Day one: Morgan Smyth wins Worlds Qualification race. Day two: Kikkan Randall gets her best distance result at Worlds/Olympics ever and Morgan Arritola has a great first ever Worlds race. Day three Freeman gets 4th, Lodwick wins (NC), Van wins (jump), Demong 5th (NC), Jerome 6th (jump). More to come...
Liberec, Czech Republic – Aino Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) won the first gold of the 2009 World Championships, skiing to victory in the women’s 10km classic. Sarah Renner placed 9th for Canada, and Kikkan Randall led the US in 26th. Saarinen started fast and maintained the pace, leading at both intermediate check points. This was the first World Championship medal of her career and first gold in either the World Championships or the Olympics. She did...
The ladies were under way today and tomorrow it's our turn. divbr //divdivThe courses here are beautiful. They are set around a hilltop overlooking the town and a really exposed which means it can get quite windy. Yesterday it was blowing hard and sno...
The votes have been tallied from the Fischer/FasterSkier Photo Contest II. We assembled a panel of judges, including a professional photographer, a designer, several ski coaches, and the FasterSkier staff. We have included comments from some of the judges. A-Final Podium First Place This photo made it into the top 5 of every judge. “A beautiful photo that captures the solitary nature of ski racing. ” Second Place “This is a stunning shot and from...
AUBURN, N.H. — Fischer Skis announced the launch of its new race ski, the Nordic Hole Ski. The innovative Hole Ski defies tradition by incorporating a hole in the ski tip which reduces mass, resulting in higher stride frequency and faster skating speeds. The Fischer Nordic Hole Ski achieved World Champion status earlier this week when Helena Jonsson (SWE) won the Women’s 10 km Biathlon Pursuit in Pyeong Chang, Korea. It was the first ever...
Sometimes you can pick a color or a shade that describes a feeling or a stage in your life. Sometimes it is based on a mood, sometimes it describes the weather, or an activity. Last night, it came in the sound of a band. Deep Purple, otherwise kn...
My preparation for the 15k classic in Valdidentro was different from any other race I have done before. My compartment syndrome has limited me to ten hours of training per week and has also kept me off of the world cup circuit for nearly a month. My time off was apparent in two ways. First I was very rested and fresh, second my sense of pace was way off. I felt relaxed and controlled going...
Pyeong Chang, Korea – Haley Johnson (Lake Placid, NY) turned in an outstanding 23rd place today in the Women’s 15K Individual at the Biathlon World Championships. The 23rd place is a personal best for Johnson at the World Cup level and the best US women’s result at World Championships since Rachel Steer placed 17th in the Pursuit in 2005. Johnson cleaned the first three stages, before missing on her 19th shot in the 20-shot competition....
US and Canadian starters in the Women’s 10km Classic World Championship Race. US Starters Bib Name 7 Morgan Smyth 14 Laura Valaas 35 Morgan Arritola 41 Kikkan Randall Canadian Starters Bib Name 21 Perianne Jones 23 Shayla Swanson 64 Sarah Renner 76 skiers are scheduled to start the race.
Universal Sports will provide same day delay coverage of the entire Nordic World Championships in Liberec. This includes all Cross-Country, Nordic Combined, and Jumping events. The full schedule can be viewed on the
The FIS instituted a new protocol to deal with the large number of entrants in the individual start races at World Championships – a qualification race. These races were run today. 250 men and 150 women registered for the 10/15km classic individual start races. In order to decrease the numbers, FIS required women with more than 120 distance FIS points and men with more than 90 distance FIS points to qualify in special races. The...
SKI BASE PREPARATION FOR THE 2009 AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER Swix Racing Service Director, Kevin Sweeney Proper base preparation is perhaps one of the best ways to insure you have great kick and glide for the 55km American Birkebeiner. Conditions appear to be moderately abrasive for this year’s race. Follow these simple steps and your skis will be ready for race wax application. Swix makes it easy for you to have great skis! The first step is...
American Birkebeiner Cable to Hayward, WI Saturday 21 February Wave Starts from 8:10 am Different distances up to 53k Forecast/Conditions: Low of -1F Friday night and a high of 20F Saturday. Expect a hard frozen transformed base with a bit of powder on top and/or mixed in. Glidewax: Apply LF Moly/LF Blue 1:1, scrape and brush, then apply HF Blue, scrape and brush with copper and then horsehair brushes. Finish by rotocorking JetStream Blue, brushing...
Visit the Universal Sports Nordic World Championship page Cross-Country US There will be no surprises here. The US foursome of Kikkan Randall, Andy Newell, Torin Koos and Kris Freeman have been well ahead of the rest of the US for some years, represent the hope for medals. Freeman, suffering from compartment syndrome, can only race classic, limiting him to Friday’s 15km classic individual start and a leg in the relay. The 15km has been Kris’...
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The Best Just Got Better! Salomon’s all new Equipe 10 Skate Ski- the AWD of Skate Skis. Salomon’s all new Slab Pro Skate Boot – with Power Hold. In 2009, 20 of 36 USSA SuperTour races along with the Noquemanon, Owl Creek Chase, City of Lakes Loppet, Alley Loop, Seeley Classic, Boulder Mountain Tour and the Mora Vasaloppet, have been won on Salomon Skis, Boots, and Bindings. Test Salomon at the Birkie and find out...
I have had a solid World Championships so far but I am definitely not 100% satisfied with my results. I placed 11th in the sprint, 21st in the Pursuit and 14th in the Individual. While these are good results I came here to fight for a spot on the podium. I will give no excuses [...]
Pyeongchang is the "hub of winter sports" in Korea; I passed multiple signs and billboards while on the bus today that read emYes! Pyeongchang!/em, emTowards the Olympic Games, /ememRemember, Dream of Pyeongchang/em! that remind everyone of PyeongChang...
span style="color:#000099;"emspan style="font-size:130%;"Hello from Korea!/span/em I apologize for falling behind in sharing with you the photos and stories of this past week's travels, racing and new location, culture, language, and food. This is the ...
Lars Flora and Kristina Strandberg continue to hold a tight grip on the Super Tour titles through the weekend sprints in Madison, WI. Extremely warm temperatures in the mid-fifties melted all of the snow before the weekend, so local volunteers had to raid the snow fridge for backup coverage. The snow was trucked in one hour before the start and volunteers had the 500 meter course covered just before race time. “We were running a...