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Craftsbury, VT (February 19): Putney Ski Club’s Brayton Osgood and Burke Mountain Academy’s Liz Stephen were repeat winners this weekend, winning the final TD Banknorth Eastern Cups held at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center. They won yesterday’s 5 and 10km classic races, as well as today’s 10km freestyle races, solidifying their overall position at the top of the NENSA points list. The men’s race hardly in question — Osgood was the favorite. “It was a great...

Bolton Valley, VT (February 5): With UVM Carnival’s Friday race cancelled, the TDBanknorth Eastern Cup races at Bolton Valley this weekend were dominated by the college skiers. Sunday’s 10km Freestyle event for men was won by Dartmouth Outing Club’s Ben True and the women’s event by DOC’s Kristina Trygstad-Saari. Originally scheduled as a pursuit race at the Putney School in Putney, VT, the rain forced the organizers to move the event to the only snow...

FIS U 23 Cross-Country Skiing World Championships in Kranj-Medvode (SLO) Pursuit 7,5km C + 7,5km F women and 15 km C + 15 km F men, 04.02.2006 Kowalczyk and Legkov were the winner of the Pursuit Justyna Kowalczyk won her second U 23 World Champion title in Medvode. The athlete from Poland finished clearly 26,5 seconds ahead of Irina Artemova from Russia. Her team-mate Ioulia Tchekaleva took the third place 39,8 seconds behind Kowalczyk. This...

FIS U 23 Cross-Country Skiing Championships in Kranj-Medvode (SLO) Individual start 10 km C women and 15 km C men, 02.02.2006 Dasha Gaiazova of Canada followed up her 5th place finish on Tuesday with a 6th place in today's U23 Classic race. She was 1:13 behind the winner. Justyna Kowalczyk from Poland is the winner of the 10 km individual start race in the classical style. The athlete from Poland finished the course in 28:07...

FIS Junior World Ski Championships and U 23 Cross-Country Skiing World Championships in Kranj-Medovde (SLO) Sprint F women and men, 31.01.2006 Dasha Gaiazova of Canada had the best North American finish of the day in the U23 Championship Sprint race today, placing 5th. Other North American results: Women: 5. Dasha Gaiazova, CAN 11. Chandra Crawford, CAN 14. Laura Valaas, Whitman College 16. Perianne Jones, CAN 27. Lindsey Williams, Northern Michigan U 35. Kasandra Rice, University...

– I didn’t dare to hope for victory, says Hilde G. Pedersen after winning the prestigious Norwegian 3 x 5-k relay championship with her two twin daughters Ida and Eli.

Kristin Stormer Steira and Junior skier Petter Northug (19) both won their first Norwegian Championship titles in Saturday’s pursuit races at Kongsberg. Kristin Stormer Steira after winning the women’s pursuit race: – It felt like we were lost during the race. I have not experienced this type of chaotic circumstances in a race of this magnitude before, but I have not experienced this type of huge snowfall prior to a race before either, said Stormer...

Marit Bjorgen and Borre Naess captured the sprint titles at the Norwegian championship on Friday. Source: Langrenn.com Marit Bjorgen won the women’s sprint title ahead of Ella Gjomle and Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen. Vibeke Skofterud was 4th. One of the challengers for the last spot on the Norwegian Olympic team, Guro Strom Sollie ended up in tenth place. Not selected for the Olympic team, Borre Naess won the men’s sprint ahead of Johan Kjolstad. Kjolstad had...

Marit Bjorgen crushed her competitors in the first race of the Norwegian Championship on Thursday, the 10-kilometer classic. She can now finally brush the media concerns aside after winning by 40 seconds. Source: Langrenn.com – This was very reliving and shows that I’m heading in the right direction, says Marit Bjorgen. She has tried to not be bothered by the media concerns following recent weaker than expected World Cup results, especially last weekend’s poor relay...

