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Sunday Race Rundown from Toblach, Italy (TdS Stage 2)

FasterSkierDecember 30, 2018

FIS World Cup Tour de Ski Stage 10 k/15 k Freestyle Interval Start On Sunday, Stage 2 of the Tour de Ski (TdS) offered a 10-kilometer freestyle interval start for the women in Toblach, Italy. Russia’s Natalia Nepryaeva won the race in a time of 25:12.8 minutes. Norway’s Ingvild Flugstad Østberg skied to a razor-thin second place, clocking in 0.3 seconds behind Nepryaeva. Another Russian, Anastasia Sedova, placed third (+10.9). This was Nepryaeva’s first career...

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Saturday Race Rundown from Toblach, Italy (TdS Stage 1)

FasterSkierDecember 29, 2018

FIS World Cup Tour de Ski Stage 1 1.6 k Freestyle Sprint Women’s Report | Men’s Report Seventy-five skiers began the 2018/2019 women’s Tour de Ski in Tobalch, Italy with a 1.3-kilometer freestyle sprint. The U.S. Ski Team’s (USST) Sadie Bjornsen was the fastest qualifier finishing in 2:35.95 minutes. Sweden’s Linn Soemskar was second (+0.14), and Stina Nilsson third (+0.40). Jessie Diggins (USST) qualified in 6th (+1.38), and Sophie Caldwell 9th (+1.60). The final was...

News Racing Tour de Ski

2018/2019 Tour de Ski Preview (Updated)

FasterSkierDecember 26, 2018

Beginning this Saturday in Toblach, Italy with a freestyle sprint is the 13th edition of the Tour de Ski (TdS). According to the International Ski Federation (FIS), over the course of seven stages the men will race 80.918 kilometers, the women 60.67 k. The TdS has become both a staple and a spectacle of the annual World Cup calendar. With a jam-packed series of races primacy is placed on both the ability to recover well...

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Eastern Cup #1 Race Rundown from Craftsbury, Vermont (Updated with Gallery)

FasterSkierDecember 23, 2018

Day 1 (Sprint) Craftsbury photo gallery. Day 2 (Distance) Craftsbury photo gallery. Over the weekend in Craftsbury, Vermont the first Eastern Cup series went down. On Saturday skiers raced a 1.6-kilometer freestyle sprint. On Sunday the women raced a 5 k skate, the men 10 k. In the women’s sprint qualifier, Julia Kern (SMS T2) skied the fastest time of 3:12.97 minutes. Ida Sargent (USST/CGRP) was the second fastest qualifier, with Jessica Yeaton (APU) in...

Biathlon News Racing

Sunday Rundown: IBU World Cup Nové Město, Czech Republic

FasterSkierDecember 23, 2018

IBU World Cup Nové Město, Czech Republic Mass Starts Sunday’s mass start races wrapped up the first stretch of IBU World Cup race calendar. And with it, on the men’s side, Johannes Thingnes Bø of Norway has dominated the win column. Sunday marked his sixth victory of the season as he won the 15-kilometer mass start race in Nové Město, Czech Republic in a time of 37:25.2 minutes. Bø shot clean on Sunday as he...

Biathlon News Racing

Saturday Rundown: IBU World Cup Nové Město, Czech Republic

FasterSkierDecember 22, 2018

IBU World Cup Nové Město, Czech Republic 12.5 k / 10 k Pursuit Johannes Thingnes Bø won his fifth race of the IBU World Cup season by taking the men’s 12.5-kilometer pursuit in Nové Město, Czech Republic in a time of 31:59.0 minutes. Bø skied four penalty laps on his way to victory. Russia’s Alexander Loginov also skied four penalty laps, and finished second 6.2 seconds back. The elder Bø brother, Tarjei Bø, placed third...

