1. What is the athletic background of your parents and family?My parents and family were very athletic and active when I was young. My parents met at a bike/ski shop in Manhattan and ran the shop’s weekend ski trips to Vermont together. I grew up dow...
1. What is the athletic background of your parents and family?My parents and family were very athletic and active when I was young. My parents met at a bike/ski shop in Manhattan and ran the shop’s weekend ski trips to Vermont together. I grew up dow...
Canmore, Alberta, Canada, January 31. Addie Byrne (Bovey, MN) placed sixth in the Youth Women 6K Sprint at the Youth/Junior World Championships this afternoon. Byrne had one penalty on a very windy day that saw most competitors have two to five penalties. She finished 29.8 seconds behind co-Champions Olga Galich of Russia and Yan Zhang of China. The duo recorded the same time of 19:31.4. Galich had one penalty to Zhang’s clean shooting. Byrne was...
Cable, Wisconsin – Kristina Strandberg (Saab Salomon Factory Team) and Bryan Cook (CXC Elite) won the 5/10km classic SuperTour at the Telemark Resort in Cable, Wisconsin. Strandberg skied to a 6 second victory over Lindsey Dehlin (USST). Strandberg added to her overall SuperTour lead with the victory. Katie Ronsee (APUNSC) finished 3rd, +:22. Ronsee beat out Johanna Winters by 3.4 seconds for the final podium spot. In the men’s race, Cook put 14.2 seconds on...
In another difficult day on the range, Grace Boutot(Ft. Kent) managed again to strike down her targets. Entering prone with one of the top first lap times, Boutot rapidly nailed all five shots. Back on course she maintained her skiing position enteri...
Praz de Lys, France – Liz Stephen and Morgan Arritola continued to impress at the U23 Championships, finishing 4th and 5th respectively. Sylwia Jaskowiec (POL) won the 15km pursuit event pulling away from Astrid Oeyre Slind (NOR) in the last 100 meters. “The course is fantastic, the weather is good and we had a big support from the spectators, that was great” said Jaskowiec. “Today was my day. I feel good, in good shape with...
Praz de Lys Sommand, Fra.—Canada’s Alex Harvey completed a stellar month by finishing fourth in a men’s 30-kilometre pursuit cross-country skiing race at the Under-23 World Championships in Praz de Lys Sommand, France on Saturday. Reminiscent of his glorious day just two weeks ago where he captured a bronze medal at the World Cup in Whistler, B.C. with teammate, George Grey, Harvey blasted down the finishing stretch past a Russian skier while staring down his...
Rybinsk, Russia – The World Cup pursuit scheduled for today was canceled due to cold temperatures. “The temperature limit for a Cross-Country race is -20, unfortunately we couldn’t reach it so far so consequently we had to cancel the men’s Pursuit. For sure it is a pity, but the health of the athletes is the most import point,” stated Jürg Capol, FIS Race Director. The temperature at race time was -21.7 C. The minimum allowed...