In my Rogers Park Elementary School class the students were working on statistics this winter. I was away racing, but I keep in touch with Ms. Price & suggested that they do a project looking at the statistics section of the FIS website. FIS does a gre...
In my Rogers Park Elementary School class the students were working on statistics this winter. I was away racing, but I keep in touch with Ms. Price & suggested that they do a project looking at the statistics section of the FIS website. FIS does a gre...
In my Rogers Park Elementary School class the students were working on statistics this winter. I was away racing, but I keep in touch with Ms. Price & suggested that they do a project looking at the statistics section of the FIS website. FIS does a gre...
In my Rogers Park Elementary School class the students were working on statistics this winter. I was away racing, but I keep in touch with Ms. Price & suggested that they do a project looking at the statistics section of the FIS website. FIS does a gre...
Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, March 28. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) finished 8th in today’s 12.5K Pursuit competition at the Biathlon World Cup here, moving up from 25th position at the start. Burke moved steadily with each shooting stage and each loop today finishing with a single penalty, finished 1:05.6 behind Emile Hegle Svendsen of Norway. He recorded the fourth fastest ski time of the day. He was happy to be moving forward for the whole...
Liz Stephen and Ivan Babikov won the pursuit races at Birch Hill on Friday. Full results can be found HERE. The CXC Elite team had an excellent day with Caitlin Compton placing 9th, Kristina Owen 10th, Maria Stuber in 13th, Johanna Winters in 17th, Heather Zimmerman in 29th, Garrott Kuzzy in 5th, Bryan Cook in [...]
So after the overwhelming response I’ve had about my initial Petter Northug youtube video and after his triple gold performance in Liberec, a few people asked me if there was going to be video about his successes in Liberec. I thought to myself, I have the footage (thanks to a nice guy in Britain that [...]
So after the overwhelming response I’ve had about my initial Petter Northug youtube video and after his triple gold performance in Liberec, a few people asked me if there was going to be video about his successes in Liberec. I thought to myself, I have the footage (thanks to a nice guy in Britain that [...]
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I made it through the second surgery, and after spending the night in the hospital I was released this afternoon. I’m very thankful I just have 2 legs, and that was the last leg! No more surgeries, thank you! Now I can concentrate on healing and getting back on my feet. The doctor is very optimistic. Things [...]
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The end of the season draws near with more exciting racing today in the Ladies’ 15K and Men’s 30K pursuit at Birch Hill in Fairbanks. The 3.5K course included plenty of challenging terrain coiling around and through the stadium area, where spectators and coaches could view the race by walking between two points along a single corridor. The races started at 5pm and 6:15, were mass-start format, and covered nearly entirely different loops for the classic and...
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...
A few weeks ago “Can Northug be considered a true champion if he doesn’t treat his competitors with respect?” The question stimulated quite a bit of discussion and is worth following up with a bit more information on Northug. I was recently in Norway, where Northug’s antics are laughed off. The people I talked to did not necessarily approve of his actions, but he is the on the home team, and one of the best...