Resources Reviews

Gifting the ‘Cross-Country Cat’; Learn Life Lessons from Mary Calhoun’s Stride-and-Glide Feline

FasterSkierDecember 19, 2018

As FasterSkier staff stroll into an upcoming weekend with no cross-country World Cups, it’s time to scramble and score some holiday gifts for friends and loved ones. Christmas is around the corner. It’s never too late for Hanukkah (Hanukkah ended on December 10). We’re keeping with the cat theme in this second gift idea for the season. It’s from one of Bend, Oregon’s iconic cats, Dave Smullin. This is how Smullin helps spread the love...

News Team nominations

Cross Country Ski de Fond Canada Names 18 Athletes to FIS Nordic Junior and Under-23 World Championship Team

FasterSkierDecember 18, 2018

Cross Country Ski de Fond Canada Names 18 Athletes to FIS Nordic Junior and Under-23 World Championship Team —Family connections headline 2019 World Junior squad— (Press release) CANMORE, Alta.—Eighteen young Canucks who represent the next generation of cross-country ski talent in the country have just been named to Canada’s 2019 Junior and Under-23 World Championship Team that will compete in Lahti, Finland, January 19 – 27. Cross Country Ski de fond Canada will send...

Continental Cup Racing

2019 Canadian Ski Championships, Mar 13-20 Gatineau, Quebec

FasterSkierDecember 17, 2018

2019 Canadian Ski Championships, Mar 13-20 Gatineau, Quebec (Press Release) Link to Press Release in French From March 13thto 20th, the 2019 Canadian Cross-Country Ski Championships will be held in Gatineau, Quebec (near Ottawa) at Nakkertok Nordic ski club. The event will be run by ENGNE, the organizers of the Gatineau World Cup stop on the 2016 Ski Tour Canada. This is the 93rdedition of the event and will crown the National Champions in both...

Biathlon News Racing World Cup

Saturday Rundown: Davos, Hochfilzen, Canmore (Updated 3x)

FasterSkierDecember 15, 2018

FIS World Cup Davos, Switzerland 1.5 k Freestyle Sprint Women’s Race Report | Men’s Race Report On a lovely Davos, Switzerland day, Sophie Caldwell of the U.S. Ski Team (USST) was the day’s fastest qualifier for the women, stopping the clock in 2:46.28 minutes. Caldwell looked cool and in-form on her way to place second overall on the day for her first podium of the season. The win went to Sweden’s Stina Nilsson after...

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Friday Rundown: Hochfilzen, Austria

FasterSkierDecember 14, 2018

IBU World Cup, Hochfilzen, Austria Men’s 10 k Sprint On Friday in Hochfilzen, Austria Norway’s Johannes Thingnes Bø won the 10-kilometer sprint in a time of 24:49.2 minutes. It was Bø’s third win of the season and his third win in succession. While leading the race wire-to-wire, Bø shot clean in prone, and missed one target standing. buy ventolin online France’s Martin Fourcade shot clean to place second (+8.6). Benedikt Doll of Germany, also shooting...

Thursday Rundown: Hochfilzen, Canmore and U23/JW Trials

FasterSkierDecember 13, 2018

Today in Hochfilzen, Austria, Dorothea Wierer of Italy won the sprint in a time of 21:04.9 minutes. Wierer missed one shot standing for a single penalty during the race. Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland was close behind in second, 0.6 seconds back. Mäkäräinen also had one missed target standing. Third place went to Russia’s Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht, finishing 24.4 seconds behind. Yurlova-Percht short clean in the race. Susan Dunklee was the best placed American in 34th (+1:33.0,...

News World Cup

Norway’s Petter Northug jr. Retires

FasterSkierDecember 12, 2018

On December 12, in Trondheim, Norway, thirty-two-year-old Petter Northug jr. announced his retirement from the sport. Northug won four Olympic medals, two of which are gold. He won 16 World Championship medals, 13 of them gold. He has a total of 38 total wins on the World Cup during his 12 year career, “I have taken a decision to post as a skier. I told myself that I could not use more energy and effort to...

