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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo will feature one of the most comprehensive anti-doping programs at a major international sports event following the Olympic Winter Games. In addition to in-competition testing after all competitions, the program includes a significant out-of-competition testing program, implemented in conjunction with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Similar programs were already executed prior to the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships since 2003 and the Olympic Winter Games in...

OSLO, Norway – Steel grey skies greeted jumpers once again Thursday in the final day of training before the women’s ski jump at the 2011 FIS Nordic Ski World Championships. American Lindsey Van (Park City, UT) will seek to defend the title she won in the 2009 debut of the event, while the IOC watches closely to take a final look before a hopeful decision for inclusion in 2014. A field of 43 jumpers from...

OSLO, Norway – The USA’s women’s ski jumpers played around with the wind Wednesday in a training round on the Midstubakken 106-meter jump at Holmenkollen. On Friday, American Lindsey Van (Park City, UT) will seek to defend her title, starting with four other teammates in the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Oslo. Winds on the normal hill jump were tricky Wednesday. Van had the longest ride for the Americans at 97.5 meters on her...

On the eve of the official opening of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo (NOR), FIS together with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the holder of the TV and marketing rights, EBU’s sales partner Tridem Sports and the Local Organizing Committee, announced that the winter’s Nordic highlight event is sold out from the sponsoring perspective. Viessmann (www.viessmann.com), a long-time supporter of winter sports, has joined the esteemed group of ten main partners...

Demong Designs in partnership with the US Ski Team, the Olympic Regional Development Authority and the Lake Placid CVB unveiled an auction fundraiser for the Empire State Games today in Lake Placid, New York. The venue and trail design firm sought a way to support the Empire State Games, which played an important role in the athletic development of partners Cheney-Seymour and Olympic Champion Bill Demong. “When we heard the Empire State Games were in...

The National Cross-Country Ski Education Foundation has partnered with the US Ski Team to fully fund all U. S. Cross Country athletes who represent the U.S. at the 2011 World Nordic Ski Championships. Dave Knoop, NCCSEF director, states “The World Championships are the premier Nordic competition outside of the Olympics.  We wanted to make sure each athlete who qualifies for the Championships could focus on their preparation for the games and not worry about covering...

Stowe, VT — Despite and evening of crazy winter weather that included thunder and lightning at Trapp Family Lodge, morning arrived to greet racers to another day of great skiing on the 5K race loop at Trapp Family Lodge host to today’s TD Bank Eastern Cup events.  Today’s contests included 5, 10, and 15 kilometer classic races. The day started with the J2 Boys 5K.  Mount Mansfield Nordic’s Ben Hegman (Huntington, VT) earned the first...