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The future of our sport! Junior racing can be a lot of fun, but it can also be exciting and competitive. Information for, by and about junior skiers, including coverage of major events like World Juniors and Junior Nationals.
Halvorsen Eighth to Lead U.S. in World Juniors Sprint, Canada’s Ritchie 12th
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Halvorsen Eighth to Lead U.S. in World Juniors Sprint, Canada’s Ritchie 12th

Chelsea LittleJanuary 28, 2018

(Note: This article has been updated to include comments from American Hannah Halvorsen.) 2018 World Junior Championships is off and running and two brand-new champions have been crowned. Moa Lundgren of Sweden took the women’s skate sprint title while the men’s final went to Tom Mancini of France. On a perfect blue-sky day nestled deep in the Swiss Alps, the world’s best skiers under the age of 20 raced around a hilly sprint course with...

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Sunday Rundown: Seefeld, Goms, Ridnaun, Craftsbury
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Sunday Rundown: Seefeld, Goms, Ridnaun, Craftsbury

FasterSkierJanuary 28, 2018

IBU Open European Championships (Ridnaun-Val Ridanna, Italy): Single mixed & mixed relays Susan Dunklee and Lowell Bailey teamed up for the final day of the 2018 International Biathlon Union (IBU) Open European Championships in Ridnaun, Italy, and raced to a bronze medal in the single mixed relay. The American duo, both of which earned individual medals at last year’s IBU World Championships, finished just 9.1 seconds out of first, which went to Norway’s Thelka Brun-Lie...

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Under 23 Questions: Ben Loomis
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Under 23 Questions: Ben Loomis

FasterSkierJanuary 26, 2018

In an effort to showcase the North Americans competing at next week’s International Ski Federation (FIS) 2018 Nordic Combined Junior World Championships in Kandersteg, Switzerland, we asked those qualifying athletes several questions about themselves — actually, we had them fill in the blanks. Here we have 19-year-old Ben Loomis, of USA Nordic, who’s representing the U.S. at his fourth Junior Worlds. Loomis is also headed to his

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Under 23 Questions: Félix Longpré
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Under 23 Questions: Félix Longpré

FasterSkierJanuary 26, 2018

In an effort to showcase the North Americans competing at next week’s International Ski Federation (FIS) 2018 Nordic Junior/U23 World Championships in Goms, Switzerland, we asked those qualifying athletes several questions about themselves — actually, we had them fill in the blanks. Here we have 19-year-old Félix Longpré, of Club Nordique Mont-Sainte-Anne, who’s representing Canada at his first Junior Worlds. *** “My full name is Félix Longpré, but you can call me anytime. I was born...

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Under 23 Questions with Julia Kern
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Under 23 Questions with Julia Kern

FasterSkierJanuary 25, 2018

It’s back! In an effort to showcase the North Americans competing at next week’s International Ski Federation (FIS) 2018 Nordic Junior/U23 World Championships in Goms, Switzerland, we asked those qualifying athletes several questions about themselves — actually, we had them fill in the blanks. Here we have 20-year-old Julia Kern, of the Stratton Mountain School (SMS) T2 Team and U.S. Ski Team Development Team, who’s representing the U.S. at her first U23 Worlds (she’s been to Junior...

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U.S. and Canada Annouce Squads for FIS World Junior & U23 Championships
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U.S. and Canada Annouce Squads for FIS World Junior & U23 Championships

FasterSkierJanuary 12, 2018

The U.S. and Canada have named their squads for FIS Cross Country World Junior and U23 Championships, set to begin later this month in Goms, Switzerland. Both countries’ selections include athletes who excelled against the senior fields at recent domestic races (U.S. National Championships and NorAms) which served as selection races for Olympic teams. In fact, Canada’s U23 women did so well against their senior compatriots that it’s unclear who will represent Canada at the...

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Closing the Gap: Brain Training
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Closing the Gap: Brain Training

FasterSkierOctober 31, 2017

Editor’s Note: The following is part of a series proposed by Maks Zechel, a 20-year-old Canadian cross-country skier embarking on his first season training abroad. In August, he recently made the big move to Norway, where he’ll be training and racing with Team Asker for the entire winter. Through these updates, Maks hopes to share his personal “observations, stories and lessons learned” to help close the gap between North American and Scandinavian nordic skiing. Previous posts: #2, #4, #6....

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Hall and Studebaker-Hall Take Reins with Team SoHo
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Hall and Studebaker-Hall Take Reins with Team SoHo

Gabby NaranjaOctober 30, 2017

Last September, amidst the chatter of others gathered for the 11th annual U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Assembly in Colorado Springs, Colo., Sara Studebaker-Hall and the CEO of the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation (UOLF), Colin Hilton, shook hands. Studebaker-Hall, a two-time Olympic biathlete, was attending the meeting as an athlete rep for the US Biathlon Board of Directors and was introduced to Hilton by US Biathlon Association (USBA) President and CEOthe future of the UAA Ski...