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Sunday Rundown: Beitostølen, Pokljuka (Biathlon), and Sovereign Lake (Update 4x)

FasterSkierDecember 9, 2018

FIS World Cup Beitostølen, Norway 4 x 5 k / 4 x 7.5 k Relay Sunday in Beitostølen, Norway the women raced a 4 x 5-kilometer relay on firm tracks and under partly cloudy skies — Saturday’s races featured fresh snowfall. Norway I took the win in a total time of 57:23.6 minutes. In order of relay legs, Heidi Weng, Therese Johaug, Ragnhild Haga, and Ingvild Flugstad Østberg comprised the team that raced at the...

Biathlon Racing

Friday Rundown: Pokljuka, Slovenia

FasterSkierDecember 7, 2018

IBU World Cup Pokljuka, Slovenia Men’s 10-kilometer Sprint The men’s 10-kilometer sprint in Pokljuka, Slovenia was won today by Norway’s Johannes Thingnes Bø in a time of 23:46.3 minutes. During the two shooting stages, Bø skied a single penalty lap after missing one shot while standing. Bø led the race from beginning to end, marking the fastest split at the first time check and never relinquishing control of the race. fordrinkers France’s Antonin Guigonnat placed...

Biathlon Racing

Thursday Rundown: Pokljuka, Slovenia (Updated)

FasterSkierDecember 6, 2018

IBU World Cup Pokljuka, Slovenia 20 k/15k Individual Not the least of the myriad variables affecting biathlon races, fickle weather has played games in Pokljuka, Slovenia, site of the first round on the IBU World Cup. The men’s 20-kilometer individual race was originally scheduled for Wednesday, but was Men’s Results The women’s 15 k individual was won by Ukraine’s Yuliya Dzhima 43:06.6 minutes. She was clean in her shooting in her first career IBU World Cup win....

Doping News

IBU Brings Doping Cases Against Four Russian Biathletes

FasterSkierDecember 4, 2018

On November 30, The International Biathlon Union (IBU) As recently as September, the IBU voted to rebuff the RBU’s application for full membership.

News Racing World Cup

Sunday Rundown: From Lillehammer to West Yellowstone to Pokljuka (Updated 2x)

FasterSkierDecember 2, 2018

FIS Cross-Country World Cup in Lillehammer Norway: 10 k/ 15 k Classic Pursuit On Sunday, the third and final day of racing in Lillehammer, Norway concluded with a 10-kilometer classic pursuit for the women. A win is a win, and Norway’s Therese Johaug, took the day and her second victory in as many days when she crossed the line first in 29:35.5 minutes. Sweden’s Ebba Andersson finished second (+16.8), Norway’s Ingvild Flugstad Østberg third (+17.9)....

News Racing World Cup

Saturday Rundown: From Lillehammer to West Yellowstone (Updated)

FasterSkierDecember 1, 2018

FIS Cross-Country World Cup in Lillehammer Norway: 10 k/ 15 k Freestyle Individual Start Women’s Report | Men’s Report On Saturday, the second day of World Cup cross-country racing ensued in Lillehammer, Norway with a 10-kilometer freestyle individual start race for the women. On a track of snow surrounded by green fir trees and a soggy landscape, the women skied two laps of 5 k course. Norway’s Therese Johaug was the fastest skier at every...

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Friday Rundown: World Cup Cross-Country Sprint in Lillehammer, Norway

FasterSkierNovember 30, 2018

FIS Cross-Country World Cup in Lillehammer Norway: Freestyle Sprint Women’s Report | Men’s Report In Friday’s women’s 1.3-kilometer freestyle sprint in Lillehammer, Norway, the first day of three successive days of World Cup racing, the women’s sprint final was stacked with Swedes, with four of six athletes sporting the yellow, blue, and white. In the final, Jonna Sundling of Sweden passed teammate Stina Nilsson meters before the finish line to take the win in 2:52.74 minutes....

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