Siri Halle (33) was a very good ski racer and became Junior World Champion in 1991. She retired in 1994. She didn’t train for ten years, but now want to make the 2006 Olympics in biathlon. Source: Aftenposten/Langrenn.com For story and photos see:
This article originally appeared on Andrew gets ready to plug in. PV — So are you going to keep doing this for training? AJ — Yeah, definitely more trail skate — for at least another week, possibly for quite a bit longer. PV — How has this training affected you? AJ — I’m getting stronger in general terms — probably stronger than I would normally get. The bungee-cords and exer-genie are both really good —...
By Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen World Championship 50-kilometer silver medalist, Anders Aukland of Norway took it easy this spring in order to make sure that he was completely healthy before he started pushing his limits. – I’m training quite a bit in May. Running, rollerskiing and biking are the main ingredients, says Anders who is very motivated to do be well prepared for the season. His main goal is the Olympic 15-kilometer classic...
Source: Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen Guro Strom Solli had a very good season. She was rewarded with a spot on the Norwegian national team a few days ago. – It was incredibly exciting that I got a national team spot. I knew that I was going to get an offer, but didn’t know at which level, says Guro Strom Solli A national team spot means a lot. — It means that I can...
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Source: Langrenn.com Swedish cross country star Per Elofsson is feeling that his body is starting to respond positively again. http://www.fasterskier.com/news1439.html Per Elofsson not 100% happy with his training http://www.fasterskier.com/news1290.html
Source: Langrenn.com The Norwegian men’s coach Krister Sorgaard is done evaluating this season. He is overall pretty pleased with what he has seen this winter. Frode Estil delivered an impressive second leg in the relay at Worlds where only World Champion sprinter Vassilij Rotsjev was able to hang with him. All photos by Langrenn.com Tore Ruud Hofstad and Norway cruise into the finish for the gold medal in the 4 x 10 k relay.
Source: Langrenn.com Two relay gold’s and bronze in the 10-kilometer skate race at Worlds was great, but next year’s Olympic schedule is very different. Norwegian Tore Ruud Hofstad is 'in the think-tank' and undecided on how he should be training and what to focus on for the upcoming Olympic season.
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Source: Langrenn.com Marit Bjorgen hasn’t won a sprint race in her last four attempts yet she still feels she hasn’t lost her edge. -There are a lot of people who have been close before in classic sprints. I do not feel that I have lost my touch. It was just too bad that I couldn’t show my full potential today. I was happy with the prologue and my body felt good even though I’ve been...
Jorgen Aukland does not feel he is a favorite going into the Vasaloppet and as a result is relieving his brother of his ski partner duties. Last year Anders Aukland won the Vasaloppet with a good amount of help from his brother, Jorgen. The plan this year was to reverse the role’s of the brothers with Anders helping Jorgen to win. But like his brother this season, Jorgen has also struggled a great deal with...
Source: Langrenn.com Norway’s Karl Gunnar Skjonsfjell is dreaming of wrapping up his skiing career with winning the Vasaloppet. Skjonsfjell is the only Norwegian with a FIS Marathon win this year from Jizerska Padesatka in the Czech Republic at the beginning of January. He has now been preparing himself as much as possible for this weekends race. -All my training this year has been focused toward the 6th of March, says Skjonsfjell. In last year’s classic...
We tried to track down Dave Chamberlain for an interview right after US Nationals. It took a while, but he finally got back to us and answered some questions from Oberstdorf.
Vincent Vittoz captured France’s first ever Nordic World Championship gold on Sunday in the men’s pursuit race at the World Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany. Here are interviews with Vittoz and Frode Estil, the bronze medalist. Frode Estil (middle) was happy after sprinting to a bronze medal. Giorgio Di Centa (to the right), took silver while Martin Bajcicak (on the left) protested Estil’s lane change at the end. The protest was denied. Photo: Stian Hœgland Frode...
On the phone from Oberstdorf: Fasterskier.com spoke with Canadian Beckie Scott right after the women's 7.5km + 7.5km pursuit race, where she finished fourth. Beckie In the Starting Gate At Soldier Hollow Earlier This Season I was in third place at times, dropped back to 6 or 7th place and fought back. I was working a lot with Paruzzi, [top Italian racer] but we just couldn’t keep up with [Kristin] Steira when she passed us....
Marit Bjorgen was supposed to skip the opening distance at Worlds. She guarantees that she doesn’t regret that she raced after capturing the bronze medal in Thursday’s 10-kilometer freestyle race. Bjorgen delivered an impressive skate race, and finished [the last part of the race] better than everyone. That was good enough for a bronze medal on the distance that she shouldn’t have raced.
Source: Langrenn.com Tore Ruud Hofstad’s best World Cup finish this season was a sixth place. When it really counted he fought his way to World Championship bronze medal Tore Ruud Hofstad and the other medal winners were celebrated with fireworks at the award ceremony Thursday night. Photo: Stian Hœgland – This was very exciting. I was able to dig deep and push hard at the end of the race and I have to say that...
Jens explained his 15k skate race: After the German team had a very good and trouble free last preparation in Toblach (Italy) for the upcoming worlds in Obersdorf (Germany), the last World Cup in Reit im Winkl was a final test. “The conditions for the 15k skate race were tough in soft slow snow. I was highly motivated and went into the race with the goal of a top 15 result. My plan was to...
Source: Langrenn.com If something bad can happen, it often will, and this has become painfully obvious to the Norwegian sprinter Trond Iversen. The gold medal favorite for the World Championship sprint has been having an unfortunate string of bad luck lately. First he got a cold that made it impossible for him to compete in the sprint at the Norwegian Championships. He just recently re-joined the rest of the Norwegian World Cup team in Seiser...
Anyone who has followed elite cross country ski racing in North America in the past two years knows the name Ivan Babikov. He has been winning SuperTour and Ski Marathon races with impressive regularity recently, in many cases dominating the competition. He was the Grand Champion of the 2005 US Nationals, where he won two races. But who is this Russian/Canadian phenom? We wanted to find out. Lets start with the basics. How old are...