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Berkshire Nordic Ski Club Seeks Summer Program Junior Coach

FasterSkierMarch 27, 2019

The Berkshire Nordic Ski Club, based in Williamstown, MA, supports the development of young cross country skiers in the Western Massachusetts area. Since 2003 the program has been providing a high performance training program to 20-30 dedicated athletes each summer. We are seeking a part-time paid coach for the upcoming summer (~June 10 – August 20). Salary/position is commensurate with ski background and/or coaching experience. Elite college racers or recent graduates are encouraged to apply. mrelaxa Responsibilities...

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Bailey and Burke Named to New Positions at US Biathlon (Press Release)

FasterSkierMarch 26, 2019

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2019 U.S. Biathlon Talent ID Camp Info/Application

FasterSkierMarch 26, 2019

Overview The U.S. Biathlon Team is hosting its annual Talent ID camp in Lake Placid, NY from June 16th to June 20th. This camp is used to identify current cross-country skiing talents and offer a development “fast track” to the National Team for selected athletes showing athletic potential. indocin Biathlon is a major career opportunity for talented cross-country skiers who want to continue racing professionally beyond college in front of tens of thousands on the vibrant World Cup biathlon...

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2020 Dolomitenlauf – Marcialonga Trip – filling fast

Lumi ExperiencesMarch 25, 2019

The Lumi Experiences trip to the 2020 Dolomitenlauf & Marcialonga is filling fast. The deadline for guaranteed entry into the Marcialonga is March 31, 2019. Email info@lumiexperiences to receive a detailed itinerary or to put your name on the list. Later sign-ups are only possible if space is available and may not include a Marcialonga event entry. The Dolomitenlauf and Marcialonga are two of the original and most popular Worldloppet events in Tyrol, Austria...

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Auburn Ski Club Training Center Seeks Junior Coach

FasterSkierMarch 25, 2019

The gjohnson@assoc.auburnskiclub.org by April 15th

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On Beauty–Québec Day Three: By Bill McKibben

FasterSkierMarch 24, 2019

Beauty was the order of the day, beginning with the spectacle that spread out on the old battleground that shoulders up against the city of Québec. Nordic skiing usually proceeds against a backdrop of pine and birch, but there’s an undeniable thrill to see a race unfold beneath a bright blue sky, the action painted on a backdrop of buildings and streets. From the bottom of the one steep drop, one looked up to see...

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Nilsson Makes a Clean Sweep in Québec; Diggins Skis the 4th Fastest Time of Day, Bjornsen 11th

Rachel PerkinsMarch 24, 2019

It was beginning to seem as though it could not be done, and then it happened. Norway’s Therese Johaug did not stand atop the podium after the 10-kilometer classic first stage of the women’s pursuit in Québec City. Sprint champion Stina Nilsson did. Not only that, but the bonus seconds garnered from Nilsson’s win in Friday’s skate sprint allowed her to enter the course for the final leg of the week’s three-race series with a margin...

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Quebec Men’s 15 K Pursuit Race Rundown

FasterSkierMarch 24, 2019

FIS World Cup Québec City Men’s 15 k Freestyle Pursuit Norway’s Johannes Høsflot Klæbo did not cede the win today as he moved to take the World Cup overall over Russia’s Alexander Bolshunov. The day’s first starter in the 15-kilometer freestyle pursuit, Klæbo won in 29:05.4. Klæbo began with a 52 second lead on second starter Bolshunov and a 53-second gap on Canada’s Alex Harvey. The trio eventually linked up with Klæbo pulsing with speed to take...

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Québec City World Cup Final Women’s Pursuit Race Rundown

FasterSkierMarch 24, 2019

FIS World Cup Finals Québec Women’s 10 k Freestyle Pursuit Day three in Québec City brought sunny skies and fast tracks. The first starter on the day for the 10 k freestyle pursuit, Sweden’s Stina Nilsson, took the win and with it the Québec City overall. Nilsson began with a 33.2 second lead over Norway’s Ingvild Flugstad Østberg in second and a 49.4 second lead on third starter Therese Johaug, also of Norway. Nilsson won in...

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Oslo IBU World Cup Rundown: Egan in Third

FasterSkierMarch 24, 2019

IBU World Cup Oslo, Norway 12.5 k Mass Start More on this later. Clare Egan of US Biathlon scored a third place in the holy grail of venues: Holmenkollen. This is Egan first podium on the IBU World Cup. erythromycin The event was the 12.5 k mass start, which involves the top-30 athletes from the Oslo series of races. Egan was 10.2 seconds out of first after shooting 0+0+0+1 on the range. Below is are...

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At Home, Harvey Garners Second to Klæbo; Bjornsen 18th

Gabby NaranjaMarch 23, 2019

Amidst overcast skies and spectators bearing signs for the local cross-country favorite, Canadian Alex Harvey, World Cup Finals resumed on Saturday in Québec City, Québec with a men’s 15-kilometer classic mass start race. Thanks to his win in Friday’s freestyle sprint, Norway’s Johannes Høsflot Klæbo lead Saturday’s 78 starters out of the gate, his yellow bib also indicative of his first place rank in the 2019 Overall World Cup Standings. With Saturday and Sunday being...

