2007 February

Source: US Ski Team Weier, he noted, is still a student at Northern Michigan University “and she's still young. She has steps to take if she's going to contend, and she's starting to take them now.” The next women's cross country race is Tuesday, the 10K freestyle technique. Multimedia: Photos from Sapporo are available at http://ussa.smugmug.com. Audio of Kikkan Randall from the pursuit is available at www.ussamedia.com. 2007 FIS NORDIC WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS Shirahata Sapporo,...

Olga Savialova of Russia outsprinted Katerina Neumannova of the Czech Republic and Kristin Stoermer Steira of Norway in the Women's 15 km Pursuit at the 2007 World Championships. Kikkan Randall (USA) was the top North American in 41st. Daria Gaiazova (CAN) was 46th, Tasha Betcherman (CAN) was 51st, and Lindsey Weier (USA) was 52nd. The young Norwegian Steira pushed the pace from the front for most of the race, churning out a relentless high tempo...

Press Conference Comments 25th February 2007 Ladies Pursuit 7.5 km C + 7.5 km F Number of spectators：3,360 1st place: Olga SAVIALOVA (RUS) It is great happiness for me. In the classic part, my tactic was not to run 100 per cent but to be careful. During the freestyle, I tried to gauge my rivals' feeling. In the third round, I decided to be the leader among the group of four skiers, but I thought...

Source: US Ski Team Kris Freeman and James Southam racing in the 15km skate (individual start) at US Nationals earlier this year in Houghton, MI. Photo by Erik Mundahl, MTU. “Kris is so strong. The result doesn't show how well he skied,” said Head Coach Pete Vordenberg. “Obviously, you have to stay on your feet, but he skied so well and so strong. I'm really looking forward to that 15K skate” next Wednesday. Downhill spill,...

Axel Teichmann of Germany won today's 30km men's pursuit race at the 2007 World Championships. In a tight race, Teichmann outsprinted fellow German Tobias Angerer and Pietro Piller Cottrer.

Source: US Ski Team SAPPORO, Japan (Feb. 23) – With the individual and team sprints completed at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, the cross country focus turns to distance races with the first competition Saturday – the men's 30K pursuit, mixing a mass start 15K classic technique race which leads into a 15K classic technique race. The sprints were staged at the Sapporo Dome while the remaining races are scheduled for Shirahatayama, a...

Women's Team Sprint Photos. (Torin Koos photos) Marit (L) vs. Virpi (R)

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Posting a time of 17:50.6, the Italian men's team of Renato Pasini and veteran Christian Zorzi out-stretched Russia to capture gold medals in Day 2 of the 2007 World Championships in Sapporo. In an extremely tight finish to the 6 x 1.4km freestyle team sprint relay event, the Czech Republic was third, Germany fourth, Poland fifth and Canada sixth. The top five teams all finished within one second of eachother, and Canadians Devon and Kershaw...

Source: US Ski Team SAPPORO, Japan (Feb. 23) – U.S. sprinters Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, AK) and Laura Valaas (Wenatchee, WA) narrowly missed qualifying for the freestyle team sprint final heats Friday, finishing just 2.7 seconds out of the top-5 in their semifinal as Finland moved on to take women's gold on Day Two of the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Italy won the men's 1.4K event with the U.S. team (Andy Newell – Shaftsbury,...

Quotes from yesterday's Team Sprint at the 2007 World Championships 1st Place: Italy (Renato Pasini, Cristian Zorzi) (Cristian Zorzi) I’m very happy but it was a little bit of a surprise for me. Inthe morning there were big problems with the rain conditions, but it is the same for all of us. (Renato Pasini) We are a good team, we had a good feeling in this race, and today’s skis were fast. I’m a big...