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0.1 seconds separated first and second place in both the men's and the women's pursuit races during today's competitions. Beckie Scott outsprinted Sara Renner in the women's race, after leading by 2.8 seconds from yesterday's classical part. Ivan Babikov did the same to Chris Jeffries in the men's race, after overcoming a 5 seconds deficit from the classical race See

March 19 (Bolton Valley, VT):  U23 World Champion and former UVM standout, Kris Freeman, returns from the cross-country World Cup circuit to give a clinic and race in the Banknorth Eastern State Championships at Bolton Valley this weekend.   Freeman, who won the first U23 World Championship last year, and placed fourth in the 15km classic at the 2003 World Championships, returns to the courses where he trained when he was skiing for UVM.  Friday, March 19th at...

FRASER, CO (March 11) — The U.S. Ski Team and Organizing Committee of The Colorado International Spring Series (CISS) are pleased to announce the 2004 running of the International Spring Series ski races in Grand County, Colo., March 27-April 4, 2004. Elite international cross country skiers from Nordic powers like Sweden, Norway and Germany will challenge the best from USA and Canada in an exciting six-stage race for $15,000 in prize money while recreational racers...

One gold and one silver for US in Thursday's 4 x 5 km relay competitions at the 2004 World Masters. The women's 50 – 59 US team easily won the gold medal in their age group – Alison Bradley, Ann Mize, Carolyn Tiernan, Susan Holbrock all skied great during the mixed classical and free technique relays (2 legs of each)at the 1994 Olympic stadium. In the men's 40 – 44 age group, Todd Boonstra, Jon...

Ski with elite racers from around the world Ski with the world's best at the 2004 Colorado International Spring Series (CISS) in Grand County, Colorado. The Series, presented by Devil's Thumb Ranch, includes overall competitions similar to the Tour de France, with cash prizes and jerseys awarded for particular achievements: the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine Leader's jersey for fastest cumulative time, the Devil's Thumb Ranch Sprint Leader Jersey, and the Wells Fargo Climbing Leader...

Sunday's Banknorth Eastern Cup Last Junior Olympic Qualifier February 21 (Hanover, NH): The Annual Silver Fox Trot cross-country ski race drew over 300 skiers to Garipay Field in Hanover on Saturday. The 7th of 8 Banknorth Eastern Cup events, the 5 and 10km Freestyle races welcomed Bill Koch League kids, ages 3-13 and masters, the Junior elite fighting for a berth on the Junior Olympic Team, and high school skiers competing for spot on the...

I’ll borrow a few phrases from my friend, World famous announcer Peter Graves to describe the conditions for Sundays 15 and 30 kilometer skate races on U-23 Worlds final day at Soldier Hollow, USA. (He was not there but this is how I would imagine it would have sounded): “Welcome to Soldier Hollow — the start is now only 20 minutes away – It’s a beautiful day for cross country skiing — sunny, no wind...

First 3 photos are from a nice slow first lap The womens winner 150 meter from the finish – impressive last 1.5 k. That's were she skied away by 19 seconds. This shows the winner Thomas Moriggl of Italy when he is breaking away from second place finisher Nejc Brodar with 7.5 k to go, the uphill photos of him is how he skied the hill with 6 k to go and the last time...

Two Bronze Medals to Canada The Soldier Hollow sprint course is a “solid piece of work” with one long gradual uphill right after the start, one short steep uphill with 600 meters to go and one gradual fifty meter long uphill right before the last 150 meters which is flat. The Norwegian team of Oyestein Solbjorg and Borre Naess (Silver in the individual skate sprint) took the victory in an incredible exciting battle against Italy...

Even with –20 Celsius at 8 AM, the weather as usual warmed up before the competitions started at Soldier Hollow (-15C in the air and –10C in the snow at race time). A light dusting of cold snow during the morning hours created slow conditions for the women’s 10 AM start, but Blue wax gave super kick up the famous Hermod Hill. Pursuit equipment exchange The Italian Team was clearly best on this first day...

Soldier Hollow proved again to be “golden” for Canada – three US skiers in top-8. Drew Goldsack won the men’s individual Sprint event, while Chandra Crawford impressively sprinted to second place in the women’s event.

The first event at the U-23 FIS Cross-Country Championships went off in “Olympic weather and conditions” – cold temperatures and a blazing sun. The modified 2002 Olympic courses for the women’s and men’s pursuit races challenged even the strongest racers, but the quality of skiing and speed was impressive. In the Women’s class Justyna Kowalczyk from Poland skied away immediately off the start, and had a lead of 45 seconds already at 4 km into...

The U-23 Championships starts at the Soldier Hollow Olympic venue in Heber, Utah – USA on Wednesday February 11. Fourteen nations have sent their best skiers to compete in this unofficial World Championship for skiers under age 23. U-23 is intended to be a steppingstone and motivation for young skiers in their quest to become successful at the World Cup – often dominated by “older” skiers. The week’s events include: Double Pursuit on Wednesday (5+5...

– This is the first time I race sprint in classical technique. Prior I’ve only done 4 – 5 free technique sprint races, says Sigrid Aa.

Gunstock Nordic's Sister / Brother Team of Katrina and Alex Howe Win Women's 10km and Boys' 5km Freestyle at the Banknorth Eastern Cup's Jackson Jaunt. Sunday, January 25 (Jackson, NH): The sister / brother team of Katrina and Alex Howe, of the Gunstock Nordic Association, won their events decisively at Sunday's Banknorth Eastern Cup race, the 28th Annual Jackson Jaunt in Jackson, NH. The mass starts meant tactics played a large part in the 5km...

15 km Snow Mountain Ranch Classic – Colorado 107 skiers lined up Saturday morning for the 15 km Snow Mountain Ranch Classic. For the second year in a row, the race was run as a mass start with separate waves for men and women. This year, SMR Nordic Director Shawn Delaney designed a two-lap course with an excellent variety of terrain, including some challenging (but very strideable) uphills, a wonderfully long descent and plenty of...

Sunnyside Pursuit/JOQ – Mt. Bachelor, Oregon Cold, windy conditions and monstrous amounts of new snow made for soft conditions at the Sunnyside Pursuit/JOQ, held at Mt. Bachelor, OR on Jan.3/4. The large turnout of junior skiers from around the northwest were treated to an appearance of Olympic Gold medallist Beckie Scott, home during a break in the FIS World cup schedule. Scott posted the fastest women's skate time on Saturday (16.11), followed by Suzanne King...

Tamarack Nordic Center in Donnelly, Idaho is excited to announce our 2nd Annual Loppet Race on Jan 10.. This race is in it's infancy at this point but the Idaho Nordic Club and Tamarack Resort Nordic Center are committed to developing this event into a major stop on the Intermountain Race circuit.  The 15k course will feature a full complement of the best of Tamaracks varied trail system.  In the aftermath of the post Christmas...