div align="left"The World Championship Sprints are done; the results only tell a small part of the story, so let us begin.../divdiv align="left"br //divdiv align="left"br /The fat lady has sung and it was a bitter sweet tune that we will be humming for...
FasterSkier’s Nat Herz is at the World Junior and U23 Championships this week and was able to catch up with Scott Patterson and Annie Hart for a little video interview just after they finished their races today. Scott Patterson Annie Hart A Bonus Clip – From within the crowd
We drove to the venue for yesterday morning for the skate sprint race and found ourselves in a cloud. It was very foggy and kind of raining except it was more like water suspended in the air. It was also kind of cold though so the conditions were very fast. The course was perfect for [...]
Morgan Arritola, Ketchum, ID,23 SWIX Holly Brooks, Anchorage, AK, 27, SWIX Caitlin Compton, Minneapolis, MN 29, SWIX Kris Freeman, Andover, NH, 29, SWIX Torin Koos, Leavenworth, WA, 29, EXEL Garrott Kuzzy, Minneapolis, MN, 27, SWIX Andy Newell, Shaftsbury, VT, 25, SWIX Kikkan Randall, Anchorage, AK, 27, SWIX James Southam, Anchorage, AK, 31, SWIX Liz Stephen, Montpelier, VT, 22, ONEWAY Swix is a proud supporter of the US Ski Team. Swix Star CT1 poles have garnered...
A big rainstorm on Monday took a toll on snow in New England. Here is the latest from Craftsbury, site of this week’s National Masters and Craftsbury Marathon. Here at Craftsbury, the rain has passed and there’s even some thin sunshine this morning. Temps are still higher than seasonal norms, in the 40s. While less than ideal in some ways, it means that we can still easily move snow around. All available hands are shoveling,...
I have been following the qualification for the US Team for the Winter Olympic Games. I also have the good fortune to know some of these athletes. Some I don't know, but hope to meet at some future date. Having known a few for many years and watching t...
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2006 Olympic Bronze Medalist in the sprint, Alena Sidko (RUS) has tested positive for EPO and has been banned by the Russian Ski Federation for two years. The positive test was taken following a Russian FIS in Krasnogorsk on the 26th of December. Sidko has been “Red-flagged” by the FIS, meaning she is ineligible to start. The FIS declined to comment, responding to FasterSkier’s request for comment: “With regard to your request, we have to...
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PARK CITY, UT (Jan. 26) – A week after naming the 2010 Olympic Cross Country Ski Team, two additional athletes have been added to the roster with expanded quotas received Tuesday by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA). Named to the Olympic Team were Holly Brooks (Anchorage) and Garrot Kuzzy (Minneapolis). The additional quotas expand the team to 10 athletes, according to USSA Nordic Director John Farra. “Both Holly and Garrot had outstanding early...
FasterSkier’s Nat Herz captured some of Simi Hamilton, Ida Sargent and other top American’s action during the sprint heats at the U23 World Championship earlier today.
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Tomas Northug won the men’s World Junior freestyle sprint yesterday. As everyone knows, his older brother Petter is considered the best all-around skier in the world. There is also a third brother, Evan, who is still quite young. Nat Herz talked to John Northug, the father of the three boys, in Hinterzarten today.
DoperSadly, but not surprisingly, another overperforming Russian, Alena Sidko, has been caught hitting the erythropoetin. Via Skierpost:The Russian cross country skier Alena Sidko was tested positive for EPO and is therefore not appropriate for the Russian Olympic team... Sidko, with a bronze from the sprint relay in the 2005 World Championships and 2006 Olympics, tested positve for EPO during
The West Yellowstone Ski Education Foundation (WYSEF) has coordinated with the Hebgen Lake Forest Service District to offer a FREE ski day at the Rendezvous Ski Trails on Saturday, January 30th. Local Nordic shops, Freeheel & Wheel 406-646-7744 and Bud Lilly’s 406-646-7801, will offer ski rentals at no charge on a first come, first served basis this day. WYSEF Board Members and other community experts will offer complimentary ski lessons at 11am. Meet at the...
Last weekend I had a lesson. Luciano at Solda had sent me some super new wax to try. It's not on the market yet. Weather forecast was for new snow, 28F . So I waxed up my favorite pair of old soft Fischer RCS skis with the new wax. Dani's skis needed w...
div align="center"br //divdiv align="left"Before Sverre gets in here with an update to what sounds like a very good day for the U23 Team in Germany, I want to post a few pics and words from the race our FAST Week kids had on Sunday at Grafton Ponds.br ...
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