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After Olympic near-misses, Planica binding mishap postpones Brennan’s medal quest

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 25, 2023

PLANICA, SLOVENIA — From the stadium at this Slovenian ski venue, Wiggy Brennan watched on the jumbotron as her daughter, Rosie Brennan, raced with the lead pack in Saturday’s World Championships skiathlon race. Brennan, who trains with Anchorage’s Alaska Pacific University team, was feeling good and gunning for a medal against the best in the world. It’s easy to pick her out, Wiggy said, with her bright orange Rossignol skis. Then, someone crashed. “And I’m...

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The Devon Kershaw Show: Swedes storm as Brennan gets a tough break

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 25, 2023

Ebba Andersson wins the World Championships skiathlon followed by a strong Frida Karlsson, with a surprise third by a Norwegian with a cinderella story. We break the race down and cover Rosie Brennan’s ski mishap. We’ll back back with more after Sunday’s team sprint. Send us your questions at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.

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A Chinese athlete took cross-country skiing by storm last year. But as World Championships kick off, he’s stuck at home.

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 25, 2023

This World Championship coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. PLANICA, SLOVENIA – Wang Qiang was cross-country skiing’s Next Big Thing. Wang, 29, was the product of a colossal investment from his home country to identify and train potential medal winners in...

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The Devon Kershaw Show: Norway’s men pull out the broom for a pursuit sweep

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 25, 2023

Longtime Canadian racer Jesse Cockney joins us to recap a surprisingly exciting men’s pursuit race at the World Championships in Planica, Slovenia. We’ll be back tomorrow. Send your questions to devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.

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After Two COVID Winters, an Unusual Sight at World Championships: Parents

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 24, 2023

This World Cup coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. PLANICA, SLOVENIA – A year ago, Canadian cross-country skier Graham Ritchie had reached the pinnacle of his sport: He was competing at the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. His parents? They...

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The Devon Kershaw Show: Ben Ogden joins us for a salty start to World Champs in Planica

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 23, 2023

Bang! We’re off and running with a recap of the classic sprint, the first of six medal events at the World Championships in Planica, Slovenia. American sprint sensation Ben Ogden joins us. We’ll be podcasting after each race day in Slovenia. Get at us with questions at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.

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“Pretty sweet vibes” in sunny Slovenia as World Championships kick off Thursday

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 22, 2023

This World Cup coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. PLANICA, SLOVENIA — What a difference a year makes. Last February, the world’s top cross-country skiers were in China, hermetically sealed inside the Olympic Covid bubble. When they emerged to race, they...

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The Devon Kershaw Show: The long-delayed mailbag, with Sadie Bjornsen Maubet

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 14, 2023

We’ve promised. And promised and promised. Now, it’s finally time for us to deliver: Answers to dozens of questions that came in from our dozens of listeners. Sadie Bjornsen Maubet, the World Championships medalist from Alaska, joins Devon and Nat to lend her insights into international cross-country ski racing. We’ll be back as World Championships get started in Slovenia next week; Nat will be on scene. Reach us at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.

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The Devon Kershaw Show: A final tuneup in Toblach

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 7, 2023

World Championships is looming; Devon and Nat return to cover three days of racing — and two podiums from Jessie Diggins — in Toblach, Italy. We’ll finally get to the mailbag episode next week, so send in your questions if you’ve got ’em: devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.

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The Devon Kershaw Show: Don’t sleep on Les Rousses

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 30, 2023

Holy smokes, that was an epic weekend of racing. Devon and Nat are joined by Tony Cyr, the breakout Canadian star, and a mystery guest drops in later on in the episode. We break down the sprint and two distance races held at the festive French venue in Les Rousses. And we promise, we’ll get you a mailbag episode before World Championships starts in a few weeks. Get at us at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.

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The Devon Kershaw Show: Getting high in Livigno

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 24, 2023

It’s been a couple weeks since you last heard from us. The World Cup and the Devon Kershaw Show are back from a hiatus with a recap of the high altitude sprint weekend in Livigno. Devon and Nat break down the individual and team sprints from the Italian Alps, including some strong American performances. We’re still planning a mailbag episode in the not-too-distant future, so keep those questions coming: devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com. We’ll be back...

