Dryland

The end of the summer also signifies the end of the dry-land season and the FIS World Cup Roller Skiing. The 2007 FIS World Cup consisted of races in five countries and Maria Magnusson (SWE) and Igor Glushkov (RUS) became the proud winners of the overall FIS World Cup trophies. In the last competition held in Samsun (TUR) in mid-September, the Russian team completed its success with a victory in the Nations’ Cup (with 5803...

Over 140 mountain bikers and runners matched their climbing skills in the 1st Annual Catamount Trail Hill Climb Challenge held at Bolton Valley Resort on Sept 23. With a vertical climb of 1,880 feet, the race was designed to challenge even the most seasoned competitors over the 8km uphill course. Under perfect blue skies and temperatures in the mid 60’s, mountain bikers gathered for the mass start followed by the runners 10 minutes later. Both...

FAIRBANKS, AK – After winning a silver and two bronze medals at the NCAA Skiing Championships, Marius Korthauer is used to taking up a spot on the podium. Only this time, he is doing it away from the snow. Korthauer dominated the field at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ cross country trial meet on Saturday, turning in a course record time of 22:47 at the Ester Dome 5K. Korthauer, who finished first in this event...

The pursuit race at the FIS Roller Skiing World Championships was held in ideal fall conditions in Oroslavje, Croatia. Start order was based on the prologue race, and the competition was held in the free technique over 18km (men) and 14km (ladies) on an uphill course to Sljeme. Double Olympic champion Giorgio Di Centa (ITA) added yet another gold medal to his collection. Di Centa easily held the advantage he established in the prologue, taking...

View video of the races here: NENSA Roller Ski Race – Women's video A hot, humid day in Jericho, Vermont saw the first NENSA summer rollerski series come to an end with a challenging 12k freestyle race at the Ethan Allen Firing Range. The course consisted of four 3k loops of excellent skiing terrain — fun downhills, steep climbs, and rolling flats, this course had it all. With 70 participants, the field was by far...

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The finale in the three-race NENSA Summer Rollerski Series will be held at the Ethan Allen Firing Range in Jericho, VT on Saturday, September 8. Olympian Andrew Johnson will be gunning for the series win after taking second to the US Ski Team's Kris Freeman in the series opener, and winning the second event in dominating fashion. Top competitors race on matched V2 rollerskis. The race is a 15K freestyle on the fine Ethan Allen...

The FIS Rollerski World Championships in Croatia continued with an exciting sprint race held on a 180-meter-long course in the Oroslavje town center on Friday. This is a test of pure speed – the Nordic equivalent of drag racing. See for yourself on Croatian television. You will need here and then click the “Real – Stream” icon in the upper right. In the junior ladies' category, Julia Köckritz of Germany beat Evgenia Kurochkina (RUS) by...

The FIS Roller Skiing World Championships in Croatia got under way with a classical prologue race in Bistra. The roller skiers competed on a challenging 6km uphill track in unseasonal autumn-like weather. In the ladies' category, Tatiana Yambaeva (RUS) crossed the finish line first, 1:20 in front of Lada Nesterenko (UKR). Third was Elena Vedeneeva (RUS), 2:34 back. In the junior ladies' race, Ileana Casali (ITA) took top honors, ahead of Olga Abramova (RUS), who...

Everything is ready to go for the FIS Roller Skiing World Championships in Oroslavje (CRO) set for August 30 — September 2. than 150 competitors from 17 countries on three continents have been registered. The competition schedule includes four races in the junior male and female, and senior male and female categories each: prologue, sprint, pursuit and relay. The favorites at the start include, on the men’s side, Igor Glushkov (RUS), the defending sprint world...

Ostersund, Sweden, August 26. The day after winning the Sprint competition, Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) placed fourth in today’s 13K Roller Ski Biathlon Pursuit, while Jeremy Teela (Anchorage, AK) took fifth with a furious uphill sprint just 100 meters from the finish. Overcast skies, a temperature of 10 degrees Celsius, and moderate winds greeted the biathletes this morning—welcome to late “summer” in Sweden! The athletes warmed up in long tights while winter hats replaced...

Ostersund, Sweden, August 25. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) and teammate Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, NY) placed first and third in the Men’s 9.3K Roller Ski Biathlon Sprint at the Ostersund Ski Stadium, site of the 2008 Biathlon World Championships next February. Just a little over 12 hours after the cross-country races of Friday evening, all of the competitors were back at the Ostersund Ski Stadium. Although still sunny, conditions changed overnight to definitely fall-like....

Ostersund, Sweden, August 24. Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, NY) gave the US Biathlon Team a spot on the podium with a third place finish in the Men’s 12.4K roller ski cross-country race this afternoon. Sweden’s David Eckholm, the last starter edged Bailey for second place by 1.7 seconds. Mattias Nilsson of Sweden won the competition in 26:04.2, with Eckholm 16.9 seconds back and Bailey 18.6 seconds back. For the past two weeks, the US Biathlon...

Kris Freeman has demonstrated that his preparations for the start of the World Cup season are on track with a new personal best time on the Mt Sunapee benchmark test that he uses to gauge his fitness. Kris made the ascent in 20:44 Saturday morning, beating his previous best time of 20:49 which he posted in November of 2006, two weeks prior to an 18th place performance in the World Cup opener in Gaellivare Sweden....

Ostersund, Sweden, August 22. “An important part of our training plan, where we hope to see improvements in both skiing and shooting from all of the athletes” is how National Team Coach Per Nilsson described the three competitions this weekend at the site of the 2008 Biathlon World Championships. The three rollerski competitions begin with a cross-country race on Friday evening, followed by a Biathlon Sprint on Saturday and a Biathlon Pursuit on Sunday. The...

Jericho, VT, August 22. Denise Teela (Anchorage, AK) won both the Women’s Sprint and Pursuit competitions at the US Biathlon Summer Rollerski Festival held this past weekend. National Team member Teela, who also competes for the National Guard, won both competitions by virtue of solid performances on both the shooting range and the tracks. In Saturday’s 7.5K Sprint, she shot clean in prone, followed by three standing penalties to cross the finish line in 24:07....

One of the most important dry land season tests for Cross-Country skiers, Saku Suverull 2007 was held at the Tehvandi sports center in Otepää (EST) last weekend. The 10th edition of Saku Suverull roller ski races attracted competitors from 15 nations to evaluate their summer racing shape. A new program with sprint and distance races on consecutive days and with renovated tracks, the weekend drew a crowd of 4,000 to enjoy the event and summery...

The Catamount Trail Association (CTA) will host the first annual Catamount Trail Hill Climb Challenge at Bolton Valley Resort on Sunday, September 23, 2007. The 7km uphill challenge is open to mountain bikers, runners and hikers of all abilities and ages. The event will begin at 11:00 on the Bolton Valley access road for 1/4 mile before linking into the Catamount Trail. Participants will climb 1880 vertical feet along moderate to steep terrain to the...