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Alaska Cup (overall team) Standings

FasterSkierMarch 14, 2009

Donner Summit, CA – After winning six medals in Friday’s classic races New England is in the lead for the Alaska Cup (Overall team standings) with a total of 965 points at the 2009 Cross Country Ski Junior Olympics at Auburn Ski Club Training Center. Intermountain Northern, who was leading after Wednesday’s mass start skate races, is back in second with 902 points. Alaska is in third with 802 points followed by Rocky Mountain, Midwest,...

Collegiate Racing

Can UVM Hold Position in NCAA Championship Finale?

FasterSkierMarch 13, 2009

Entering the final nordic events of the 2009 NCAA ski championships, the University of Vermont carries a hairline lead in what is essentially a three-way tie between UVM (484 pts), the University of Denver (482), and the University of New Mexico (481). Can UVM hold its lead through Saturday’s mass-start freestyle events, or will DU or UNM prevail over the classic-specialist Catamounts? What would Colorado (sitting in 5th with 439 team points) need to do...

Juniors Racing

Classic Race At JOs

FasterSkierMarch 13, 2009

Donner Summit, CA – Another ideal day for ski racing for the 2009 Junior Olympic classic cross country competitions at Auburn Ski Club Training Center Friday. Cold temperatures in the morning kept the snow firm throughout the day. “It was crazy fast,” Logan Hanneman of Fairbanks, Alaska said who was one of the early starters. “It was icy and scary almost.” Hanneman proved he was a well-rounded skier by taking home his third consecutive gold...

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Trondheim 30km and 50km

FasterSkierMarch 13, 2009

Quiz: how many times since 2000 has the regular World Cup season included a mass start race over 30km and 50km?The answer: zero.Actually - and leaving aside the traditional March races at Holmenkollen, which have always been run as individual starts, just as Thor intended - there have been three longer mass-start classic races this decade - all Marathon Cup/Worldloppet races being run for World

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Attention Skiers Who Knit:

FasterSkierMarch 13, 2009

The Knitters Niche in Marquette, MI has offered to help the XC Ski Alliance for the 2009/2010 season. This gem of a local yarn shop is doing their part by selling yarns produced in the Midwest and supporting local fiber mills. Now, they are also reaching out to help local athletes reach their goals. Please [...]

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Kershaw’s Korner: L and T

FasterSkierMarch 13, 2009

After the World Championships it was time the show packed up and continued on - like a traveling circus onwards to the next venue, Lahti, Finland. That move signaled the long awaited Spring World Cup session, which consists of 8 races over 3 weeks in 3 different countries. I've been racing since the beginning of November, so I was eager to go to Scandinavia and see what's left in my gas tank before the year is officially over. Spring ski racing is pretty killer - the days grow longer, the birds begin to sing again, and the seemingly impenetrable grayness that settles over so many venues we visit throughout the winter seems to crack ever so slightly. We, the ragged, pale cross country racers soak up the vitamin D like paper towels soaking up spilled juice and that burning star puts a huge smile on all our faces.

Collegiate Racing

NCAA Championships Underway with the Men’s 10k and Women’s 5k Classic

FasterSkierMarch 12, 2009

As the first day of Nordic competition kicked off at the 55th annual NCAA championships, 78 of the best male and female skiers from around the country have descended upon Rumford, Maine for two days of intense racing. The day before the races, the weather didn’t look promising as it was raining and temperatures were approaching 40 degrees. The temperatures plummeted during the evening, dropping down to the teens. This in turn caused the groomers...

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Cali Pictures and Update

FasterSkierMarch 12, 2009

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How to Lose a Relay in 20 Minutes Or Less

FasterSkierMarch 12, 2009

This particular piece of analysis isn't especially timely, but after observing the most painful 24 minutes of elite skiing I've ever watched, I feel compelled to rant anyway.Germany -- and in particular, Axel Teichmann -- seems not to have gotten the memo that things have changed. There was a time when Norway was the whiny traditionalist country that hated the mass start, there was a time when

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The Momentum Continues at Nationals

FasterSkierMarch 12, 2009

We had *four* APU women in the top 10 in yesterday's 10k classic race here at Canadian Nationals. Ky and Fitz rockin the pink hats AND the ski trails.Valaas put the stomp down and came home with the WIN! Kate Fitz was jaw dropping 6th, Taz was an encouraging 9th, and I finished in a "whoop" worthy 7th! Ky gave an outstanding effort on a challenging day and is fired up for the upcoming sprint

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Atomic Proliferation?

