American Mike Hinckley skied away from Adam Swank (USA), Ron Carmichael (CA) and Nat Anglem (NZ) for a comfortable victory in the 7-kilometer classic. Swank took second 1:08 behind Hinckley's winning time of 20:22. Fellow American Whitney Heyvaert defeated two top New Zealand Juniors, Samantha Williamson and Anna Hogg, for the victory in the women's race. Heyvaert clocked in just under a minute faster than Williamson, with Hogg another 40 seconds back. Hinckley is enrolled...
The Norwegian national team finished their camp at Sognefjellet last week with an on-snow sprint race in the town of VÃ¥gÃ¥. Marit Bjœrgen and Eldar Rœnning were the winners. Check out the photos. Results: Herrer: 1. Eldar Rœnning 2. Simen Østensen 3. Øystein Pettersen 4. Tor Arne Hetland Damer: 1. Marit Bjœrgen 2. Guro Strœm Solli 3. Ella Gjœmle 4. Astrid Uhrenholt Jacobsen The race included prologue, heats and c, b and a-finals. – It’s...
The first ever summer ski competition in Asia took place on Saturday at the Chang Bai Shan Mountain. The sprint race was a success for Swedish skiers with Anna Dahlberg winning the women’s race and Björn Lind winning the men’s event. The Chinese Chang Bai Shan Mountain s at 1 700 meters altitude on the border to North Korea. Nine Swedish skiers took part in Saturday’s first ever on-snow summer sprint race in China. Anna...
Jens Arne Svartedal of Norway won a demonstration sprint race in Tallin recently. Pirjo Manninen of Finland won the women’s finale. Results: Women’s A-Finale: 1.Pirjo Manninen FIN 2:52.2 2.Astrid Jacobsen NOR 2:52.3 3.Charlotte Kalla SWE 2:53.0 4.Lina Andersson SWE 2:56.1 Men’s A-Finale: 1. Jens Arne Svartedal NOR 2:16.0 2. Odd-Björn Hjelmeset NOR 2:16.1 3. Sami Jauhojärvi FIN 2:16.2 4. Mats Larsson SWE 2:22.6 Source: Langrenn.com
Check out these photos from the recent “Horgi Opp†race in Norway if you are tired of wimpy course profiles and dreaming about real challenges! Hill-climb style uphill races in alpine areas might be the future in order to avoid race cancellations periods in snow droughts. These photos are from the recent Horgi Opp in Norway. The race took place a couple weeks ago. Kristen Skjeldal dominated the men’s division while junior skier Therese Johaug...
Rocky Mountain Nordic Names Men’s and Women’s State Champions The Colorado Cup series of cross-country ski races ended its second season of successful racing around Colorado and its first season as an integrated part of Rocky Mountain Nordic’s operations. On the men’s side, Michael Brothers, Ph.D. candidate and former U.S. Army biathlete, was named champion while Maria Wik, Swede by birth and former University of Colorado standout, took the women’s title. Racers competed in events...
The first-ever Grand Prix ‘Sprint Tour’ took place in Russia from 28th – 31st March. This new competition series consists of four Cross-Country sprint races – two in the classical and two in the free technique — held over four days. The 2007 Grand Prix ‘Sprint Tour’ included a Mountain Sprint and a Super Sprint over 100m, staged in the Sverdlovsk region some 500 km north of Yekaterinburg in the Urals, and a Sprint Criterium...
It was a familiar sight at the finish line in the freestyle team sprint in Caribou, Maine for the opening event of the TAMC Spring Series. Temperatures were in the high 20s with gusts of wind up to 20 mph on the fast course. Each team member raced the 1.1km course twice instead of the usual three laps. Three teams moved on from each semi final for a six team final. In the women’s race,...
Sunshine graced West Yellowstone last weekend, setting the stage for the first annual Equinox Ski Challenge. The event was attended by athletes from Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. The race consisted of 6 Hour, 12 Hour and 24 Hour divisions with both team and solo athletes represented in each category. Several collegiate athletes from Utah set the pace early in the race, followed closely by Andy Shepard of Bozeman, MT. As the afternoon progressed, the...
