FIS Rollerski World Cup 2005 Villard de Lans (France) — 9th:10th July 2005 ROLLERSKI: ALFIO DI GREGORIO WINNER IN WORLD CUP MASS-START press release of 10th July 2005 Is over the second stage of the rollerski World Cup 2005 hold in Villard de Lans / France in the weekend. Two races in program: Saturday the sprint and today the mass-start. SPRINT In the sprint races success of the « zar » Igor Glushkov / RUS...
Athletes from as far away as California celebrated July 4th with a great day of racing and hamburger eating in Bozeman, MT. The event was organized by Threshold Sports (U.S. Rode Wax importer) and staffed by BSF's stellar Senior Program athletes. The proceeds from the event benefited the BSF Senior/Elite Team. The race started with a 7.5 mile mountain bike, climbing up a logging road for almost 1000 vertical feet which connected to a 3.5...
FIS Rollerski World Cup 2005 Cesis (Latvia) – 1st:3rd July 2005 ROLLERSKI: GREAT START FOR RUSSIA…BUT ITALY IS CLOSE ENOUGH. press release of 4th July 2005 The first etape of the World Cup 2005 has already defined the Rollerski season: Russia is the team to compete with. In Cesis/Latvia, Rollerski Russian team, men and women, dominated 3 out of 4 senior races. PURSUIT Yesterday’s pursuit race has seen the victory of Igor Glushkov/RUS in a...
Sweden’s ski star Anders Sodergren is in shape. He set a new course record in an 11.9-kilometer running race on Tuesday. Source: Skidsport.com The Swedish national team camp in Torsby ended last Sunday, but World Cup star Anders Sodegren didn’t rest much after the camp. He was in action already on Tuesday night, running the 11.9-kilometer long foot race around Lake Florsjoen in Soderhamn. Sodergren won in a new course record. – My legs were...
I recently spent a week in Iliamna, AK doing some environmental assessment work for what, if the project flies, will be the largest mine in Alaska’s history. As it turns out, I ran into (or maybe I should say rolled into) another superlative in Iliamna: the town may be home to some of the best rollerskiing in the world. Rollerskiing out of town Now, before you start planning your trip to rollerskiing paradise, keep in...
Most people visiting park City, Utah in the summer do the Alpine slide, walk Main Street, shop at the Factory Outlets and so on. That wasn’t the case with top junior skier Glen Randall from Colbrann, Colorado and former Olympian and Hanover, New Hampshire resident Dorcas Wonsavage when they visited last week. Both wanted to run the famous Agony Hill time-trial in Salt Lake City. TorbjornSport and National Sport Foundation’s cross country and Nordic combined...
Ten athletes were interested in going after the old Fonnefjell hill-climb record of former national champion and national team coach Magnar Lundemo. But only Olympic and World Champion Frode Estil showed up for last Thursday’s record attempt. The old record was 58 minutes and 31 seconds and Estil ran solo and crushed that time. Tired: A great workout for Frode, he reached the top as the fastest ever on foot. Tired but happy…(Photo: Lene-Mari Prœven)...
“The O2 King†Espen Harald Bjerke biked in to a new record in a race from Lillehammer to Oslo last weekend. Source: Langrenn.com Espen Harald Bjerke, a member of the Norwegian national team in cross country skiing bought a road bike this spring and has done roughly ten workouts on the bike so far. Last weekend Bjerke entered the Lillehammer — Oslo bike race and sat in the pack of 18 cyclists that set a...
FIS Rollerski World Cup 2005 Cesis (Latvia) – 1st:3rd July 2005 ROLLERSKI: IN THE OPENINING RACE OF THE SEASON 2005 DOUBLE SUCCESS FOR RUSSIA! press release of 1st July 2005 Today took place in Cesis (Latvia) the first stage of the FIS Rollerski World Cup. After a first prologue disturbed a bit by rain shower, the Russian team took the two first places in senior categories. SENIOR MEN 1. Gluskov Igor — RUS 0:18’29†2....
