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Sweden’s Anna Haag on the 2015 World Championships

FasterSkierJuly 16, 20101

This year’s annual International Ski Federation (FIS) Congress included the selection for the 2015 Nordic World Championships. Held in Turkey, the finalists included Sweden, Finland, Poland and Germany. Sweden was smart. They brought along some of their top athletes to be part of the presentation to bring Worlds to Falun. Nothing like hearing it straight from an athlete’s mouth. It definitely worked, because Sweden beat their key rivals to become the hosts for 2015. Key in that presentation was Olympic...

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Pros of Tomorrow: Andrew Musgrave

Kieran JonesJuly 16, 20104

It is not often that a skier from Great Britain exists, much less turns heads on the international stage, but 20 year old Andrew Musgrave is doing just that. In 2008, Musgrave attended his first World Junior Championships. A year later, he was back, finishing 12th in the 20 k pursuit, and followed that up with a 9th place finish in the 10 k skate. This season (2009-2010) he took the opportunity to show the...

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Junior Camps: Norway Style

Inge ScheveJuly 15, 20104

Training camps for junior skiers are important both as a social arena and networking function, as well as the physical training aspects.

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CXC Takes Innovative Approach to Periodization

Nathaniel HerzJuly 14, 2010

Bryan Fish is the former CXC Team Vertical Limit head coach, and now coaches for the U.S. Ski Team. FasterSkier approached Fish about CXC’s unique approach to periodicity–the sequencing of hard and easy blocks in a training plan–and this was his response. We got an e-mail from a reader with a story idea—he mentioned that CXC takes a different approach to periodicity, alternating hard weeks with easy weeks rather than doing the typical three-week progression....

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Northug Busts Out of WSOP–Leaves with $21,000

Nathaniel HerzJuly 14, 2010

Winning at cards requires both luck and skill. On his fourth day of play at the 2010 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, Petter Northug’s luck ran out–but not before he had survived long enough to win more than $20,000. With fewer than 700 players remaining from an original pool of more than 7,000, Northug was eliminated, on a hand that he had less than a 20 percent chance of losing. Late in the...

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More trouble for Steira

Inge ScheveJuly 13, 2010

Norwegian XC skier Kristin Störmer Steira has suffered more than her share of injuries this season, which forced her to sit out the European track and field championships, where she had hoped to compete in the 5,000 meter event.

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Join The Start List, Win A Pair of Hole Skis

FasterSkierJuly 13, 2010

Today is the last day to become eligible to win a free pair of Fischer Hole Skis. Every registered recipient of FasterSkier’s new email newsletter, the Start List will be entered into the drawing. You must be signed up by midnight (EST) tonight. Join The Start List!

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Northug Survives Day 3 of WSOP–Nearly in the Money

Nathaniel HerzJuly 13, 2010

Petter Northug continued his run at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas on Monday, upping his chip count by 50 percent and advancing to the fourth day of competition. “During the three days he has played, he has not made a single mistake,” said Thorkild Gundersen, a journalist from Northug’s sponsor, Vi Menn Magazine, in an interview with the Norwegian website Nettavisen. After his third day of play at the tournament, Northug checked...

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Mini-Tour Madness! CCC Schedules Three for 2010-2011

Kieran JonesJuly 12, 2010

A quick look at the Canadian draft event calendar will unearth one major revelation – Cross Country Canada (CCC) appears to have fully embraced the concept of the mini-tour. This upcoming season, there are three mini-tours on the CCC schedule. The second Haywood NorAm, held in Rossland, B.C. on December 16, 18 and 19 will be a mini-tour. As well, Western Canadian Championships, held in Kelowna, B.C. on February 4 to 6, and Eastern Canadian...

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Sochi 2014: A Tour With USSA’s Luke Bodensteiner

Nathaniel HerzJuly 11, 20101

With the Sochi Winter Olympics more than three years off, the city still maintains an aura of mystery to most Americans. Not for Luke Bodensteiner, the vice president for athletics at the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA), who has already visited the 2014 venues twice. Bodensteiner’s first trip to Sochi was with the International Ski Federation (FIS) two years ago, when he helped with a training seminar for some of the initial Olympic volunteers....

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Williams Trades Skis for Running Shoes

Kieran JonesJuly 11, 2010

On July 1st, (otherwise known as Canada Day in the Great White North) Canmore, Alberta hosted its Canada Day Fun Run. Despite the title, it was, in fact, a race, as dozens of local skiers toed the start line. Canmore is home to both Canada’s National Cross Country Ski Team, National Biathlon Team, the Alberta World Cup Academy National Development Center, as well as several powerful Canadian clubs–and the nordic sports were well represented. The 8 k course...

