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Canadian Gillmor Puts Down Rifle to Race in Estonia

Kieran JonesFebruary 16, 2011

While many international biathletes have successfully competed in cross-country skiing events over the past few years, North America has seen little intermixing. While there is talk of biathletes chipping in for cross country events, most recently American Tim Burke pinch-hitting for the USST at a major championship relay, it rarely seems to happen. Enter Aaron Gillmor, a 19-year-old Canadian who just wrapped up his first World Junior Championships (WJC) in cross-country in Otepaa, Estonia. Gillmor,...

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From Team Smigun to Team USA

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 9, 2011

Traces of skiing legends are all over Otepaa, Estonia, where American athletes were contesting the cross-country World Junior and U-23 Championships in late January. Framed posters of the country’s Olympic medalists were scattered near the entrance to the venue, in the “Park of Estonian Skiing Heroes.” Jaak Mae’s Mercedes Benz was parked across the way. But inside the American service cabin, in the guise of a pudgy, unassuming figure at one of the wax tables,...

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J1 Scando Trip Ends on High Note with Men’s Relay 4th, Women’s 6th

Topher SabotFebruary 7, 2011

The 2011 US J1 Scando trip ended with a bang, as both men and women turned in excellent performances in 3×3/5km relays, capping three days of racing and generally strong US results. The US men led the way in the relay, battling at the front, and just missing out on the podium, placing fourth, 13.7 seconds behind the winning Norwegian team. The result did not come easily, and could have been better were it not...

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Leadoff Skiers Gow and Boutot Turn In Strong Performances in World Junior Biathlon Relays

Chelsea LittleFebruary 5, 2011

Going into Saturday’s relays, Grace Boutot hadn’t had the best World Juniors of her career. In Canmore in 2009, the American was second in the youth women’s individual race and contributed to a fifth-place relay team. But this year, in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, her top finish was 39th in the individual. “I haven’t had the results that I hoped for in the past two days,” she said after the pursuit. And after the individual,...

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Russia Dominates in Biathlon World Junior Championship Youth Relays

Chelsea LittleFebruary 4, 2011

After a World Junior Championships where it has already proven dominant in the medal counts, Russia sealed the deal by winning both the youth men’s and women’s relays in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic on Friday. And it wasn’t even close: both teams won by more than a minute, the men over Italy and the women over Ukraine. Elena Badanina, the leadoff skier for the Russian women’s team, doesn’t see herself as becoming a star, despite...

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Hanneman 9th in Swedish Sprint Race

Inge ScheveFebruary 4, 20115

The first day of the Nordic Junior Competition in Örnsköldsvik (SWE) featured classic sprints for both men and women, and Logan Hanneman (FAST) was third in the B-final. The Americans qualified three women and three men for the heats.

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Solider Hollow Super Qualifier Photos

FasterSkierFebruary 2, 2011

Mark Nadell of Far West Nordic traveled to Soldier Hollow for last weekend’s Super Qualifier and took tons of excellent photos. Unfortunately we are having problems embedding SmugMug albums right now, but you can see all the photos at Mark’s SmugMug page. To view all 500 photos of the sprint race, visit this page.

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Canadians, Led by Gow in 9th, Improve in Junior Individual Races – Updated

Chelsea LittleFebruary 2, 2011

In an individual race in biathlon, every missed shot adds a minute to an athlete’s ski time, so it’s even more important to hit all the targets than it might be in other formats. Canadian Scott Gow had missed two shots over the first three stages of the junior men’s 15 k individual race at World Junior Championships in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic on Wednesday, which normally wouldn’t bode well. But today, it did –...

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NCCSEF, USSA and Its 10 JO Divisions Announce J1 Scandinavian Cup Blog

FasterSkierFebruary 2, 2011

NCCSEF, USSA and its 10 JO divisions, are pleased to announce the 2011 J1 Scandinavian Cup Team blog http://usaj1team.blogspot.com This “Scando Cup” trip is one of the premier steps of the elite junior athlete and coach development pipeline in the U.S. The Scando Cup is most often the first exposure to international level racing and racing travel for U.S. athletes. Traveling to Scandinavia and putting on a race bib is an eye opening experience. Most...

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Canadian Stuart Harden 18th in Youth Individual at Biathlon World Juniors – Updated

Chelsea LittleFebruary 1, 20115

How poor was the shooting on the third day of biathlon World Junior Championships in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic? In two races on Tuesday – the youth men’s and women’s individual – only a single athlete, Pavel Hancharou of Belarus, shot clean for the four stages of the race. He was rewarded with a 48-second victory in the 12.5 k race and his first World Juniors gold medal. Second-place Steffen Bartscher of Germany was so...

