USSA has announced the nominations for the 2010 US Cross-Country Ski Team. Seven athletes have been nominated – five to the A Team and two to the B Team. Leading the way are Olympians Kikkan Randall, Kris Freeman and Andy Newell. Newell and Randall both finsihed on the World Cup podium this year, while Randall set a standard for US women when she finished 8th at the 2010 Olympics. Newell also just missed the top-3...
USSA has released nominations for the 2011 US Nordic Combined Team. Led by Olympic medalists Billy Demong, Johnny Spillane, and Todd Lodwick, the team would consist of nine members. Athletes must accept the responsibilities of a USST athlete. The final team will be named later this spring. Demong became the first US skier to win a gold medal in any of the nordic sports this year in Vancouver. Spillane won three silver medals, and Lodwick...
Continental Cup Skier of the Year The Continental Cup Skier of the Year presented one of the biggest challenges of the 2010 FasterSkier Awards. Strong contenders from both the US and Canada entered the mix, with few head-to-head races to clarify the situation. Also complicating matters is the fact that the 2010 Canadian NorAm schedule featured many fewer races than the US SuperTour in 2010. Continental Cup Skier of the Year (women): Dasha Gaiazova (CAN). ...
Somebody email Chelsea. She has an out-of-office-i’m-on-vacation-auto-reply email thing going on. It actually says “vacation”. I didn’t know that we could technically call anything a vacation, given what we do every day. Pepa can take a vacation, sure. But us? Not sure. But maybe. But let’s say that we can take vacations, and this is it. [...]
Adaptive Skier of the Year A new and well-deserved addition to the FasterSkier Awards, the Adaptive Skier of the Year poses some challenges. There are many categories within adaptive skiing, and some of the athletes participate in both cross-country and biathlon. One goal of the FS Awards is to keep things clear and simple, and we decided to present one award covering all categories and both adaptive xc and biathlon. This is similar to the...
A trio of Devo athletes, along with parents and coaches headed down to the Ragan Family’s cabin at Summit Lake in the Eastern Alaska Range. Due to injuries and scheduling conflicts the group was small, but that didn’t keep the adventure from being huge! Story in pictures… Stay tuned for more pics from the rest of the [...]
While most North American ski racers have put their skis away for the winter, there is still plenty of racing action in Europe. A quick roundup of some of the weekend’s events. Marit Bjoergen and Sjur Røthe Win Haukelirennet 2010 The traditional Haukelirennet had to be shortened from it’s original distance of 32km to only 8 km due to strong winds and snowfall. Marit Bjoergen won the ladies race ahead ofAstrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen who was 1:53 back. Tona Dalenclaimed...
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Since my last update I have been to the famous Mayo clinic for some extensive testing. The first day I went down there all the tests showed that my pulse was ‘obliterated’ when I contracted my calf muscle. Also, from my previous MRI the doctors could see an extra ’slip’ of muscle attachment [...]
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I came to Maine for the month of April with the intention of helping my Dad move. Packing up boxes and going through old stuff has kept me occupied, but I also got a temporary job working for the Kennebec Land Trust. The KLT has many conservation properties all over Kennebec County and my task [...]
CANMORE, Alta.—Canada’s high-performance cross-country ski athletes will begin their four-year march to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games with a new head coach blazing the trail to world-leading results. Justin Wadsworth, a three-time Olympic cross-country skier for the United States, has accepted the role as head coach of the National Ski Team, Cross Country Canada announced on Friday. The 41-year-old Wadsworth, who is very familiar with Canada’s cross-country ski program as the former training partner and now husband of...
Welcome back for the second half of my article looking at trends in performance by US skiers (as a group) on the international scene. Last time we looked at distance events, so now it’s time to turn to sprinting. Before we move on, if you haven’t read the first half of this article, please go do so now.
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Collegiate Skier of the Year Last year this category posed the biggest challenge with tough decisions for both the men’s and women’s award, but 2010 posed no such problems. Both winners were very strong during the regular season and dominating at the NCAA Championships. Collegiate Skier of the Year (women): Antje Maempel (GER). Maempel, racing for Denver University, became the first repeat winner of this award, following up her close win last year with a...
Are you ready for a great adventure? The Bend Endurance Academy is seeking collegiate skiers and older juniors ages 18-23 who have an interest in spending 3-4 months in Bend, Oregon training with professional coaches and a highly motivated Nordic team. The Bend Endurance Academy provides organized training programs for all abilities throughout the year. Our Collegiate Summer training includes rollerskiing, bounding, running, hiking, strength and agility training and late season on snow skiing. The...
Last fall David was named Gatorade Player of the Year for Cross-Country Running in VT.br /br /Here is a link to the press release. http://playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/assets/writable/press/2009-10_BC_DSinclair.pdfdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img widt...
FasterSkier Rookie of the Year It is hard to define a “rookie” in cross-country skiing. First year on the World Cup? First season as a senior? First year in college? First year skiing? We keep it loose and give the award to skiers who take a major step forward while moving up to a new level of competition. Rookie of the Year (men): Simi Hamilton (USA). In his first season out of college, Hamilton moved...
Crust cruising and powder skiing in the west, cycling in the east, and the Euros are finally winding down their race season. It is time for the third-annual FasterSkier Awards. Awards are given to the top man and woman in ten categories, three of which are new this year. In the past the Performance of the Year category was presented to a cross-country skier. We have added two additional awards in this genre, for Biathlon...