With the World Cup resuming on Saturday (after a bye weekend two weeks out from the Olympics), Toblach organizers are doing their best to remove and manage heavy snowfall. According to FasterSkier's on-site reporter Gerry Furseth, there was no official training on Friday "as the heavy snow made for unusual skiing conditions."
U.S. Paralympics recently nominated 16 Nordic skiing athletes and two guides to its 2014 U.S. Paralympic Team to compete in biathlon and cross-country skiing at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, March 7-16.
With a World Cup sprint victory already under his belt, Russia's Sergey Ustiugov racked up another U23 title and Jessie Diggins came oh-so-close, winning the women's qualifier then placing second to Germany's Elisabeth Schicho in the final. France's Jean Tiberghien won the junior men's sprint, Sweden's Jonna Sundling captured her first individual junior title, and Canada's Katherine Stewart-Jones placed 15th.
This week's, Colin Foley of the Callaghan Valley Training Centre details one of his favorite intensity workouts, which felt like a sprint qualifier: max aerobic speed at 15-second intervals. "It’s something that we’ve done a few times and I really hope we do more in the future," he writes.
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Erik Bjornsen enjoys the finer things in life: hot chocolate, Sequence and 1994 Ford Rangers. More about the younger of the Bjornsen siblings and first-time Olympian, who's racing at U23 World Championships starting Wednesday in Val di Fiemme, Italy.
On her 26th birthday, this northern Vermont native still has the smallest feet on the World Cup, can drink maple syrup straight, and is a self-described "horrible swimmer." More fun facts about Ida Sargent in the weeks leading up to her first Olympics.
Cross Country Canada announced late Friday night that it added two women, Brittany Webster and Amanda Ammar, to its 2014 Olympic cross-country team. That brings the team total to 13 athletes, seven women and six men.
Jessie Diggins is a banana-bread junkie, has a healthy fear of clipless pedals, and is one of the few people who will admit they like listening to Taylor Swift. More fun facts about the 22-year-old Minnesota native headed to her first Olympics.
SATURDAY FEB. 8, 2014 Location: RICH RANCH, SEELEY LAKE, MT Welcome to the first Peter Hale Memorial Race & Tour. Peter was a dearly loved figure here in the American Nordic ski community. His love of the sport, determination and genial nature made him an industry icon. He was generous with his time and knowledge with new ski programs, promising Nordic racers, ski shops, and just anyone that loved this lifetime sport. We are thankful...
The U.S. Cross-Country and Nordic Combined teams officially announced their athlete selections for the 2014 Winter Olympics, which start in just over two weeks in Sochi, Russia.
In her first year of dental school, Audrey Weber, 27, has less time for ski-specific training and instead shifted her focus to the gym, where she's found success with CrossFit. "Currently, I am 13 months into my own personal case study called, 'How Fit Can an Ex-Cross Country Ski Racer Stay on Four Hours of Training Per Week?' " she says. "Some preliminary results are in, and the findings are quite interesting." she says.
The fourth FIS points list of the season was released today providing some clarity to the naming of the United States cross-county Olympic Team. The points list serves as the third criteria for selection to the team, following World Cup ranking, and coaches discretion. With discretion as number two the points list may or may not have a role in who is selected to the team.
Missed the action this weekend? Don't worry! FasterSkier has compiled all the top stories to make sure that you stay up-to-date with the latest in the nordic ski world.
One last video from the final day of the Seefeld Triple on Sunday, with thoughts from U.S. Nordic Combined Head Coach Dave Jarrett, Bryan Fletcher, who notched a season-best fifth overall, and Billy Demong, who skied the third-fastest time to end up 11th in the first cumulative event of its kind in nordic combined.
On the second day of the inaugural three-day Nordic Combined Triple, several top skiers, including Jason Lamy-Chappuis, Akito Watabe, Tino Edelmann, and Mikko Kokslien, chat on camera and dish about their favorite U.S. athletes.
EISA action continued today in the second day of the Colby College Carnival. In the women's 10 k freestyle race the University of Vermont's Linda Danvind-Malm posted the fastest time in 28:16.8, while in the men's race it was UVM's Scott Patterson who blazed around the 15 k course in 35:26.1, gapping the field by over a minute.
A broken pole couldn't keep Billy Demong from skiing to his best result of the season in eighth on the first day of the Nordic Combined World Cup Triple, and he talks all about it on camera after Friday's individual jump and 5-kilometer prologue. Teammate Bryan Fletcher led the U.S. Nordic Combined team in sixth, also a season best.
Get up close and personal with three members of U.S. Nordic Combined and Canadian Wesley Savill as they share their first oh-so-cold experience with cryotherapy -- essentially a cold sauna at temperatures around -110 degrees Celsius (-166 Fahrenheit).
Great week end of Nordic skiing in Park City: Sat feb 15th 10:00am: round valley round up (5, 20, 40k). You will ski right by USSA Center Of Excellence http://utaholympiclegacy.com/pages/park-facts-history You like numbers??? Final stage of Tour de Ski “Alpe Cermis”, also known as toughest worldcup stage: Start elevation: 870m, finish elevation: 1270m 9km total: 5.8k relatively flat and 3.7k up for elevation gain of 425m UOP “king of the mountain”: Start...