We recently received this email from Pete Phillips, Head Nordic Coach at Burke Mountain Academy… March 30: Sun Valley and Burke are in Sweden for two weeks. We watched the finals of the world cup in Falun, and are racing now in the Vattenfall Cup.
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Bjorgen back to Samdal
FasterSkierApril 4, 2007
Marit Bjœrgen has decided to go back to the recipe that made her skiqueen at the 2005 Oberstdorf Worlds and helped her win two consecutive World Cup titles. She will again use Svein Tore Samdal as her coach. Marit Bjorgen in the Holmenkollen, photo: Andy Canniff, Fischer
Late snow in Europe. After a dismal winter, winter finally arrived in parts of Europe – just in time for spring. Here is another photo-update from Meiko Hoemke of Germany: Skiing in Europe just doesn't get boring… snow hit again last night. Oh yea, es ist wunderbar! After being done with my two week block at school in Zurich I stopped on my way home at the Flumsberg Alm in Switzerland close to Luxemburg. The...
The US Long Distance Nationals (aka Spring Series) brought to an end another season of SuperTour racing in the United States. Here are your 2007 SuperTour Champions: Lars Flora (Overall, Sprint and Distance Champion) Kristina Strandberg (North America FIS Marathon Cup Champion) Kris Freeman, with two victories in Maine this past week, now holds the record for the most career SuperTour wins with 23 victories. Complete SuperTour rankings and points from each race:
It was a perfect blue bird day to hammer out the US National Marathon Championships at the Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle. The 30/50km mass start freestyle was the final event of the US Distance National Championships and Super Tour. The women’s 30 km race separated into two packs of three in the first 10km. The lead pack contained US Ski Team/APU’s Tazlina Mannix, US Ski Team’s Elizabeth Stephen, and Canadian Ski Team’s Brittany...
Freeman, Mannix Repeat Titles
FasterSkierApril 2, 2007
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (April 1) – Kris Freeman (Andover, NH) and Taz Mannix (Anchorage, AK) each collected their second U.S. titles in 48 hours Sunday, winning the gold medal in the ski marathon – the men's 50K and women's 30K classic technique, mass-start races – as the U.S. Cross Country Championships concluded. Freeman, a Type 1 diabetic who picked up his 10th national crown – and fourth this season, and Mannix, whose first U.S. gold...
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (March 30) – Kris Freeman (Andover, NH) earned his third U.S. title of the season Friday – and his ninth overall – while Taz Mannix (Anchorage, AK) collected the first of her career in the pursuit races opening the last phase of the U.S. Cross Country Championships. The long-distance races from the championship are doubling as SuperTour Finals at the Nordic Heritage Center. Freeman, a two-time Olympian, led the 15K classic technique...
Alaska Gets Worlds Longest Ski Tunnel
FasterSkierApril 1, 2007
Fantastic news for Alaskan and North American XC skiers – A 400 mile long ski tunnel project from Anchorage to Fairbanks to be started in 2010 with initial ground breaking ceremony. One of the world’s largest oil and mineral extraction companies, Alaskan Oil, Gas, & Natural Resources (AOGNR) has agreed to develop a state of the art cross country ski tunnel from Anchorage to Fairbanks. This announcement is the second million dollar deal for xc...