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Clutch Down the Finish Straight: Nilsson Edges Johaug in Québec

Jason AlbertMarch 23, 2019

The build-up was immense. Head to head skiing. A mass start classic race with 10-kilometers to prove world-class stamina with Québec City’s cross-country ski fans lining the course. In a world now rife with data and the application of that information enmeshed in sport, the calculus seemed simple enough. Norway’s Therese Johaug has made a clean sweep of every World Cup distance race she’s entered this season. Nine World Cup wins. Then add three distance...

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Harvey on the Plains of Abraham: by Bill McKibben

FasterSkierMarch 23, 2019

It’s remarkably sweet when an athletic career ends on a grace note: Ted Williams lofting a home run in his final game at Fenway, say, or John Elway passing his Broncos to a Super Bowl victory. Or, earlier today, Alex Harvey taking second in front of a levitating crowd of supporters on the Plains of Abraham in the middle of Quebec City. Harvey’s career has been winding slowly down from its world championship apex, but...

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Québec 15 k Mass Start Classic Rundown

FasterSkierMarch 23, 2019

FIS World Cup Québec City 15 k Mass Start Classic We’re changing the format for this race rundown. With many North Americans racing during World Cup finals in Québec, screenshots from Live Timing will keep the rundown updated efficiently. Why start with the top of the podium, when the real story sat front and center in second. Canada’s Alex Harvey nailed the pacing and nailed the finish to ski himself into a storybook-like ending in Québec. This was Harvey’s next...

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Québec City Women’s 10 k mass start classic Race Rundown

FasterSkierMarch 23, 2019

FIS World Cup Québec City 10 k Mass Start Classic We’re changing the format for this race rundown. With many North Americans racing during World Cup finals in Québec, screenshots from Live Timing will keep the rundown updated efficiently. Having won every World Cup distance she’s entered this season, Norway’s Therese Johaug couldn’t shake off Sweden’s Stina Nilsson or her own teammate Ingvild Flugstad Østberg on Saturday morning. We’ll get to all the details in the full race report,...

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Introducing Pursuit Fork Flex™ Elite Rollerskis

RollerSkiShop.comMarch 22, 2019

The highly acclaimed Pursuit Fork FlexTM skate rollerskis just got even smoother and more stable with the new Pursuit Fork FlexTM Elite model. Patent pending new spring steel fork design lowers the frames by 15 mm, to increase stability by making the top of frame height 5 mm below center of the axle bolts. Wheels are a whopping 110 mm for increased safety. These benefits will be appreciated by both beginners and elites. Searching for...

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Nilsson Grasps Sprint Cup with Québec Win: Bjornsen sixth, Caldwell seventh, Diggins 10th

Jason AlbertMarch 22, 2019

There was wind. Some snow. And certainly 1.6-kilometers of soft leg-sapping snow during Friday’s freestyle sprint in Québec. This was no 2.5 minute in duration hard-pack speed fest. It was a grind. Take off too early and plenty of real estate remained for a decaying fade. Sit back, control the effort, ride the draft a bit on the skier train and the slow snow could, in fact, keep those more tempered athletes in the game....

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Québec Race Rundown Freestyle Sprint Final; Three U.S. Skiers in the Women’s Top-10

FasterSkierMarch 22, 2019

We’re changing the format for this race rundown. With many North Americans racing during World Cup finals in Québec, screenshots from Live Timing will keep the rundown updated efficiently. In the finals of Fridays; 1.6 k skate sprint in Québec, Stina Nilsson took the win and with it the sprint Crystal Globe overall. Sweden also took second and third place with Maja Dahlqvist and Jonna Sundling respectively. American Sadie Bjornsen placed sixth overall as the top North...

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Québec Race Rundown Freestyle Sprint Qualifier (Updated)

FasterSkierMarch 22, 2019

We’re changing the format for this race rundown. With many North Americans racing during World Cup finals in Québec, screenshots from Live Timing will keep the rundown updated efficiently. FIS World Cup 1.6 K Freestyle Sprint Québec Results from the women’s 1.6 k freestyle sprint qualifier: Sadie Bjornsen, Sophie Caldwell, and Jessie Diggins made the heats for the U.S. Full qualification results are below. metronidazole Double click the images/results below to enlarge. In the men’s 1.6...

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IBU World Cup Rundown from Oslo: Canada’s Lunder 9th, Egan 12th for the U.S.

FasterSkierMarch 21, 2019

The IBU World Cup resides in Oslo this week. The women began the racing with the 7.5-kilometer sprint on Thursday. The podium rundown goes like this: Slovakia’s Kuzmina Anastasiya shot 1+0 to win in 19:56.2, Germany’s Franziska Preuss placed second (+21.2, 0+0), with Paulina Fialkova of Slovakia in third (+25.1, 0+0). This was Kuzmina’s fifth win at Holmenkollen and secured her the IBU sprint overall title. Canada’s Emma Lunder was the top North American in...

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