A stronger USA racing program 4 USST athletes: Torin Koos, Chris Cook, Liz Stephen, and one female Collegiate Athlete. 5 of 7 US Biathlon A Team athletes: Tim Burke, Jay Hakkinen, Lowell Bailey, Russell Courrier, Haley Johnson Rossignol USA’s Amateur athletes are having a great year so far as well: • Podium finish at the USSA XC Nationals in Anchorage, AK. • Podium finish in the World Junior Biathlon Championships in Canmore, Alta. Canada. •...
In a move to stimulate attendance at the Cross Country Ski Areas Association’s annual Convention April 15-17 hosted by Whistler Olympic Park, BC, SkiTrax magazine is sponsoring a prize drawing on the final night of the convention during the closing banquet at Fairmont Chateau Whistler. A prize consisting of a 2-night lodging package at Fairmont Chateau Whistler with extras from Tourism Whistler will be awarded to one lucky registered convention delegate. The CCSAA Annual Convention...
“So you doin’ the Oosik?” That’s the common phrase for the recreational ski racer as mid March draws near in South Central Alaska. Starting with the Wooden Ski Classic in December and running through the highly competitive Anchorage Cup series, the season always ends with the Oosik Classic in Talkeetna. In Anchorage the weather is a balmy 30F on Friday, and if you stand on the corner of Northern Lights and the New Seward Highway...
span style="font-size:85%;"Final week of the ski season this week. It is nice to be back to full on winter. Anne and Owen family organized home stays for the entire CXC team which is really nice. I am staying ...
I have been recovering from surgery for three weeks. I was suffering from compartment syndrome in both shins. Compartment syndrome occurs when the muscle outgrows the fascia, or protective covering, of the muscle. As blood moves into the muscle during exertion the tight fascia restricts blood flow and causes a lot of pain. To combat this condition I removed most of the fascia from five muscles in both shins. I also had extensive scar tissue...
Brent Knight, James Southam, and Becca Rorabaugh each metaled in the 5k classic race. Results can be found here. Kikkan Randall (APU) tags Katie Ronsse (APU), while Maria Stuber (CXC) tags off to Caitlin Compton (CXC) in the 6x1.5k Sprint Relay event at the 2009 US National Championships. (Photo credit: Sam Harrel of the Fairbanks Daily News Miner). The team sprint was one of the hardest
Kristina Trygstad-Saari races for the Saab-Salomon Factory Team. Kristina placed placed 3rd in the Team Sprint yesterday at US Cross Country Distance Nationals and the season for Kristina ends with two more national championship events: 15 km skiathlon pursuit, and 30km classic. More information on the Saab-Salomon Factory Team can be found at www.skipost.com The countdown is on – two more races to go and the season is over. It’s hard to believe another season...
Cross Country Canada is pleased to announce that registration for the 2009 FIS Trainers Seminar is now underway! The schedule is as follows: 22/05/2009 Tour of Whistler Sliding Centre (WSC) Tour Host OWG venue – Bobsleigh, Luge, Skeleton Whistler Sliding Centre Wine and Cheese Social 23/05/2009 Sprints (Biomechanics & Physiology) H.C. Holmberg – Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre Prediction of Excellence Dr. David Cox – Simon Frazer University Building Successful Systems Dr. Stephen Norris –...
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Click HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE for a couple of good articles on yesterday’s team sprint competition at the U.S. National Championship. Also, there are some photos HERE and full Results HERE. The 5K (women) and 10K (men) Classic races were held on Tuesday and the CXC Elite team had some impressive finishes. Bryan Cook was [...]
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Brian Chimileski of Golden, Colorado and Sarah Konrad (Madshus) of Laramie, Wyoming won the 2008-09 Colorado Cup sponsored by Clif Bar, Swix, and Boulder Nordic Sport. Both skiers skied in all five events and their consistency paid off as they each came out ahead of the region’s elite talent like, for example, Josh Smullin (Rossignol) who scored well but, in Smullin’s case, skied only two of the five races. The Colorado Cup works in conjunction...
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This week has flown by. My boyfriend, Drew, came to Minnesota on Saturday and just left this afternoon. It was great to spend the week with him! My leg is healing nicely, so we were able to do some touristy type activities around the twin cities. We went to Mall of America, and expeienced pure [...]
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… I just realized… and I’m pretty stoked. Time to clean my lenses.
The US Ski Orienteering team competed in the 2009 World Championships earlier this month in Japan. This was the first world championships in ski orienteering that has ever been held outside of Europe, and the Japanese were very excited to be our hosts. The US team had some good results and some results we’d like to improve upon, but we all had a great time while over there, and the Japanese hosts were eager to...
Russian cross-country skier Natalia Matveeva (also spelled Matveyeva) tested positive for the banned substance EPO at the World Cup event in Whistler. Russian sprint team coach Tatyana Revina has passed the positive result off as a mistake. Results of B-Sample testing have not been released yet. Matveeva, 22 years old, is one of the top performers on the Russian team. She has five individual top 10 finishes this season, including a second in Dusseldorf, and...