee. His doctoral work is based upon three elements. – My doctoral work is divided in three blocks. The first is about the importance and the adaptation to training...
Two-time Olympian Weaver Getting Married
FasterSkierOctober 21, 2005
If you were on the US Ski Team Men's X-C team in the late 90's and early part of this century, your single life may be coming to an end. Justin Wadsworth was married to Canadian skier Beckie Scott in the summer of '04, and most recently Marcus Nash was married to Czech skier Caterina Hanusova in September. Now, the latest news out of Bend Oregon is that two-time Olympian Patrick Weaver has proposed to...
FasterSkier.com and Swedish Skidsport.com & Glid Magazine has agreed to utilize each other news, photos and articles. The agreement means that the two sites can use material from each other sites that might be of interest across the Atlantic. FasterSkier has similar agreements with XC-ski.de of Germany, Skitime.it of Italy and Langrenn.com of Norway. We are looking forward to the upcoming World Cup season working with these sites. Note: We are looking for someone who...
We recieved the following report from University of Alaska Anchorage SkI Coach Trond Flagstad on Friday: Here are some pictures and a snow report from Anchorage Alaska. The road up to Hatcher Pass was paved a few years ago; depending on how far down you start you can rollerski for hours and hours. Our men did 2 ½ hour and our women 2 hours of distance skate skiing level 1-2. Today we had to end...
On Tuesday, Kris Freeman won a USST time trial ahead of Carl Swenson and Dave Chamberlain. Wendy Wagner won the women's race. Here are photos. Kris Freeman (L) and Carl Swenson prepare for battle Justin Freeman Carl Swenson Swenson Dave Chamberlain Swenson
Swedish Sprint World Champion Emelie Ohrstig is sick with a cold and will not race next weekends sprint World Cup opener in Düsseldorf. Source: Langrenn.com She will therefore loose the possibility of fighting for the season’s first World Cup points in the sprint event, says a press release from the Swedish Skifederation. The Swedish hopes are now moved over to Lina Andersson and Anna Dahlberg. Andersson skied a number of good sprint races last season...