No finale joke from Estil
FasterSkierMarch 23, 2007
Frode Estil will be skiing his last World Cup race on Sunday. But he ensures that he has no plans of racing in a suit and tie or to get overly emotional.
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Chris Jeffries and Dasha Gaizova win Canadian Nationals 10/15km Classical Race
FasterSkierMarch 22, 2007
National Team skiers Chris Jeffries and Dasha Gaiazova won the 10/15km Classical Canadian National Championships. It was a beautiful winter day at Mont St. Anne, Qubec on Wednesday with temperatures warming from -20 Celsius in the early morning to -5 Celsius at race time. Despite the cold temperatures and firm tracks, the challenging course combined with a bit of loose snow in the tracks made for a good upper body workout on the 5km race...
** Editors note: This will be a weekly column highlighting our ski coaches from around the country… including elite coaches, college coaches, high school coaches, volunteer coaches, and learn-to-ski coaches. This is an effort to sample a diverse group of coaches and recognize the people who are the backbone of today’s skiers. If you would like to nominate a coach for an interview, please email robertwhitney99@hotmail.com. Please give coach’s name, email, phone, and a small...
Dan Roycroft of Arrowhead Nordic and Dasha Gaiazova of Skielite returned from World Championships in Sapporo, Japan to take national titles in the 5/10km Freestyle at Mont St. Anne, QC. A foot of fresh snow at the beginning of the week made for mid-winter conditions with temperatures at -3 Celsius. Roycroft recorded the top times in both 5km laps to win in 26:02, 13.5 seconds ahead of Chris Jefferies, 26:15.5 and Ivan Babikov 26:33.4. Leif...
Petra Majdic from Slovenia and the 21-year-old Mickael Devjatiarov (RUS) won the today’s classic style Royal Sprint race in Stockholm (SWE), where today for the fourth time a Sprint took place in front of the Royal Palace.
STOCKHOLM (March 21) – Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT), capping his best season of World Cup racing, was 13th Wednesday in a sprint around the royal palace – the final World Cup sprint of the season, lifting him into sixth place in sprint standings. Newell finished no lower than 14th in any of the eight sprints this winter, giving him the highest sprint standing of any U.S. skier since the sprints were added to the World...
Swenson, Reid take Gold at Royal Gorge
FasterSkierMarch 21, 2007
Fast conditions for make for exciting racing in California Gold Rush 50K The Gold Rush has a long and storied history in the memories of top cross country ski racers from around the country. Sometimes referred to as the “Slush-Fest†in California, top skiers from around the country have returned home over the years with tales of ankle-deep corn snow throughout the second half of this 50-kilometer marathon-plus ski race. The past couple of years,...
Presque Isle, ME—The Nordic Heritage Center is busy readying for the arrival of the finest cross-country marathon skiers in the land. For the second year in a row, the northern Maine venue has been selected as the site of the TAMC International Spring Series. This year, the series will also feature the U.S. Cross-Country Skiing Distance National Championships. This year’s program will include not only the men’s and women’s marathon championship, but also the pursuit...
Photos from Holmenkollen
FasterSkierMarch 20, 2007
Oslo, Norway — 30 and 50 kilometer individual-start classic World Cup race last Saturday. All photos by Jan Morten Frengstad Marit Bjœrgen is getting fluid at the start of the second lap. Aino Kaisa Saarinen won and celebrated her first World Cup victory. Marit Bjœrgen skied a good race considering a tough season. No one in the World has better diagonal technique than Odd-Bjœrn Hjelmeset. Just look at this photo. Odd-Bjœrn Hjelmeset jumped across the...
New 100 meter World Record!
FasterSkierMarch 20, 2007
Press release: www.XC-SKI.de New 100 meter World Record on cross country skis set by Johannes Bredl (GER) German Sprint Team member Johannes Bredl set a new unofficial World Record over 100 meter Skating with cross country skis. His time of 11.460 seconds was faster than any other time on this distance known to the cross country skiing community. The World Record attempt was part of the Euroloppet Sprint on 16th of March 2007 during the...
The relays concluded the World junior championship on Sunday. Norway won the girls race ahead of Sweden and Finland. Sweden won the boys relay ahead of Russia and Austria. Team USA was 9th in both relays. Canada was 15th and 13th. Girl’s 4 x 3.3 kilometer mixed relay: 1. Norway 34.09 2. Sweden 34.12 3. Finland 34.56 4. Italy 35.01 5. Switzerland 35.01 Other: 9. USA 35.37 15. Canada 36.34 Complete results including individual leg...
March 18, 2007 (Rangeley, ME): In the midst of a late-season snowstorm, the best high school skiers in the East competed at the Rangeley Lakes XC Ski Center this weekend, racing state against state for the overall title of TD Banknorth Eastern High School Nordic Champion. Teams from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and New York raced 24 of their best girls and 24 of their best boys, making this one of the most competitive...
The US ski orienteering team just returned from a successful week in Moscow, Russia. The world ski orienteering championships, or “ski-WOCâ€, as it is informally known, took place over one week at the Planernaya Sport Complex, with athletes from 24 different countries. The Russians did an amazing job running the event, and I was very impressed with the overall efficiency of everything. There was good competition and interesting courses, which led to a very enjoyable...
Well, we are a a week or two late posting these results. We got caught up in the Junior Nationals, NCAA Championships, World Juniors, U23 CHampionships, and World Cup and accidentally overlooked the Master World Cup in Rovaniemi, Finland on March 4-10. We apologize to those participants and Masters fans who were looking for these results. Here is a link to all the Masters World Cup results: http://personal.inet.fi/private/tanu/mwc2007/results.htm The USA had some great finishes in...
Norwegian Birkie Cancelled In Mid-Race
FasterSkierMarch 17, 2007
The Norwegian Birkie, Birkebeiner-Rennet was cancelled for the first time in history on Saturday. It was strong wind that put a stop to Norway’s most prestigious classic style mass-start race. Almost 3000 out of the 13,000 entered racers had started (wave start) and already raced for one hour when the organizers decided to cancel. The organizers had no choice when strong wind made the racing dangerous. The first message to those who hadn’t started yet...
Ioulia Tchekaleva of Russia won the women’s 15 kilometer pursuit at the U-23 Worlds in Italy on Saturday. Caroline Hugue of France was second, 7 seconds out. Ivana Janeckova (CZE) captured the bronze, 8 seconds from silver. The top North American was Tazlina Mannix, USA in 9th place. Other North Americans: Morgan Arritola, USA 23, Amanda Ammar, Canada 29, Lindsey Williams, USA 35, Morgan Smyth, USA 36, Periane Jones, Canada 40. Complete women’s results at...
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen from Finland took the victory in the traditional individual start races in classic technique over 30 km at the Holmenkollen (NOR). Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, AK) was 38th in the women's race. For the 28-year-old Saarinen it was the first World Cup victory ever. She finished clearly 30.6 seconds ahead of her team mate and overall World Cup winner Virpi Kuitunen. Third place finisher from Slovenia Petra Majdic, was 48.6 seconds behind the winner....