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Northug Quadruples Chips on Second Day of World Series; Hellner Out

Nathaniel HerzJuly 10, 2010

If Petter Northug’s ski career ever goes south, he might have a future in poker. On his second day of play at the 2010 World Series of Poker on Friday, Northug quadrupled his chip count and watched Swedish rival Marcus Hellner exit the tournament—giving Northug a victory in the Las Vegas challenge set up for the two skiers by his sponsor, Vi Menn Magazine. “It was a good table, and I played good poker,” Northug...

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Kraas Calls It Quits

Kieran JonesJuly 9, 2010

With the World Cup of Soccer taking place in South Africa this summer, FasterSkier tracked down Oliver Kraas. The enigmatic South African was eager to talk about his season on the World Cup, the Olympics and the state of cross country skiing in South Africa. FasterSkier: Can you tell us about your South African heritage? And how does a South African get into a sport like cross-country skiing? Oliver Kraas: I was born and raised...

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For Northug and Norway, Poker is Politics

Nathaniel HerzJuly 8, 20101

It’s not oil, fish, or aquavit that’s behind the Norwegian sports machine, which delivered the most medals per capita of any nation at the 2010 Olympic Games—at least not entirely. Instead, a healthy portion of the funding for Norway’s sports organizations comes from Norsk-Tipping, the state-owned gambling company. Norsk-Tipping dedicates 45.5 percent of its annual profits to sports—more than $241 million U.S. dollars in 2009 alone. That’s one of the reasons that quadruple Olympic-medalist Petter...

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Western REG Features 18 Hours, Agony Time Trial, and Andy Newell

Topher SabotJuly 7, 20102

Midsummer is upon us, and that means it is time for the annual Regional Elite Group (REG) camps. The annual Western REG camp recently concluded in Park City, where 30 athletes took advantage of excellent training opportunities to log 18 hours for the week. The schedule also included Medals Testing (a set of exercises including pushups, pullups and situps, performed in a controlled environment) the famous Agony Hill Time Trial, as well as talks from...

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Alberta World Cup Academy Joins Canadian High Performance System

Kieran JonesJuly 7, 2010

The Alberta World Cup Academy (AWCA) may not be a household name yet, but the by-product of the recent World Cups held in Canmore, Alberta, has made moves in that direction. This past winter the program sent two athletes (Gord Jewett and Madeleine Williams) to the Winter Olympic Games, as well as several to Under 23 World Championships and World Junior Championships. Now, as a result of Cross Country Canada (CCC) revising the development system...

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2010 Paralympic Bronze Medalist Andy Soule Nominated for an ESPY

Kieran JonesJuly 7, 2010

NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine (July 6. 2010) US Biathlon is proud to announce that 2010 Paralympic bronze medalist and Afghanistan war veteran, Andy Soule (Pearland, TX), has been nominated for an ESPN ESPY in the category of Best Male Athlete with a Physical Disability. On the opening day of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, Andy came back from fifth place to win a bronze medal in the 2.4 km biathlon pursuit. This was not only the first...

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SPF: Slather it on

Maddy WendtJuly 7, 20104

The summer sun is enticing to outdoor enthusiasts like most of us skiers, but it can be more dangerous than we realize. We all grew up with Mom chasing embarrassingly after us with a bottle of SPF 200, but it turns out Mom was right. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, and studies have shown that endurance athletes are at a greater risk due to the extended hours spent in...

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With Trademark Speed, Northug Takes Vegas Race–With Video, Updated

Nathaniel HerzJuly 6, 20101

In Las Vegas, the house always wins. And in Tuesday’s head-to-head rollerski race between Marcus Hellner and Petter Northug, Northug was the house. On a course laid out by his Norwegian magazine sponsor—and modified at the last minute to give him a better shot at the win—Northug took the last two heats of a best-of-three series in the parking lot of the Palms Casino, evening the score with Hellner after losing to the Swede in...

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Northug, Hellner Survive First Day of Poker World Series

Nathaniel HerzJuly 5, 20101

11:28 PM: With ten minutes to go in the first day of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, it appears that both Petter Northug and Marcus Hellner have survived, and will head into a second round of play later this week. The two each have comfortable stacks of chips, and will be in decent position as the tournament continues on. 4:50: For once, it looked like Petter Northug was faced with a comeback...

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