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Over Before It Really Began: Burke and Sweetser Part Ways
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Over Before It Really Began: Burke and Sweetser Part Ways

Gavin KentchJuly 19, 2017

A recently promised revival of the nordic program at Vermont’s Burke Mountain Academy (BMA) now seems to be on hold, following a recent change in leadership and what appears to be the school’s subsequent decision to cut ties with its describes itself as “the preeminent ski academy” was bright. A a May 26 article on FasterSkier. “We felt really welcomed there,” Sweetser said of the Burke community. He dismissed concerns that the school’s nordic program...

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Alaska REG Recap: Into the Wild
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Alaska REG Recap: Into the Wild

FasterSkierJuly 18, 2017

The following Regional Elite Group (REG) camp recap was submitted by NSCF-FXC Interim Head Coach Alasdair Tutt. FasterSkier encourages coaches and athletes from any regional offseason camps (dryland or on-snow, in the U.S., Canada or abroad) to submit their own recaps and photos to Western and previous REG camps. The course saw the athletes wind up beside an alpine run before appearing out onto the road overlooking the sea. The fastest times were set by Ti Donaldson and...

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FasterSkier’s Juniors of the Year: Katharine Ogden and Léo Grandbois
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FasterSkier’s Juniors of the Year: Katharine Ogden and Léo Grandbois

FasterSkierApril 3, 2017

With the 2016/2017 season officially in the rearview, FasterSkier is excited to unveil its annual award winners for this past winter. Votes stem from the FS staff, scattered across the U.S., Canada, and Europe, and while not scientific, they are intended to reflect a broader sense of the season in review. This set of honors goes to outstanding North American junior athletes across all nordic disciplines.  *** Katharine Ogden, Stratton Mountain School/U.S. Ski Team Yes, Stratton’s...

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Junior Nationals Video: Day 4 Freestyle Relays
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Junior Nationals Video: Day 4 Freestyle Relays

India HarveyMarch 14, 2017

The 2017 U.S. Junior Nationals came to a close on Saturday, with below-zero temperatures and whipping wind across the Olympic Jumping Complex in Lake Placid, N.Y., delaying the races to later in the day. But the races still commenced and FasterSkier was there to catch the action. Here is the final highlights video. For more on results, Day 1 video | Day 3

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Junior Nationals Video: Day 3 Classic Individual Starts
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Junior Nationals Video: Day 3 Classic Individual Starts

India HarveyMarch 13, 2017

The final day of individual events at 2017 U.S. Junior Nationals took place Friday in Lake Placid, N.Y., with the 5/10/15-kilometer classic mass starts being switched to individual starts instead for fear of crashes on the Olympic Jumping Complex’s 2.5 k loop. Here is a highlights video from the U16, U18 and U20 men’s and women’s races, including interviews with some of the top finishers. For more on the results and podium finishers, check out Day...

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Saturday Rundown: Holmenkollen, Kontiolahti, Jackson, and Lake Placid (Updated x4)
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Saturday Rundown: Holmenkollen, Kontiolahti, Jackson, and Lake Placid (Updated x4)

FasterSkierMarch 11, 2017

NCAA Skiing Championships (Jackson, N.H.): 15/20 k freestyle mass starts On the final day of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Skiing Championships in northern New Hampshire, the University of Utah pulled out a 16.5-point victory over the University of Colorado-Boulder (and finished 17.5 points ahead of the University of Denver) in the team standings, and the Petra Hyncicova, achieved their second-straight titles in as many nordic races this week. On a frigid Saturday morning in Jackson,...

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Friday Rundown: Kontiolahti & Lake Placid (Updated)
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Friday Rundown: Kontiolahti & Lake Placid (Updated)

FasterSkierMarch 10, 2017

IBU World Cup (Kontiolahti, Finland): Men’s & women’s sprints [UPDATED] Fifth place is becoming a habit for US Biathlon’s Susan Dunklee, who shot 9/10 on Friday (1+0) and finished 34.9 seconds out of first for her third fifth-place result in the last three individual races. Twice at last week’s International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in PyeongChang, South Korea, Dunklee placed fifth: first in the sprint and again in the pursuit. She ended her racing there...

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Wednesday Rundown: Drammen & Lake Placid (Updated)
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Wednesday Rundown: Drammen & Lake Placid (Updated)

FasterSkierMarch 8, 2017

FIS Cross-Country World Cup (Drammen, Norway): Classic sprints Just three days after 2017 Nordic World Championships ended in Lahti, Finland, World Cup cross-country skiers were back to their regular-season grind with 1.2-kilometer classic sprints on Wednesday in Drammen, Norway. In the men’s race, Norway stole the day with Eirik Brandsdal notching his first World Cup win since 2015 in Drammen, but Russia’s Sergey Ustiugov broke up the team’s total domination of the final with a...

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