Odd-Bjorn Hjelmeset won the Norwegian 15-k classic championship on Thursday. He most likely secured an Olympic team spot as well. Source: Langrenn.com It’s expected that Hjelmeset’s impressive first leg World Cup relay last weekend and this victory will put him on the Norwegian Olympic team. Jens Arne Svartedal was second, 11 seconds behind. Frode Estil was third and Anders Aukland was fourth, 37 seconds behind. This opens the door for Auklands’s Olympic participation as well...

Manuela Henkel and Andy Newell won the prestigious night-sprints in Fischen, Germany. In the mens race American Newell succeeded against German Johannes Bredl and Austrian Martin Stockinger. In fourth place was Sean Crooks from Canada. Erik Haenel was sixth, Christoph Schweiger was the best Allgäu native among the men in eighth place. American Torin Koos was the first qualifier and finished 5th. Under the snowfall and in front of a curtain of 1000 fans, the...

Robert Redford’s Sundance Nordic Center in The Timpanogos Mountain outside Heber City, Utah hosted the third race in the Wasatch Citizen series last Saturday. The actor himself was nowhere to be seen, but tons of snow, a very challenging 5-kilometer course that includes a two kilometer solid climb and some fast downhills with both S and U turns made for a great classic race. By Torbjorn Karlsen Sundance Nordic Center is located roughly 20 minutes...

10th Annual Flint Hills Town Race Series Event #3 GCI Communications Open Saturday, January 14, 2006 The day was a little on the chilly side, both West Valley's and Lathrop's high school teams were in Valdez, and most of the UAF Ski Team was sitting out the race after having raced hard the previous week at the US Nationals. However, that did not stop nearly 100 hardy souls from braving the bracing -10F temperatures to...

Savialova and Alypov Russian Distance Champions (Babikov 4th) Today and yesterday, Olga Savialova and Ivan Alypov secured their Russian National Titles for the 30 and 50 Kilometer Mass Start Freestyle Races respectively. Savialova was able to maintain a two second lead over Julija Tchepalova on the Rybinsk trails by the end of the race. Three seconds behind in third place was Evgenia Medvedeva. Up to tenth place, there were only world cup competitors to be...

Sami Jauhojarvi fell but came back and became Finnish pursuit champion on Sunday. Virpi Kuitunen won the women’s race. Source: Langrenn.com Jauhojarvi beat Tero Simila and Olli Ohtonen in the sprint. Jari Isometsa was fourth. The victory was Jauhojarvi's second gold medal at the Finnish championship. — I showed that it’s possible to win despite a crash. I struggled in the classic portion, but I managed to come back even after falling in the skate...

Source: Langrenn.com The doping convicted polish skier Justyna Kowalczyk crushed most of the Russian women's national team skiers in a race on Friday December 23. This signals that Kowalczyk will be a hot challenger for Marit Bjorgen and the other female favorites at the upcoming Olympics in Torino. Justyna Kowalczyk was first shut out of all competitions for two years following a doping violation during a race on January 23, 2005. This was appealed and...

Getting Ready For Nationals: 10-K Skate Time-Trial Atomic rep R.J. Guiney, Coach Torbjorn Karlsen, sprinter Anders Haugen and three juniors from the National Sport Foundation’s junior program in Park City, Utah met for a 10-kilometer skate time-trial at the Soldier Hollow Olympic stadium on Friday December 23.

Complete Results for the Weekend: http://www.nensa.net/news/news_more_rss.php?id=1321 Summary: Liz Stephen (Burke Mtn Academy) and Jeremy Teela (US Biathlon) Hit the High Notes at the TD Banknorth Eastern Cup Opener. Over 550 starts at the TD Banknorth Eastern Cup Opener Sprints and Mass Start Freestyle at the Trapp Family Lodge. December 18, 2005 (Stowe, VT): On the second day of racing for the TD Banknorth Eastern Cup series, at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, VT, USBiathlon’s...

The last photo from this sprint time-trial at Soldier Hollow on Wednesday was staged five minutes after the skiers crossed the finish line to illustrate that this was an “all out” effort. The rest of the photos are real action! Six male skiers, one British female skier and three non-paying spectators showed up for our “get ready for nationals” skate sprint-time-trial on the sprint course at Soldier Hollow on Wednesday December 21, 2005. The athletes:...

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