FasterSkierMarch 12, 2009

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Biathlon Racing World Cup

Jeremy Teela Third at Whistler World Cup

FasterSkierMarch 12, 20092

Whistler, British Columbia, Canada – Jeremy Teela (Anchorage, AK) turned in the best result of his career with a third place finish in the 20K Individual competition today. Teela’s third place is the best US result in a World Cup level competition since Josh Thompson finished second in the Canmore, Canada World Cup in 1992, in ironically the same event, the 20K. Teela, whose best ever 20K previously was 14th place in the 2002 Olympic...

Racing

FIS Marathon Cup Nears Close: Hansson and Cattaneo Secure Titles

FasterSkierMarch 12, 2009

The last stage of the ten-race FIS Marathon Cup (FMC), the Birkebeinerrennet (NOR), is scheduled for 21st March. Even so, the 2008/2009 FMC champions are already confirmed: Swede Jenny Hansson (458 points) will top the ladies’ ranking despite taking only 15th in the 41st Engadin Ski Marathon last weekend. With victories at the Jizerská Padesátka (CZE) and the König Ludwig Lauf (GER) along with three 2nd place finishes (La Sgambeda, Marcialong and Vasaloppet), she is...

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Friday the 13th

FasterSkierMarch 12, 2009

Friday the 13th. Tomorrow. Tomorrow I will be having surgery on my right leg. Then, 2 weeks later (on Friday March 27th) I will have surgery on my left leg. A very short anatomy lesson… The popliteal artery and vein run down the leg behind the knee, and thats how blood gets to and from the lower [...]

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Lahti to France

FasterSkierMarch 12, 2009

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General News World Cup

Is Petter Northug a True Champion?

FasterSkierMarch 12, 200922

Petter Northug (NOR) has been on a roll recently, winning three gold medals at the World Championships and then besting sprint specialist Ola Vigen Hattestad in the first World Cup sprint following Liberec. Northug has come under constant criticism for his cocky and disrespectful attitude. He has routinely made headlines in European papers for his lack of tact. In one notable incident, after taking out Swede Thobias Fredriksson in a sprint, he told the...

Juniors Racing Results

Sunny Skies and Close Finishes For JO Freestyle Races

FasterSkierMarch 11, 2009

Donner Summit, CA — Sunny skies and close finishes marked the second day of Junior Olympics competition Wednesday at Auburn Ski Club Training Center. Air temperatures were much warmer (in the high-30s) than during Monday’s sprint races but the snow was still firm and fast, racers said. Although Wednesday’s distances were far greater than Monday’s sprints, several races came down to the wire. The girl’s J2 5k race ended with Rocky Mountain teammates Hannah...

Biathlon Racing

Teela on Biathlon World Cup Podium

FasterSkierMarch 11, 2009

Whistler, British Columbia – Jeremy Teela (USA) finished third today in the men’s 20km individual biathlon World Cup competition. Teela had just one penalty and was 4.3 seconds out of 2nd place, and 23.3 seconds behind winner Jay Vincent (FRA). More to follow.

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Trondheim Sprint Predictions

FasterSkierMarch 11, 2009

The legendarily ski-mad city of Trondheim - which hosted Worlds in 1997, attended by crowds that are still mentioned with awe - is doing double duty by replacing both the traditional city sprints in Drammen and the traditional distance races at Holmenkollen. Drammen has been dominated by Norwegian men for the past three years (2008: 12 of the top 15 places), so the only question is which

News Racing World Cup

Trondheim Back in the Cross-Country World Cup

FasterSkierMarch 11, 2009

For the first time since February 2004 the Cross-Country World Cup is making a stopover in Trondheim (NOR) from 12th to 14th March. Due to the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo and the related reconstruction of the Holmenkollen Ski Stadium, the Norwegian Ski Federation applied last spring to hold the traditional March Cross-Country events in Trondheim. Trondheim hosted the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1997 and is located in the middle of...

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