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Bjørndalen Up To Old Tricks As Norway Strikes Gold in IBU Mixed Relay

Chelsea LittleNovember 27, 2016

It’s a new season on the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup, but the Norwegian biathlon team made it clear that they didn’t want anything to change: just as they won the World Cup mixed relay trophy in 2016, they picked up a 33.7-second win in the event in Östersund, Sweden, on Sunday to kick off the new year. And just as he had so many times before, it was Ole Einar Bjørndalen — the “King...

Interviews Racing US Ski Team World Cup

Randall Misses Heats in Kuusamo, But Optimistic About Upcoming Races

Chelsea LittleNovember 26, 2016

Kikkan Randall returned to World Cup racing on Saturday, with baby in tow. The verdict on her performance: neither as good as hoped for, nor worse than history would predict. On Saturday, the three-time Sprint World Cup champion competed in her first World Cup competition since 2014. Randall took the 2015/2016 season off while pregnant with her son, Breck. In her return to racing, she finished 52nd – 19.75 seconds off Krista Parmakoski of Finland’s qualifying time in...

Biathlon Interviews News Racing

‘Macx The Man’ Davies Dives into Season with Big Aspirations

Chelsea LittleNovember 24, 2016

Canadian biathlete Macx Davies is shooting for the flower ceremony on this season's World Cup circuit, but fame came a little early. "I never really thought that I would be the best known Canadian because of my dance moves or my interviews," he said.

Doping News Olympics

FIS President Kasper: ‘We Need to Stop Pretending Sport Is Clean’

Chelsea LittleNovember 22, 2016

With the number of athletes testing positive at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics now topping 100 and the second part of the McLaren report into state-sponsored doping in Russia dropping within a month, WADA agreed to a new system of sanctions for countries who do not comply with the World Anti-Doping Code. International Ski Federation President Gian Franco Kasper did not like it.

General Juniors News Racing

Norwegian Nebulizer Use at World Junior Championships Stuns North Americans

Chelsea LittleNovember 14, 2016

Citing poor air quality which irritated airways, a Norwegian team doctor says he provided competitors with asthma medication at Junior and U23 World Championships in Romania last season. But American and Canadian competitors and coaches do not remember having such problems, and expressed surprise that such medications were being given to young athletes with no medical history of asthma.

General News Racing World Cup

Sargent and Patterson Prep for World Cup at Muonio FIS Races

Chelsea LittleNovember 12, 2016

In Finland to get in some race time before the World Cup begins, Ida Sargent of the U.S. Ski Team and Craftsbury finished ninth in the classic sprint in Muonio. Teammate Caitlin Patterson placed 16th and Sargent 19th in the 5k classic the next day.

Canadian National Ski Team General Interviews News Racing

17 Questions for 2017: Julien Locke

Chelsea LittleOctober 31, 2016

After a junior and U23 career spent skiing for Rossland, BC's Black Jack ski team, Julien Locke earned a national team nod in May and has relocated to Canmore, Alberta. He's aiming to impress at the World Cup sprint selection races at Frozen Thunder this week.

Biathlon General Interviews News Racing

Tandy Back with National Team and Back on Track after Wrist Fracture

Chelsea LittleOctober 27, 2016

Megan Tandy, a two-time Olympian who hails from British Columbia but lives in Germany, has been working with Canadian national team coach Roddy Ward - her closest off-season collaboration with the team in eight years. She hopes to regain the form that handed her four top-15s on the World Cup in 2015.

General News Training Workouts

Wednesday Workout: Making the Most of a Small Hill with Caitlin Gregg

Chelsea LittleOctober 26, 2016

Need to train hills, but you don't live in the mountains? Caitlin Gregg and Loppet Nordic Racing are here to show you how to get a killer interval workout off just 175 feet of vertical.

General News Racing World Cup

FIS President: Johaug Should Get Four-Year Ban

Chelsea LittleOctober 25, 2016

"Normally, if she is guilty, it is very clear that she should receive a 4-year ban," FIS President Gian Franco Kasper said in an interview with Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, while admitting that he had seen no evidence from the case.

Canadian National Ski Team General News Racing World Cup

17 Questions for 2017: Knute Johnsgaard

Chelsea LittleOctober 21, 2016

After scoring his first World Cup points last season, Whitehorse native Knute Johnsgaard is enjoying training more with Canada's senior national team. But he particularly appreciated a trip back home to the Yukon to chase wild sheep around on mountain ranges.

Biathlon General News Racing

Reid Earns Biathlon World Cup Berth; Currier, Schommer on Short List for U.S. Men

Chelsea LittleOctober 20, 2016

Colorado biathlete Joanne Reid will join Susan Dunklee and Clare Egan to make up the U.S. women's World Cup team for the first period of racing. Meanwhile, Russell Currier (Outdoor Sports Institute) and Paul Schommer (USBA) are short-listed for the men's squad and will join a national team training camp in Canmore, Alberta, before one is ultimately selected.

General News

Johaug Handed 2-Month Provisional Suspension While Investigation Ongoing

Chelsea LittleOctober 19, 2016

Norway's Therese Johaug has been served a two-month provisional suspension while a hearing panel by the Norwegian Olympic Committee decides her fate: a much longer suspension could be in store. The star was caught using the banned steroid clostebol.

Canadian National Ski Team General Interviews News Racing

17 Questions for 2017: Cendrine Browne

Chelsea LittleOctober 17, 2016

What's one thing Canadian senior national team member Cendrine Browne would change about skiing? "I'd take back the [FIS] rule on double poling!"

Biathlon General News Racing

17 Questions for 2017: Max Durtschi

Chelsea LittleOctober 14, 2016

2016 was just his second year of biathlon, but Max Durtschi made his World Cup debut in Candmore. Balancing training with the national team and studying neuroscience at Dartmouth College takes a motivation: Durtschi relies on music from the spaghetti western "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly" to get him out of bed in the morning.

General News Racing World Cup

Johaug Tests Positive for Anabolic Steroid After Using Sunburn Cream Recommended by Team Doctor

Chelsea LittleOctober 13, 2016

A contrite and devastated Therese Johaug announced that she had tested positive for clostebol, an anabolic steroid. It was an ingredient in a lip cream she used after getting a severe sunburn at a high-altitude training camp. Her team doctor had told her that the cream contained no prohibited substances.

General Lifestyle News Racing US Ski Team

17 Questions for 2017: Noah Hoffman

Chelsea LittleOctober 10, 2016

U.S. Ski Team member Noah Hoffman tackles our "17 Questions" series, revealing a summer of concerts and cornhole while he tries to conserve energy and improve recovery from an increased training load.

General News

Fight Over WADA’s Future Continues at Olympic Summit; Bach Vague on Details of New Proposals

Chelsea LittleOctober 8, 2016

The declaration from the Olympic Summit in Lausanne makes clear that the International Olympic Committee has ideas about how anti-doping work should go forward, but it's unclear whether the IOC wants to make WADA truly independent, or to increase its own influence.

General News

FIS President: WADA Should Stick to Testing, Stop Acting Political

Chelsea LittleOctober 7, 2016

Gian Franco Kasper believes that WADA seeking punishments for countries which do not comply with the WADA Code -- for instance, stopping them from hosting international competitions -- goes too far into the realm of "politics."

Biathlon General News Racing

Dunklee Deepens Craftsbury Roots and Shoots for Speed on World Cup

Chelsea LittleOctober 6, 2016

Amidst a summer of projects on her new house in Vermont, U.S. Biathlon's Susan Dunklee has tried a periodized approach to her shooting training and is looking for big dividends this winter.

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