Overview The U.S. Biathlon Team is hosting its annual Talent ID camp in Lake Placid, NY from June 16th to June 20th. This camp is used to identify current cross-country skiing talents and offer a development “fast track” to the National Team for selected athletes showing athletic potential. Biathlon is a major career opportunity for talented cross-country […]
Auburn Ski Club Training Center Seeks Junior Coach
The ASC Training Center is a non-profit organization located on Donner Summit, adjacent to Boreal Mountain Resort. ASCTC provides a variety of programs for 1500+ members. Activities include Junior Alpine, Snowboard, Nordic and Biathlon ski teams; recreational XC skiing and clinics on club trails; competitions and social events. ASCTC also operates a 25km Nordic Center […]
On Beauty–Québec Day Three: By Bill McKibben
Beauty was the order of the day, beginning with the spectacle that spread out on the old battleground that shoulders up against the city of Québec. Nordic skiing usually proceeds against a backdrop of pine and birch, but there’s an undeniable thrill to see a race unfold beneath a bright blue sky, the action painted […]
Quebec Men’s 15 K Pursuit Race Rundown
FIS World Cup Québec City Men’s 15 k Freestyle Pursuit Norway’s Johannes Høsflot Klæbo did not cede the win today as he moved to take the World Cup overall over Russia’s Alexander Bolshunov. The day’s first starter in the 15-kilometer freestyle pursuit, Klæbo won in 29:05.4. Klæbo began with a 52 second lead on second starter Bolshunov […]
Québec City World Cup Final Women’s Pursuit Race Rundown
FIS World Cup Finals Québec Women’s 10 k Freestyle Pursuit Day three in Québec City brought sunny skies and fast tracks. The first starter on the day for the 10 k freestyle pursuit, Sweden’s Stina Nilsson, took the win and with it the Québec City overall. Nilsson began with a 33.2 second lead over Norway’s Ingvild […]
Oslo IBU World Cup Rundown: Egan in Third
IBU World Cup Oslo, Norway 12.5 k Mass Start More on this later. Clare Egan of US Biathlon scored a third place in the holy grail of venues: Holmenkollen. This is Egan first podium on the IBU World Cup. The event was the 12.5 k mass start, which involves the top-30 athletes from the Oslo […]
Harvey on the Plains of Abraham: by Bill McKibben
It’s remarkably sweet when an athletic career ends on a grace note: Ted Williams lofting a home run in his final game at Fenway, say, or John Elway passing his Broncos to a Super Bowl victory. Or, earlier today, Alex Harvey taking second in front of a levitating crowd of supporters on the Plains of […]
Québec 15 k Mass Start Classic Rundown
FIS World Cup Québec City 15 k Mass Start Classic We’re changing the format for this race rundown. With many North Americans racing during World Cup finals in Québec, screenshots from Live Timing will keep the rundown updated efficiently. Why start with the top of the podium, when the real story sat front and center in second. […]
Québec City Women’s 10 k mass start classic Race Rundown
FIS World Cup Québec City 10 k Mass Start Classic We’re changing the format for this race rundown. With many North Americans racing during World Cup finals in Québec, screenshots from Live Timing will keep the rundown updated efficiently. Having won every World Cup distance she’s entered this season, Norway’s Therese Johaug couldn’t shake off Sweden’s Stina Nilsson […]
Québec Race Rundown Freestyle Sprint Final; Three U.S. Skiers in the Women’s Top-10
We’re changing the format for this race rundown. With many North Americans racing during World Cup finals in Québec, screenshots from Live Timing will keep the rundown updated efficiently. In the finals of Fridays; 1.6 k skate sprint in Québec, Stina Nilsson took the win and with it the sprint Crystal Globe overall. Sweden also took second […]
Québec Race Rundown Freestyle Sprint Qualifier (Updated)
We’re changing the format for this race rundown. With many North Americans racing during World Cup finals in Québec, screenshots from Live Timing will keep the rundown updated efficiently. FIS World Cup 1.6 K Freestyle Sprint Québec Results from the women’s 1.6 k freestyle sprint qualifier: Sadie Bjornsen, Sophie Caldwell, and Jessie Diggins made the heats […]
IBU World Cup Rundown from Oslo: Canada’s Lunder 9th, Egan 12th for the U.S.