ROLLERSKI GETS READY FOR THE WORLD CUP 2005 Press Release, 29th June 2005 Rollerskiing World Cup for the year 2005 is getting ready to start next weekend with the first race in calendar. The large company of ‘nordic ski on wheels’ will meet the first weekend of July in Cesis, Latvia: the programme is set up with a first pursuit race split in two days: friday 1st July and sunday 3rd July to continue on...
Windy conditions, rain and even some snow met the masters in age 50-54 and 55-59 at the US Masters Nationals for the road race in Park City, Utah on Tuesday. Fasterskier.com took some photos during the race. For results see www.USACYCLING.ORG Photos by Torbjorn Karlsen
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Source: Langrenn.com Marit Bjorgen won last week’s 5 + 5-kilometer rollerski time-trial with a clear margin. The race was held during the Norwegian women’s team second dryland training camp for the year. Results rollerski pursuit race: Name Time after classic Total time after skating Marit Bjœrgen 13.48 26.26 Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen 14.32 27.07 Ella Gjœmle 13.48 27.46 Kristin Stœrmer Steira 14.45 28.58 Kristin Stemland 15.31 29.18 Vibeke Skofterud 16.09 29.30 Guro Strœm Solli 16.30 32.45
Source: Langrenn.com Borre Naess is tough to beat in rollerski sprint races, on Saturday he won again.
The summer and fall are critical training months for cross country skiers. Rollerskiing is a must for those who are serious about progress. The best juniors, elite and master skiers are spending 25-50% of their training time on rollerskis. Here are some photos from a May 26th rollerski workout. The skiers are Kelly Milligan, Scott McArt, Anders Haugen and James Southam. The pictures were taken during a classic rollerski workout from Mtn. Dell up East...
Source: Langrenn.com Classic 300-meter rollerski race was on the agenda at the Norwegian national team’s training camp in Klekken/Honefoss. The event was held Thursday night and 2000 spectators showed up for the downtown race despite bad weather. The race included qualification heat, semifinal and finale. Guro Strom Solli won the women’s event ahead of Marit Bjorgen and Ella Gjomle. Borre Naess won the men’s race ahead of first-year senior Jens Bjertnes and John Kristian Dahl....
Source: Langrenn.com “The O2 King†Espen Harald Bjerke won a rollerski pursuit race for the Norwegian national team on Tuesday. The rollerski pursuit race was done as a part of the National team’s camp at Klekken. Berke was five seconds ahead of Kristen Skjeldal and 31 seconds ahead of Anders Aukland # – Name – Time after classic – Total time after skating 1. Espen Harald Bjerke 24:42 57:36 2. Kristen Skjeldal 24:54 57:41 3....
Source: Langrenn.com Anders Aukland won the Norwegian duathlon championship last weekend. The event was run, bike and run. Anders Aukland was as expected leading after the first run, but was passed on the bike leg right before the transition to the last running leg by former cycling pro Lars Kr. Johnsen. Aukland came back and won by 1 minute and 32 seconds to Arne Post. Results Women senior Place Name Club Time run 1 Bike...
Source: Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen Last years two-person marathon mountain challenge up Ulvskollen/Wolf Mountain in Skien, Norway became an extreme physical strain for Erling Jevne, Odd-Bjorn Hjelmset, Anders Aukland and the other racers. The race will not be run this summer, it’s an Olympic year. But the organizers have a new interesting concept planned for the summer of 2006. To read about last years race see Fasterskier.com archive articles: Top Skiers In Summer...
Source: Langrenn.com Norwegian national team skiers Kine Beate Bjornas and Odd-Bjorn Hjelmeset won the first annual Sognefjellet bike and ski duathlon last weekend. A good year for Hjelmeset: World Championship relay gold and 50-K bronze medal. Second in the Norwegian 50-k championship and finally Sognefjellet duathlon Champion! Hjelmeset (#141) lost to Skjeldal (#143) at the Norwegian 50-k championship, but won Sognefjellet Duathlon Results: Men 1. Odd-Bjœrn Hjelmeset 1.48,15 2. Tom Larsen 1.48,17 3. Stig Rune...