Don’t mess with a winning formula. Rode ski wax is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this winter. The classic Rossa klister has had the same formula and name since 1956 and is still frequently used by top skiers Worldwide. Rossa can be used in changing conditions like crusty, granular snow and some ice around cero Celsius (-2 to +4 C). It’s often mixed with universal when it’s a little colder and with Rossa (red) special when...
Complete Results for the Weekend: http://www.nensa.net/news/news_more_rss.php?id=1321 Summary: Liz Stephen (Burke Mtn Academy) and Jeremy Teela (US Biathlon) Hit the High Notes at the TD Banknorth Eastern Cup Opener. Over 550 starts at the TD Banknorth Eastern Cup Opener Sprints and Mass Start Freestyle at the Trapp Family Lodge. December 18, 2005 (Stowe, VT): On the second day of racing for the TD Banknorth Eastern Cup series, at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, VT, USBiathlon’s...
Norwegian national team skiers and Olympic and Worlds medalists Anders Aukland and Odd-Bjorn Hjelmeset have to perform in Ottepaa World Cup races in early January in order to make the Norwegian Olympic team. Source: Langrenn.com He has not been able to get back in shape after getting sick during the World Cup races at Beitostolen. – Progress has been slow after that. I’m looking forward to using Christmas to get back in shape. I know...
Source: Skidsport.com The Swedish team started to show signals that better results are “on the way†during the Canadian World Cup races. The upcoming World Cup races in Nove Mesto include freestyle sprint races on December 30th and a 10/15-kilometer freestyle on the 31st. Most of Sweden’s national team skiers will be racing with the exception of Anders Sodergren. He is choosing to stay home and train until the Otepaa World Cup races on January...
The last photo from this sprint time-trial at Soldier Hollow on Wednesday was staged five minutes after the skiers crossed the finish line to illustrate that this was an “all out†effort. The rest of the photos are real action! Six male skiers, one British female skier and three non-paying spectators showed up for our “get ready for nationals†skate sprint-time-trial on the sprint course at Soldier Hollow on Wednesday December 21, 2005. The athletes:...
Source: Langrenn.com – A number of people that commented on Langrenn.com’s discussion forum after the Canadian World Cup races felt that Norwegian skiers didn’t respond well to the German strategy. One person commented that the German national team coach Jochen Behle constantly talks about the German team’s strategy on German television. Norwegian national team coach Krister Sorgaard disagrees that it was strategy that prevented Norwegian victory in the 30-k mass-start in Canmore. Sorgaard: — No,...
A few post-race quotes from the top skiers in last weekend's Canmore World Cups. Source: FIS After the Classic mass start race, won by Beckie Scott: Beckie Scott: “I think I was a dream it was something you imagine but not expect to do. I'm just extremely happy I was able to rise to the occasion.” Julija Tchepalova: “I was surprised about my race today. My goal was it to be under top 10 in...
The FIS World Cup continues with races in Nove Mesto on New Years Weekend. The following Norwegian racers have been selected to race: Source: Langrenn.com The schedule: December 30, Freestyle sprint December 31, 10 and 15-kilometer freestyle Women: Ella Gjœmle, Lyn Guro Strœm Solli, Drevja IL Sigrid Aas, Tverrelvdalen Kristin Stœrmer Steira, IL Forsœk Kristin Murer Stemland, ByÃ¥sen IL Men: HÃ¥vard Bjerkeli, Isfjorden IL (sprint) John Kr. Dahl, Kirkenes og Omegn Skikl (sprint) Ola Vigen...
The 2006 US Nationals at Soldier Hollow, Utah starts on January 3. The organizers have been working hard producing snow for three weeks. We skied some of the courses on Monday December 19, and the conditions are very good. Eight inches of new snow fell on the course on Sunday night and the snow is now a mix of man-made and natural snow. Here are some snow making photos taken on Sunday December 12. The...
Here are the results and some photos. Long-distance World Cup opener, La Sqambeda, Livigno, Italy 45-kilometer freestyle on Saturday: Men’s podium: Tough racing to the finish and dead tie between Italian skiers Biago Di Santo and Tullio Grandellis for first with Teemu Kattilakoski of Finland only 0.2 seconds behind in third. Estonian World Cup skiers Jaak Mae and Andrus Vererpalu placed 18th and 23rd. Women’s podium: The women’s race was won by Italian Christina Paluselli,...
All photos by Leanne Ingham. Jens Filbrich
DI SANTO AND GRANDELIS, TWO WINNERS AT LA SGAMBEDA IN LIVIGNO It was necessary to wait for photo finish to have two athletes on the men’s podium, Biagio Di Santo and Tullio Grandelis in front of the finish athlete Teemu Kattilakoski. Among women the first place goes to Cristina Paluselli, followed by Lara Peyrot and Anna Santer. Livigno (SO) 18.12.2005 — It was the same excitement and fascination of the previous 15 editions. Exciting: at...
Here is a collection of great shots by Sharbel Dussault.
Norway, Germany Win Team Sprints CANMORE, Alberta (Dec. 18) – Norway and Germany won the World Cup team sprints Sunday at Canmore Nordic Centre while Canadian Beckie Scott reached the podium for the fifth straight race. U.S. men were ninth and the top women’s twosome was 11th in more single-digit cold. Eldar Roenning overtook and then held off Sweden’s Thobias Fredriksson as Norway I won by one-tenth of a second in 16:22.4 after six 1.2K...
Sara Renner and Beckie Scott capped off an incredible series of World Cups by winning a silver medal in today’s sprint relay. In fact, the Canadian duo narrowly missed the gold as Renner was only overtaken by Viola Bauer in the last metres of the race. The Canadians appeared to be in control from very early on, with Scott repeatedly stringing out the field in the latter parts of the course and Renner clearly pushing...
Source: Cross Country Canada (cccski.com) -Canadian nordic skiers rise to occasion in front of hometown crowd- Canmore, Alta.-Canada’s cross-country ski queens, Beckie Scott and Sara Renner, teamed up to win their first ever silver medal in the team sprint relay on Sunday at the Alberta Centennial World Cup in Canmore, Alta. “This has been a dream week and I am so happy we were able to rise to the occasion at home,” said Scott, who...
Second World Cup Victory for Scott The Canadian Beckie Scott is the winner of the Cross-Country World Cup race in Canmore. The skier from Canada finished the 15 km course 4.7 seconds ahead of Julija Tchepalova from Russia. The 27-year-old Claudia Kuenzel (Germany) took the third position 50.9 seconds behind Scott . For Scott it is the second victory in one week after the Sprint race in Vernon last Sunday. She started quite fast and...