The IBU World Cup resides in Oslo this week. The women began the racing with the 7.5-kilometer sprint on Thursday. The podium rundown goes like this: Slovakia’s Kuzmina Anastasiya shot 1+0 to win in 19:56.2, Germany’s Franziska Preuss placed second (+21.2, 0+0), with Paulina Fialkova of Slovakia in third (+25.1, 0+0). This was Kuzmina’s fifth […]
New Program Info for the Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy
(Press Release) March 20, 2019 – Our Academy programs in Canmore and Calgary are currently accepting applications. We have brought changes to our Program Guidelines for 2019-20, new options are now available, providing financial flexibility. Program Guidelines Submit your application with the Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy by April 7, 2019. Apply Here! We welcome questions […]
With Several Crystal Globes up for Grabs, Québec Should Offer Some Spicy Racing
Here are the basic rules for this week’s World Cup finals in Québec. It’s a three race series: a sprint, a classic mass start, and freestyle pursuit for the final stage. We’ll get to the import of the World Cup points on offer in a moment and why they add some tension to the […]
Wednesday Workout: The Pressure is Off Approach to Your First World Cup
At eighteen-years-old, Gus Schumacher remains composed in what is a pressure cooker of endurance sport. There he was last week on his home tracks of Kincaid Park in Anchorage, AK., claiming four first place medals and providing locals a deep-well of pride. If in fact this young man is stressed before or during a race, […]
U.S. Team for World Cup Finals in Québec
Heading into the final weekend of World Cup racing, the U.S. Ski Team will be allotted a greater number of starts. Starting with Friday’s sprint, racing will be organized in Québec, Canada. Not technically the U.S., but it is North America. The International Ski Federation’s rules state that when Canada hosts a World Cup, the […]
Relay Day at U.S. Junior Nationals (Press Release)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 16, 2019 Contact: Joey Caterinichio, Event Chair, president@anchoragenordicski.com, (907) 229-6427 Josh Niva, Chief of Media, nordicskiereditor@gmail.com, (907) 301-5287 Alaskans Kramer, Schumacher finish four-race sweeps with anchor leg comeback wins in 2019 U.S. Junior Nationals freestyle relays 3X3K relay races conclude week of championship racing in Anchorage ANCHORAGE, AK – After a […]
Sunday Race Rundown (Updated 2x)
FIS World Cup Falun, Sweden 10k/15k Inidividual Freestyle The sun rises. The sun sets. And Norway’s Therese Johaug won the 10-kilometer individual start freestyle in Falun, Sweden. In 25:23.9 minutes, Johaug made her winning statement. Sweden’s Ebba Andersson placed second (+18.75), with the U.S. Ski Team’s (USST) Jessie Diggins in third (+30.3). Fourth place went […]
Saturday Race Rundown
FIS World Cup Falun, Sweden 1.4 k Freestyle Sprint On a day when sugary snow course picked off skiers trying to advance during Falun, Sweden’s 1.4-kilometer freestyle sprint, Stina Nilsson, yes of Sweden, took the win. She won the final in 3:07.72 over Norway’s Maiken Caspersen Falla in second (+0.67). The day’s top qualifier, Maja Dahlqvist, […]
Petter Eliassen and Justyna Kowalczyk Win the Birkebeinerrennet (Press Release)
Eliassen and Kowalczyk Break Away to Victories in Birkebeinerrennet In the men’s 54 km race, Petter Eliassen attacked very early on and only his teammate Morten Eide Pedersen was able to follow for a while. Before reaching the climb competition point at Raudfjellet, 20 km, Eliassen was skiing solo and kept going so strong that […]