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Norway’s Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Pulls from Beitostølen Races

With the season-opening national races in Beitostølen, Norway staged to begin a three race stint on Friday, Ingvild Flugstad Østberg announced she will not be competing. Østberg was last season's overall World Cup...

Saturday Rundown: NCAA Champs; Holmenkollen 50 k; Kontiolahti Relays

NCAA Skiing Championships (Steamboat Springs, Colorado): 15/20 k freestyle mass starts On the fourth and final day of NCAA Skiing Championships at Howelsen Hill in Steamboat Springs, Katharine Ogden skied to her...

Hetland Named Norwegian National Team Coach After One Year with Canada

Tor-Arne Hetland, a Norwegian Olympic gold medalist and multiple world champion, will become the Norwegian national team coach this 2015/2016 season after a year as Canada's World Cup Coach.

Old School Not Always Better

A lot of things were better in the old days. But distance workouts in rubber boots? “It felt mostly like running on cutting boards, but we didn’t think twice about it!”

10 ways to prevent injuries

Summer means variety in training methods, activities and intensities. However, almost all of the summer training methods that skiers engage in, carry some risk of injury. Martin Lobben, a chiropractor and manual therapist who works extensively with athletes recognizes some common injuries that plague skiers. ”I’ve treated a fair number of nordic skiers, and come up with a short list of tips that can be useful,” Lobben says to Norwegian web site www.langrenn.com.

Roenning Takes Down Northug in Tour de Trondelag Sprint

Petter Northug Jr. had to cede the top of the podium to Eldar Roenning at the opening event in the 2010 Tour de Troendelag Friday night.

Södergren Frustrated By Evolution of XC Skiing

The lack of a World Cup 50K race has Soedergren frustrated. “XC skiing is well on its way to lose its identity and its character,” Soedergren said to zsport.se.

Herringbone Technique Under Scrutiny in Meråker

Cross-country researcher Hans-Christer Holmberg from Mid Sweden University in Östersund leads the research team gathered in Meråker. In the border community to Sweden, they will spend the next few days investigating...

Craft’s Speedsuit Will Give Sweden Olympic Medals

Last week Craft presented the speedsuit that has been under development for the past year in collaboration with the Swedish national team for the Vancouver Olympics. According to experts, the new suit could actually make a...

Follow Alsgaard’s Training with Team Alsgaard

Team Alsgaard unrolled it's new website so that fans and athletes can follow the team's training for the Vasaloppet. Team Alsgaard is made up of Thomas Alsgaard and Anders Myrland. They have opened their training logs so that everyone can see what they are doing every day. Why don't more of us do this in the US?

$10.3 Million To Norwegian Skiing

The Norwegian Ski Association signs a new $10.3 million agreement with Aker ASA. Aker ASA is the main sponsor of the Norwegian Ski Association (Norway's USSA) for the 2010/2011 season. The financial assistance will be channeled to the Norwegian National team members and their clubs. Overall the cooperative agreement has a financial value in excess of 10.3 million dollars over four years.

Why Has Training Become So Difficult?

I doubt many fasterskier.com readers are in the area of Norwegian Nationals, but I would personally love to see this seminar.

Big Capacity is the Secret To Team Trøndelag

This season the regional Team Trøndelag has stood forward and marked itself strong on the national level. They have dominated in the Norway Cup and Scandinavian Cup, and at the same time have also raised racers to the level of representing at the U23 World Championships.

Skinstad is holding the Olympic door open for Alsgaard

After it was discovered that Thomas Alsgaard had registered for Thursday's 15Km at Norwegian Nationals in Stokke, his name has also been heard in the Olympic context. Sports Manager Åge Skinstad knows what the former top skier is good for, after seeing him at the National Team's fall training camps, so he certainly won't exclude the 38-year-old.

Norway Adds Seven to Olympic Roster

Norway announced that they have named seven more athletes to their Olympic Cross-Country Team, bringing the total to 11. Celine Brun-Lie, Marthe Kristoffersen, Vibeke Skofterud, Ronny Hafsås, Martin Johnsrud Sundby,...

The Hazards of Waxing

There have been three recent articles on langrenn.com addressing the issues of the health risks taken by wax technicians when using fluorinated wax. The first is about a report published by Norway's national...

Narrower Track Will Give Better Technique

"I have long been irritated over the great distance between the ski tracks, because it disrupts good weight transfer and kick. If you were to use a narrower stance this would become completely natural," says ski enthusiast Eirik Høyem to (Norwegian TV Network) NRK.