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A Final Look at Otepaa: Photos of U23 Pursuit

FasterSkierFebruary 1, 20111

FasterSkier’s Nat Herz was able to gather a collection of images of the action today during the pursuit races at the U23 World Championships in Otepaa, Estonia.

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Soldier Hollow Hosts Super Qualifier

FasterSkierJanuary 31, 2011

The site of the 2002 Nordic Skiing Olympics hosted a Super Qualifier for the Junior National Championships on Jan 28-29. As a Super Qualifier, athletes from teams outside the region can also earn points toward qualifying for JNs, so in addition to all the teams from the Intermountain Division, teams from Rocky Mountain, Far West, Pacific Northwest, and other Divisions travelled to these races. This venue can easily handle the large number of competitors ....

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Kjorlien Leads North American Ladies Again at Biathlon World Juniors

Chelsea LittleJanuary 31, 20111

When American biathlete Kelly Kjorlien arrived in the Czech Republic for IBU Youth/Junior World Championships, she was confident – but she also came down with a cough. Has that slowed her down so far? No, not at all. After finishing 27th in Saturday’s youth women’s 6 k sprint, Kjorlien told FasterSkier that she was excited going into the pursuit, because shooting was her “strong point” and there were four shooting stages in which to best...

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Oestberg Takes Women’s Pursuit; Bjornsen 17th

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 31, 2011

Norway’s Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg only got one shot at a U-23 World Championship title this year, since she decided to race at Norwegian nationals earlier this week. She made the most of it, skiing to a victory in her only start in Otepaa, Estonia on Monday, in the women’s 15 k pursuit. Her teammate Britt Ingunn Nydal made a late charge to take second, just ahead of Finland’s Kerttu Niskanen, who had pushed the pace...

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No New Biathlon Medalists in Men’s World Juniors Pursuits- Updated

Chelsea LittleJanuary 31, 2011

While all of the medalists from Saturday’s youth and junior men’s sprints repeated on the podium in Sunday’s pursuits, there was still plenty of excitement on the second day of World Youth and Junior Biathlon Championships in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic. In the junior men’s 12.5 k pursuit, Germany’s Tom Barth, who started with bib one and a 16-second advantage over teammate Johannes Kuhn, had to fight just to stay on the podium after missing...

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Harvey Skis to U23 Gold

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 31, 2011

It’s not very often that one hears the Canadian national anthem at the medals ceremony for a World Championships cross-country ski race. But sure enough, there it was on Monday, ringing out in the stadium in Otepaa, Estonia. Canadian Alex Harvey had just outsprinted Russian Evgeniy Belov to win the 30-kilometer U-23 pursuit race, collecting his first-ever gold medal from the International Ski Federation. “This year, even though there’s World Championships coming, I really wanted...

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Norwegians Win Men’s Relay Over Russia; Canada, US 9th and 10th

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 31, 2011

The Norwegians took all the fun out of Monday’s women’s relay at the World Junior Championships, winning by a comfortable margin over the Russians. But no matter—their men created enough suspense for two races. Trailing the Russians by 15 seconds heading into the final leg in Otepaa, Estonia, Norway’s Sindre Bjornestad Skar closed down the gap in the final kilometer, passing Denis Kataev in the stadium for a thrilling conclusion to the race, in what...

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Norway Takes Women’s Relay; Americans Seventh

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 31, 2011

With a squad composed of four individual medalists, the Norwegians skied to victory in the women’s relay at the World Junior Championships on Monday. The Norwegians were trailing slightly to Germany after a tough first leg by Ragnhild Haga. But Martina Ek Hagen took over, closed the gap, and handed the race off to Heidi Weng, who broke the Russian and Swedish teams with a big attack on the skate course’s steepest, toughest climb in...

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Weeger Wins Pursuit the Hard Way; Shields, Patterson 31 and 35

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 30, 20111

There was no doubt who was the strongest man in Sunday’s 20 k pursuit at the World Junior Championships. Germany’s Markus Weeger won the race the hard way, attacking halfway through and maintaining a 20-second advantage over a small group of chasers all the way to the line. Russia’s Konstantin Kuleev was second, outsprinting Finland’s Perttu Hyvarinen. The 19-year-old Weeger, who hails from near Nuremberg but trains in the ski mecca of Oberstdorf, collected his...

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Diggins 12th in Pursuit After Crash; Norwegian Cousins Take Top 2

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 30, 20111

Good thing Jessie Diggins has perspective. Sure, it doesn’t hurt that she’s only 19, with plenty more international racing in her future, including a trip to the 2011 World Ski Championships later this winter. But still, some athletes would be bitter, disappointed, or downright pissed off to crash out of contention in a big race they had a shot at winning. Not Diggins, who picked herself up after a broken pole in the first kilometer...

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