The 2007 Canadian National Championship Sprints were contested on Friday at Mont St. Anne, Quebec. The championship week has seen almost every type of weather. Conditions for the classic sprint showed that spring is near with temperatures plus 4 Celsius and above. In the men’s race, Phil Widmer posted the fastest qualifying time of the day, 2:46.3. In the heats, ski choice was critical due to a long steep climb out of the start, but...
National Team skiers Chris Jeffries and Dasha Gaiazova won the 10/15km Classical Canadian National Championships. It was a beautiful winter day at Mont St. Anne, Qubec on Wednesday with temperatures warming from -20 Celsius in the early morning to -5 Celsius at race time. Despite the cold temperatures and firm tracks, the challenging course combined with a bit of loose snow in the tracks made for a good upper body workout on the 5km race...
Dan Roycroft of Arrowhead Nordic and Dasha Gaiazova of Skielite returned from World Championships in Sapporo, Japan to take national titles in the 5/10km Freestyle at Mont St. Anne, QC. A foot of fresh snow at the beginning of the week made for mid-winter conditions with temperatures at -3 Celsius. Roycroft recorded the top times in both 5km laps to win in 26:02, 13.5 seconds ahead of Chris Jefferies, 26:15.5 and Ivan Babikov 26:33.4. Leif...
Press release: www.XC-SKI.de New 100 meter World Record on cross country skis set by Johannes Bredl (GER) German Sprint Team member Johannes Bredl set a new unofficial World Record over 100 meter Skating with cross country skis. His time of 11.460 seconds was faster than any other time on this distance known to the cross country skiing community. The World Record attempt was part of the Euroloppet Sprint on 16th of March 2007 during the...
The US ski orienteering team just returned from a successful week in Moscow, Russia. The world ski orienteering championships, or “ski-WOCâ€, as it is informally known, took place over one week at the Planernaya Sport Complex, with athletes from 24 different countries. The Russians did an amazing job running the event, and I was very impressed with the overall efficiency of everything. There was good competition and interesting courses, which led to a very enjoyable...
Michael Brothers, Natalie Ward win Wilson cup Brothers, Maria Wik win Colorado Cup title VAIL, CO — The Wilson Cup was held in Vail, CO this past Sunday, the final race of the 2007 Colorado Cup series. Scoring individual victories in the final 20k freestyle event were Michael Brothers of Monument, CO and Natalie Ward of Aspen, CO, both members of Team Alpina and Madshus. Brothers’ blistering attack with only a few kilometers remaining, lifted...
Submitted by Jon Nelson: Thought you might be interested in a different kind of cross country ski trophy. A fourth annual citizens race was held in Atikokan, Ontario – a small town west of Thunder Bay on February 17th. All participants get chocolate and their are two large trophy winners, one is for the fastest combined time for a team of four kids and the other goes to four adults. Attached is a photo of...
The US Ski Team's Continental Cup team did well in a very closely contested OPA Cup race in Oberstdorf, Germany on Saturday. Taz Mannix was fifth and Liz Stephen was 6th, 2 secs and 8 secs out of the lead respectively. Morgan Arritola was 13th in the field of 62. Results: http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=CC&raceid=11831 In the men's 20 km pursuit Leif Zimmerman was 32nd, Brent Knight was 37th, and Garrot Kuzzy 38th. http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=CC&raceid=11832 Sprint results from Sunday...
Ola Vigen Hattestad stretched his foot forward when Odd- Bjorn Hjelmeset turned to look for the competitors. That was enough with the smallest possible margin. Deep double-poling is out…? Not the case when you look at the photo from the men’s sprint finale at the Norwegian championship! Marit Bjorgen was outsprinted in the women’s finale. Hattestad to the far right. Prolog results at http://www.langrenn.com/nm2007-sprintprolog-menn.423527-72481.html Complete results men http://www.langrenn.com/nm2007-meraaker-sprint-klassisk-menn.423592-1743.html
Elin Ek and Mathias Fredriksson won Swedish pursuit championship titles in Ostersund on last Thursday. Elin Ek beat Sara Lindborg at the finish in the women’s race. Susane Nystrom was third. Mathis Fredriksson outsprinted Anders Sodergren and won by 0.2 seconds in the men’s race. Richard Andersson was third. At the finish in the women’s race Top 10 women 1 Elin Ek 2 IFK Moras SK 43:40.1 0.0 2 Sara Lindborg 5 Östersunds SK...