Praz de Lys Sommand, France – Liz Stephen (USA)and Morgan Arritola (USA) finished 7th and 8th respectively in the 10km freestyle in the first U23 Championship race. The race was won by Sylwia Jaskowiec (POL). Jaskowiec, a veteran of 20 World Cup races with a career best finish of 23rd, outdistanced the field by 42 seconds. Betty-Ann Nilsen (NOR) was second, edging Spain’s Laura Orgue by 1.5 seconds. Stephen completed the 10km course in a...
Every pre-Olympic year, World Cup events are held at the Olympic venues. This allows staff and volunteers to experience a full-fledged international event. Kinks can be worked out, and there is still plenty of time to make adjustments if need be. Additionally, it is on opportunity for athletes to become acquainted with the venue, and in the case of cross-country skiing, race on the Olympic courses. Canadian Nationals were held at Whistler Olympic Park last...
It was a sad day for cross country skiing in Canada a little more then a year ago when Heinz while coaching his skiers at the Canada Cup races at Duntrooon Ski Resort in Collingwood, ON. passed away while taking a short ski between events. One of the out comes of Heinz’s career and his dedication to his athletes and coaching was the establishment of the Heinz Neiderhauser Coaching Scholarship on his behalf which is...
This winter has been a tough one for young elite cross-country racers across the U.S. Two of three USSA Super Tour events held in November and December in the Lower 48 were canceled due to a lack of snow. Those races, combined with results from the abbreviated U.S. Nationals, were used in selecting the athletes for several international U.S. teams. A less than ideal qualifying season has nevertheless produced a team for this week’s Under-23...
These are the days we call glamour days. They are the days that are sunny and warm, yet the tracks are still firm. They are the days where you can head right out your front door and have hundreds of K of perfectly groomed trails to ski on, great sk...
After years of a remarkable level of wardrobe schizophrenia, the US Ski Team has ushered in a new era of racing suit consistency that should make it easier to follow our favorite US athletes on the race course. There are currently two suit variations being used by US Ski Team athletes, and athletes racing for the US in international events. They are so similar, that for practical purposes (identifying US skiers in a race) they...
There are several races in the North this spring that coincide with April break and Easter. We’ve arranged for a small group to do a two race series that includes a continuous pursuit in Pitea in Northern Sweden, two races in Tornio, and Rovaniemi, in Finland and three more in Bruksvallarna, Sweden in a fun wrap up to the season. The Pitea and Bruksvallarna races will likely be of a very high standard as most...
Canada has named 12 athletes to compete in the upcoming World Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic. Women Sara Renner – NST/Canmore Chandra Crawford – NST/Canmore Shayla Swanson – AWCA/Foothills Perianne Jones – NST/Nakkertok Dasha Gaiazova – Skiélite Men Ivan Babikov – NST/Foothills Devon Kershaw – NST/Ona-Wa-Su George Grey – NST/Blackjack Alex Harvey – NST/Nordique Mont Ste. Anne Chris Butler – AWCA/Big Thunder Phil Widmer – NST/Canmore Nordic Sean Crooks – NST/Big Thunder Notes on the...
This past weekend 260 young skiers enjoyed the fourth Annual Tippmann Paintball Biathlon thanks to the staff and volunteers of the Mountain Top Inn in Chittenden, Vermont.
We are everywhere. Racing in New England, in Oregon, in Michigan, in Washington Team Webskis was visible and achieving. This is only a short report of comendable efforts. divbr //divdiv ...
The Red Group consists of the top 30 distance and sprint racers in the world. It is based on World Cup points from the previous four World Cup periods. The Red Group rankings are extremely important, in that the race organizer must pay the travel and living costs (accommodation, food, etc) for every athlete in the Red Group. Expenses must also be covered for a maximum of one coach per nation and sex, if there...
Midwest Noquemanon Ski Marathon The 11th annual Noquemanon Ski Marathon attracted over 900 competitors among all races. There were four main events – a 51km classic and freestyle and a 25km classic and freestyle. The point to point course runs from Ishpeming, thehome to the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame to Marquette’s Superior Dome, the world’s largest wooden domed stadium along the shores of Lake Superior. Mike Sinnott (Saab Salomon Factory Team), a week...
EISA – Bates Carnival Day 1 – 5/10km Classic Individual Start Dartmouth used its Nordic skiing depth in the men’s 10k and women’s 5k classic to beat out the University of Vermont by six points. The Catamounts had superior scores in the Alpine giant slalom section with 117 and 115 points for men’s and women’s teams compared to 79 and 96 for the Big Green but lost out in the overall Nordic skiing points, with...
VUOKATTI, Fin.—Canada made two trips to the podium at the IPC Cross-Country Skiing World Championships on Monday. Brian and Robin McKeever teamed up to win a gold medal, while Jody Barber stepped onto the international podium for the first time ever by winning a bronze medal in Vuokatti, Finland. Brian, along with his guide, Robin McKeever, have won nearly everything available in Para-Nordic sport. The brother tandem destroyed the field by winning the men’s 20-kilometre...
Two strive for the victory…. and a third runs away with it. Everyone expected a duel between the Aukland brothers, Joergen and Anders from Norway and Italian Marco Cattaneo, but in the end it was Swede Jerry Ahrlin who climbed the first step of the podium in the 36th Marcialonga di Fiemme e Fassa. It was he who raised his arms in victory at the finishing line in Viale Mendini in Cavalese, at the end...
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