January 2012 – Page 3 – FasterSkier.com

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Musgrave Shocks Norway with Second-Place Finish in Voss

Audrey ManganJanuary 27, 2012

“Young Briton Beat Northug.” “Andrew Musgrave Outdistanced Norwegian Cross Country Elite.” So read the headlines in Norway on Thursday after Andrew Musgrave (GBR) snuck his way into second place in the opening event of the country’s national championships in Voss, Norway to Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR), who took the win by 1:07.1 in the 15 k individual freestyle. Ansnes Ron Frederick (NOR) placed third (+1:22.5), and in another noteworthy finish, 40-year-old Thomas Alsgaard (+1:23.3)...

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Motivated Chris Klebl Wins Silver Medal at IPC World Cup in Minneapolis

FasterSkierJanuary 27, 2012

CABLE MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—Canada’s Chris Klebl returned to elite competition just four months removed from breaking his leg in November to capture his first IPC World Cup cross-country skiing race of the season on Thursday in Cable Minneapolis, Minnesota. The 30-year-old Klebl, who won a gold medal the 2011 World Championships in sit-skiing for Canada, powered his way to the silver step of the podium in a tight battle in the men’s 15-kilomtre sit-ski race where...

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Ski Classics moves to Italy and Marcialonga

FasterSkierJanuary 27, 2012

Ski Classics, the long distance championship across Europe, consists of the 7 most prestigous long distance ski races.The seven races are: Jizerska Padesatka, Marcialonga, Konig Ludwig Lauf, Tartu, Vasaloppet, Birkebeinerrennet, and The Ski Classics Final Norefjell. On Sunday,the 29th of January, all the best long distance cross-country skiers in the world will be ready for Marcialonga on the start line in Moena, Italy. The race begins with 18km uphill to Canazei before in turns around and...

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Andrew Musgrave at Norwegian Nationals

JoranJanuary 27, 2012

First of all, I’ll echo Nat Herz’s big ups to Andrew Musgrave for finishing second at Norwegian Nationals the other day. I’ve always been a bit fascinated by Musgrave, probably because North Americans identify with any reasonably successful, promising skier not from Scandinavia or the usual European nations as fellow “outsiders”. So I’m always kind [...] Related posts:

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Stephen Cracks Red Group, One of Nine North Americans in Period III

Topher SabotJanuary 27, 20121

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Reynolds Continues to Fly!

FasterSkierJanuary 27, 2012

http://fasterskier.com/2012/01/reynolds-leads-craftsbury-to-1-2-finish-in-minneapolis-sprint/

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When Life Gives You Antibiotics…

cmalcolmJanuary 26, 2012

So you might be wondering what I’ve been up to since not making a team to go to Europe… And well if not, you can probably stop reading this post right now. Ever since leaving Jericho an epic battle has been raging on here in Lake Placid. Corrine vs. Her Health. Want to guess who’s [...]

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Reynolds Leads Craftsbury to 1-2 Finish in Minneapolis Sprint

Audrey ManganJanuary 26, 2012

Tim Reynolds (CGRP) led a strong Craftsbury contingent in the freestyle sprint prologue on Wednesday night in Minneapolis, Minn. Reynolds edged out teammate Pat O’Brien (CGRP) by a mere 0.6 seconds on the 1.4 k course. Mark Iverson (APU) was just 0.1 seconds behind O’Brien in third. Reynolds was the first man out of the gate in the individual night sprint, and found it hard to tell what was going on out on the course....

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Adventure Ski in the backwoods

EvanJanuary 26, 2012

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Adventure Ski in the backwoods

EvanJanuary 26, 2012

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Bender Takes Tour Lead with Night Sprint Victory

Audrey ManganJanuary 26, 2012

With her second win out of three races in the Tour de Twin Cities on Wednesday, Jennie Bender (CXC) now leads the five-stage event. The 1.4 k freestyle sprint prologue was held under the lights at Wirth Park in Minneapolis, Minn., and was the final race of the Mayor’s Challenge phase of the Tour. Lauren Fritz (APU) was the runner-up and Bender’s teammate Caitlin Gregg (CXC) was third. “I really wanted to get today,” said...

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Otepaa Classic Style

FasterSkierJanuary 26, 2012

Last weekend we had a classic double header in Otepaa, Estonia. Saturday was a classic sprint and then Sunday was a 10km classic. We’ve had a lot of skate races and especially skate sprints this winter so I was excited to switch it up. Just a week and a half ago we had heard that [...]

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UP NEXT: COC and WC

Taylor Fletcher - UpdatesJanuary 26, 2012

I am back in Europe after my short stay in Park City. I am now in Klingenthal, Germany for a Continental Cup. We will have two individual competitions here, before we head back to Munich to meet the rest of the team. From there we will have a couple days of training in Germany, before we all head to Predazzo/Val Di Fiemme, Italy for another super-weekend of racing. [...]

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2nd Period of Competition

Taylor Fletcher - UpdatesJanuary 26, 2012

Just finished up the 2nd period of races. This time we were in Oberstdorf, Germany and Chaux Neuve, France. I was very excited about these competitions, coming off some solid racing in the continental cup competitions in park city. &nbs [...]

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Stowe Mini Camp

lizkantackJanuary 26, 2012

We just finished up our four day mini-camp in Stowe, Vermont. Almost everyone got six separate sessions on snow with a little bit of everything - lots of distance, intervals, time trial, etc. - and we arrived home last night, all appropriately tired f...

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Gear West: Wedges and Spacers

FasterSkierJanuary 26, 2012

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Tour de Twin Cities continues

JGreggJanuary 26, 2012

The night sprint is the third race of the five-stage Tour de Twin Cities. The 1.4 K freestyle was held on the fast Theodore Wirth course. The last two stages will be this week end on artificial snow at Green Acres. (unlike the Methow Valley in Washington that had 14 inches of real snow last night) results Congratulations [...]

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Wax of the Day

FasterSkierJanuary 25, 2012

I've added a link to the WOTD from this blog.Look for the link on the lower rightFor the past few seasons I've been doing daily updates for the Methow Valley's grooming report to provide wax-of-the-day information.On most days it's a relatively straigh...

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Once Burnt Out, Ammar Finds New Fire for Racing

Alex KochonJanuary 25, 20122

When Amanda Ammar first saw the start list at the Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre in Vernon, British Columbia, she couldn’t help but think it was comical. Next to her name where her points total should have been was nothing – zero, zilch, nada – as if she had never raced before. Six years earlier, the Alberta native was one of the best cross-country skiers in Canada, making the 2006 Torino Olympics at age 19 and...

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Winter WONDERLAND

FasterSkierJanuary 25, 2012

For the past four weeks I've been traveling on the race circuit, first in New England and now in the Twin Cities. Everywhere I've been folks have been lamenting the poor winter they're experiencing in their home area. "There's no good skiing anywhere i...

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