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Hattestad Now 4 for 5 In World Cup Sprints
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Hattestad Now 4 for 5 In World Cup Sprints

Topher SabotJanuary 26, 2009

Otepaa, Estonia – Norweigan Ola-Vigen Hattestad continues to dominate the men’s World Cup sprint competitions, winning the 1.4km classic event as Norway controlled the A-Final. Hattestad has now won four of five World Cup sprint events this season and finished second to Swede Emil Joensson last week in Whistler. Hattestad rarely qualifies at the top, but shows remarkable patience and finishing speed in the heats. Yesterday he qualified all the way back in 25th place...

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Majdic Wins in Otepaa, Randall 16th
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Majdic Wins in Otepaa, Randall 16th

Topher SabotJanuary 26, 2009

Otepaa, Estonia – Petra Majdic (SLO) won her fourth sprint race of the season, edging overall World Cup leader Aino Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) and Tour de Ski winner Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) in the A-Final. The podium represented the top three women in the overall World Cup standings, with Saarinen and Majdic swapping places. Majdic dominated the final, setting a blistering pace out of the start, and skiing to a 1.3 second victory over Saarinen. Kuitunen...

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Cold But Successful SuperTour Weekend at Mt. Itasca

FasterSkierJanuary 26, 2009

Mt. Itasca, Coleraine, Minnesota – The US SuperTour continued with a weekend of 10k’s – men and women raced a 10km Classic on Saturday, and a 10km Freestyle on Sunday. Saturday – 10km Classic The cold front hit northern Minnesota right on time for the MT Itasca SuperTour. All the Anchorage waxing experience definitely paid off! -12F predictions for 8:00AM caused the jury to set the start back to noon. Even colder than anticipated lows...

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Burke Moves up to 11th in Antholz Pursuit
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Burke Moves up to 11th in Antholz Pursuit

FasterSkierJanuary 26, 2009

Antholz, Italy – Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) continued his rise back to top form Saturday as he moved from 15th position at the start to finish 11th in the final World Cup Pursuit competition before the Biathlon World Championships in February. According to US Biathlon Development Coach James Upham, “Tim is back. This is a course that suits him very well and that showed. He is skiing very fast again (with the sixth fastest...

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CXC Strong in Mt. Itasca SuperTour

Brian GreggJanuary 26, 2009

By Brian Gregg It was a good weekend for the CXC Team at the first stop in the Midwest Grand Prix. Bryan Cook and Caitlin Compton led the team with a second place finish and Caitlin Compton 3rd in the first day of competition. I had one of my better classic distance results finishing in a [...]

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Race of the Methow Video

FasterSkierJanuary 24, 2009

Race of the Methow is coming up February 7th and 8th.br /br /This video is made from footage taken at a previous Race of the Methow. After clicking the link below, click "watch in high quality" to get the best video quality. Enjoy.br /br /a href="http:...

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Bauer Back on Top In Estonia

Topher SabotJanuary 24, 2009

Otepaa, Estonia – Lukas Bauer (CZE) demonstrated that he is in good form heading to World Championships, wining the men’s 15km classic World Cup race in Estonia. Bauer, last year’s overall World Cup Champion and Tour de Ski winner, edged Swede Johan Olsson by 1.5 seconds. Veteran Vincent Vittoz (FRA) rounded out the podium, +9.3 seconds. This was Bauer’s first victory of the season, bettering his second place performance in Kuusamo, Finland at the end...

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Kowalczyk Shows No Sign of Fatigue in Convincing Win

Topher SabotJanuary 24, 20094

Otepaa, Estoina – Justyna Kowalczyk (POL), coming off a strong showing in Whistler, showed no ill effects from the travel, skiing to an impressive 26 second victory in the women’s 10km classic World Cup. Kowalczyk won the 15km pursuit in Whistler, and finished second in the individual sprint. Only a handful of racers from the Whistler events competed in Estonia, and non fared better than Kowalczyk. She held a 4 second lead at the 2.3...

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Tim Burke 15th in Antholz Sprint in Biathlon World Cup Action
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Tim Burke 15th in Antholz Sprint in Biathlon World Cup Action

FasterSkierJanuary 24, 2009

Antholz, Italy, January 23. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) finished in a season-best place 15th in today’s 10K Sprint, the final World Cup Sprint before next month’s World Championships in Pyeong Chang, Korea. Burke, after last week’s Relay where the US team posted its best result in 20 years, commented, “I am feeing great, and have my form back now. It was a great feeling to have this kind of a performance here… We really...

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Solda Wax Tips for Noquemanon and Nancy P’s Classic

FasterSkierJanuary 23, 2009

Solda Wax tips for this weekend – Noquemanon and Nancy P’s Classic Noquemanon Marathon Looks like a classic UP weather day for a classic UP race. The forecast that I can get here in Bend looks like this: Friday overnight low of -5F. I could be pretty windy. Race time temp in Ishpeming at around 0F, blowing snow. Humidity around 80%. High for the day about 6F, maybe a balmy 9 in Marquette. You at...

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World Cup Continues Tomorrow
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World Cup Continues Tomorrow

FasterSkierJanuary 23, 2009

Less than a week after the conclusion of the pre-Olympic World Cups in Whistler, Canada, the World Cup continues in Otepaa, Estonia. Skiers will race a 10/15km classic individual start. US sprinter Kikkan Randall will be the lone North American starter. In Kikkan’s only other World Cup distance start this season, she finished a career-best 23rd. The field looks to be stronger than in Whistler, with 51 women competing, including a full contingent of Norweigans...

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