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The Devon Kershaw Show: We have reached the summit

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 9, 2023

Devon and Nat return to recap the last three stages of this year’s Tour de Ski, including the climb up the Alpe Cermis and some epic American and Canadian performances. The World Cup circuit is taking a break, so we’ll try to have a mailbag episode in the next week. Email us questions and comments at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.

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The Devon Kershaw Show: Norway’s COVID crisis, and a Latvian star is born

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 5, 2023

There’s too much going on in the Tour de Ski for us to cover in just one episode — so we’re back to quickly hype up a breakout performance by Latvia’s Patrīcija Eiduka yesterday, and to break down a COVID crisis on the Norwegian team that’s erupted in the past 24 hours. We’re at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com; we’ll be back Sunday.

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The Devon Kershaw Show: Tour de Gus, from Oberstdorf

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 5, 2023

Gus Schumacher, one of the U.S. men to notch top-15 results at this week’s Tour de Ski stages, joins us to recap the two races in Oberstdorf, Germany. We hear from Schumacher about how his tour so far, and we break down the roller coaster performance of American superstar Jessie Diggins. We’ll be back in a few days once the racers summit the Alpe Cermis. Get at us at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.

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The Devon Kershaw Show, Lillehammer recap: Diggins delivers and Norway is still Norway

Nathaniel HerzDecember 5, 2022

Crashes, breakout performances, a Klaebo fill-in called in mid-workout, an American victory and climate activists disrupting a race — the three-day Lillehammer weekend had it all. Olivia Orr and Hannah DeAngelis, two superfans in Maine, join us for the recap, with Devon bringing us firsthand intel from the Canadian wax cabin. We’re at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com if you’ve got questions or feedback. See you next week.

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The Devon Kershaw Show: Ruka recap and guess whose apology tour

Nathaniel HerzNovember 28, 2022

We’re back, with some incremental improvements to our audio production and full stoke for a new season of the Devon Kershaw Show. On this first episode of the new season, Devon and Nat break down the winter’s opening races in Sweden, Finland and Norway, and prime the pump for the World Cup kickoff in Finland next weekend. As always, email us at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.

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China spent millions on cross-country skiing in the leadup to Beijing. What happens now?

Nathaniel HerzMarch 31, 2022

ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA — A month ago, I met with a source close to the Chinese government in a tiny room in this mountain resort outside Beijing, which hosted the 2022 Olympic cross-country skiing events. There, the source explained how a decision by international skiing officials to disqualify a Chinese cross-country skier from a race was like killing a baby. China does not have, exactly, a long tradition of success in winter sports like cross-country skiing. But...

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“So close, yet so far”: This international Olympic Covid romance is a story for our times

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 28, 2022

U.S. cross-country skier Kevin Bolger and Swedish racer Maja Dahlqvist met during the COVID-19 pandemic. The virus kept them six feet apart during the Olympics — except one celebratory hug. ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA — American Olympic cross-country skier Kevin Bolger grew up in Wisconsin. His girlfriend, Olympian Maja Dahlqvist, is from Sweden. During the Olympics, in China, they got to spend a couple of weeks in the same place. Among their options for dates: • Go cross-country...

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US xc ski team says it will skip World Cup races in Russia amid Ukraine invasion

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 24, 2022

The International Ski Federation hasn’t said whether the races, in the Siberian city of Tyumen, will go off as scheduled next month. The U.S. cross-country ski team says it will skip upcoming races in Russia amid that country’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine. A team official said Thursday that the Americans will skip the final weekend of racing on the top-level European World Cup circuit, which is scheduled for next month in the Siberian city of...

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Alaska physical therapist is one of USST’s secret weapons in Beijing

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 21, 2022

ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA — Just about everyone involved with the U.S. Ski Team has a story about physiotherapist Zuzana Rogers fixing some weird corner of their body. “I had a dislocated cuboid bone, and she diagnosed it over Skype and essentially talked me through repositioning it, and I was better,” said Holly Brooks, the retired Olympic cross-country skier from Alaska. “It was insane.” Eli Brown, one of the team’s ski technicians, thought he had an Achilles...

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