Fresh off his surprising win in the 15km freestyle race at Beitostølen, the Norwegian biathlete Ronny Andre Hafsås has stated a desire to ski - and win - the same race at the Olympics. The kid's got some serious zip, of course. Though he won the 15km by just a tenth of second over Vincent Vittoz, he had more substantial gaps to other great skaters: 11 seconds to Petter Northug, 20-odd seconds to
Ater two podiums the US scored another Top-10 result today at the relay competition in Östersund, Sweden today. Lowell Bailey, Jay Hakkinen, Tim Burke and Jeremy Teela posted a strong finish in an exciting relay competition on the last day of competition in Östersund. The US biathletes were 1:44.1 behind the winning French team. Bailey started the race and put the US in a good position with just two extra shots needed in the standing...
To mark its 10th anniversary, WADA held its annual end-of-the-year Executive Committee, of which FIS President Gian Franco Kasper is a member, and Foundation Board meetings, on 1st-2nd December in Stockholm (SWE). The meeting agenda included topics such as doping prevention, athlete education, anti-doping development, the athlete biological passport program, cooperation with law enforcement and pharmaceutical companies as well as issues related to recent doping cases and investigations. Notably, the Executive approved harmonized protocols and...
This season so far has felt like watching the first week of the Tour de France. Waiting for the mountains. Today we finally got to go uphill. It has been pretty frustrating over the last ten days of racing on flat courses in a sport of hills and I finally got my chance and won! It was great to reassure myself that I am fit before we head to Silver Star, BC to race on their World Cup courses next weekend against the Canadians in their winner take all Olympic qualifier.
This week they have been calling for cold (-20 F) weather today. Fortunately it stayed above zero and after the foot of snow yesterday that fell yesterday set up nicely and it was just a day of good hard fast classic skiing. Turned out a good day for the APU crew. We got both wins (Holly Brooks won for the ladies) and most everyone in the top 10 and 15. Pretty quick turnaround today as we are already starting to pack up to head out early tomorrow morning for the two day drive to Canada. 
LILLEHAMMER, Norway – It was a great end to a weekend of competing for Johnny Spillane (Steamboat Springs, CO) who went two-for-two leading the U.S., breaking a tie for fourth by winning a photo finish Sunday as the nordic combined World Cup wrapped up in Lillehammer. It was Spillane’s best result since finishing second in Kuusamo in 2007. “It was great to have a good weekend,” Spillane said. “I felt like I skied a pretty good race, I...
Photographer Stuart Jennings captured the action during yesterdays sprint heats at the Bozeman, Montana SuperTour.
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Today the SuperTour Bozeman sprints were held in Lindley Park! We arrived at the start at 7:45 am to start warming up for a race start at 9:00am. The wind was blowing, the temperature was dropping, and the snow was falling… but that didn’t stop us from stripping down to our bright little [...]
Today the SuperTour Bozeman sprints were held in Lindley Park! We arrived at the start at 7:45 am to start warming up for a race start at 9:00am. The wind was blowing, the temperature was dropping, and the snow was falling… but that didn’t stop us from stripping down to our bright little [...]
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Before we all found out in October that the USA needed its specialists to broaden their horizons in order to earn more Olympic berths I had planned on racing the distance races and continuing to build my training towards the 30k and 50k races at the Olympics. As the US Nordic world now knows, things have changed. Myself being one of those specialists with a decent distance ranking and literally no sprint points. I get to try and score some sprint points this fall. This morning was my second sprint race in two years. The first being last week in West Yellowstone. Last week I felt pretty hackish and was 25th. Today I actually felt reasonably good and was 26th. I was hoping for much better after winning this race three years ago but for someone who is training for the equivalent of the marathon to finish in XC's 800 meter equivalent I'm not too worried. If nothing else it was good to get out and unload a hard two minute effort to get the body ready for tomorrow's 15k.
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Water VaporizationPat Cote SkiingCanmore Nordic Area has done it. They have created a separate Biathlon and Cross Country Loop In about 3 days. The tracks stand as testament to their snow making capability. Unfortunately we are not able to ski the real...
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Drove to Bozeman yesterday afternoon. So nice to be in a town with the rest of civilization and have fast internet. Some pretty good food in Bozeman as well. In the last 24 hours I've gone out for three meals and each of them has rocked. Not sure if it's the food is that good or I am just not eating the same things for 8 straight days... Either way is was mmm, mmm, good. This mornign was a nice to ski up at Bohart to see the Sunday's course. It has a couple pretty good hills on the 5k look which is refreshing to see. It does go every which way but up their best climb here but there is no faking fitness on the course and that is good to see. This afternoon we head to tomorrows sprint course at Lindley Park which is right outside our hotel. The sight of my only sprint victory! 
Brief Description The 2010 Colorado Governor’s Cup Nordic ski race returns to Devil’s Thumb Ranch with more race options this year and more prizes and awards! Post-race activities include a BBQ with live music in the historic Broad Axe barn. Schedule of Events 9:30 Rachel’s Stomp 1 & 3km Kids Races 12:00 Mass start for 30 km skate and classic 12:05 15 km Skate and Classic races 12:10 5km Skate and Classic races 11:00 –...
After two weeks in West Yellowstone it was time to move on to the next stop on the racing schedule. So after the hour and a half drive we arrived in Bozeman to blue skies and temperatures barely above 10. After unpacking the van we scraped a pair of skis and headed up to Bohart [...]
The CXC Team Vertical Limit arrived in Bozeman, MT, on Wednesday. We will have 2 races this weekend: a skate sprint at Lindley Park, and a 10/15K classic at Bohart Ranch. I love Bozeman because it is not too high, but still in the mountains and georgous. Unfortunately, I had the sniffles this morning so I [...]
