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Community Feature Racing US Ski TeamResilient and Focused: Julia Kern Looks Ahead

Pasha KahnAugust 17, 2021

Julia Kern finds herself heading into an Olympic season as one of the veterans for the US women’s cross country ski team. At the age of twenty-three, she’s ready to take on the leadership role left by the retirements of long-time team members Sadie Maubet Bjornsen and Sophie Caldwell Hamilton. After a lackluster season — by her own lofty standards — she has shaken off the disappointment, along with a hamstring injury she picked up...

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Racing US Ski Team World CupPeriod One World Cup Team for U.S. Ski Team

Chris GroverJune 24, 2021

Dear Cross Country Community, 2022-23 U.S. Ski Team Selection Criterion Please find the selection criterion for the 2022-2023 U.S. Ski Team here: https://usskiandsnowboard.org/sites/default/files/files-resources/files/2021/2023%20USST%20Selection%20-%20FINAL.pdf Due to the pandemic, the FIS has decided to calculate FIS points lists this coming season that include performances dating back to July of 2019. Because these lists will include 3 seasons of an athlete’s races by the time we get to the Spring of 2022, and those races may not...

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General News Racing US Ski TeamAnderson, Heimdal Join Davis U.S. Cross Country Team Staff (Press Release)

FasterSkierJune 10, 2021

Press Release The Davis U.S. Cross Country Team welcomes two new staff members, including Greta Anderson as Development Team Coach, and Bjørn Heimdal a member of the World Cup Service staff, for the 2021-22 season. Heimdal joins the World Cup Service staff, replacing fellow Norweigen Per-Erik Bjørnstad. He has been running ski/wax service for Norweigan regional Team Elon Nord-Norge since 2017, and has experience as both a coach and competitor. “He came highly recommended...

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Community Opinion Racing US Ski Team World CupSupporting Norris Strengthens the Ski Racing Community

Ben LustgartenMay 12, 2021

I have been racing against David Norris for the past 10 years. We have battled head to head trying to crush each other. The end game was to earn valuable points on the domestic SuperTour circuit to qualify for World Cups. There have been many times we have swapped podium places at U.S. National Championships and U.S. SuperTours. As a one-time peer of David’s, I understand the need for funding and support to compete...

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Feature News Racing US Ski Team World CupBalanced to the End, Sadie Maubet Bjornsen Retires (Part I)

Gavin KentchMay 12, 2021

To classic ski, and to do so well, requires an athlete to perform an almost stupidly large number of tasks at the same time. You have to move two arms, two legs, and two ankles in alternation, in almost infinite variations depending upon the snow, the wax, the course, and your remaining energy. You have to mediate between power and finesse, kick and glide, stimulus and weight transfer. In short, you have to balance a...

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News Racing US Ski Team2021-22 Davis U.S. Cross Country Team Nominations Announced (Press Release)

FasterSkierMay 5, 2021

Press Release U.S. Ski & Snowboard has announced the Davis U.S. Cross Country Ski Team nominations for the 2021-22 Olympic season. Nominations include those active athletes who qualified based on published selection criteria in the prior season. The 2021-22 team is highlighted by an experienced group of World Cup, World Championship, and Olympic athletes, including Olympic gold medalist and 2021 FIS Overall Champion Jessie Diggins; two-time World Cup winner Rosie Brennan; and 2020 FIS Junior...

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News Racing US Ski TeamUS NOW Annual Award Announcement (Press Release)

FasterSkierMarch 29, 2021

Press Release As the 54 women Olympians who have represented our country in cross country skiing, and calling our group United States Nordic Olympic Women, we give an annual award to the female athlete that demonstrates outstanding amounts of grit and grace throughout the year. We call our award: The Gold Rush Award. The past two years have seen three recipients of our award: Rosie Brennan, Sadie Maubet Bjornsen and Sophie Caldwell Hamilton When asked if...

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Racing US Ski Team World CupBolshunov Pulls Away for a Solo Victory in the 15 k Classic; Cyr 21st

Rachel PerkinsMarch 13, 2021

This World Cup coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and their A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage please contact info@fasterskier.com. It’s the last hurrah, folks. Roughly a year after the COVID-19 virus achieved its global pandemic title, the World Cup finds itself at the end of a season that once...

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Racing US Ski Team World CupJohaug Runs Away With Gold in the 30-kilometer Classic; Maubet Bjornsen 15th in Final Professional Race

Rachel PerkinsMarch 6, 2021

This World Championship coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and their A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage please contact info@fasterskier.com. A blanket of fresh snow lay on the ground while the frozen rocky peaks of the Bavarian Alps peaked through the clouds. Finally, Oberstdorf, Germany looked like a wintery...

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Racing US Ski Team World CupAnother Norwegian Sweep in the 15-Kilometer Skate: Holund, Krüger, and Amundsen

Rachel PerkinsMarch 3, 2021

This World Championship coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and their A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage please contact info@fasterskier.com. Here we are in the back half of the 2021 World Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany. As athletes strive for their peak fitness, storylines from the World Cup season, pandemic,...

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Racing US Ski Team World CupSweden’s Sundling Edges Out Switzerland for Team Sprint Gold; USA 5th

Rachel PerkinsFebruary 28, 2021

This World Championship coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and their A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage please contact info@fasterskier.com. And now for something completely different. The skate team sprint. Three roughly 1-kilometer loops each for 7.2 k total, relatively flat with just two brief upticks per lap, winding...

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Racing US Ski Team World CupBolshunov Victorious in the 30-Kilometer Skiathlon; Patterson 14th, Norris 17th

Rachel PerkinsFebruary 27, 2021

This World Championship coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and their A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage please contact info@fasterskier.com. With swaths of bare ground peeking through the melting snow, skis rattling through tracks and swooshing across the lanes, and short-sleeved race tops, World Championship racing continued in a...

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News US Ski Team World CupSeventeen Athletes Named to Davis U.S. Cross Country World Championships Team (Press Release)

FasterSkierFebruary 15, 2021

Press Release EDITORS NOTE: Three additional athletes have been named to the Davis U.S. Cross Country Ski Team that will compete at the 2021 FIS Cross Country World Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, Feb. 22 – March 7 following the competition of the Junior/U23 Cross Country World Championships: Sophia Laukli Hunter Wonders Ben Ogden U.S. Ski & Snowboard has announced the first 14 athletes of the Davis U.S. Cross Country Ski Team that will...

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Racing US Ski Team World CupUSA Cross Country Announces Team for World Cup Period 4

Chris GroverFebruary 3, 2021

Dear Cross Country Community, We are pleased to announce the USA Cross Country Team for World Cup Period 4 of the 2020-21 season: Nove Mesto, CZE Sprint C Men Zanden McMullen Discretion SuperTour Period IV Leader Simi Hamilton Objective 12th WC Sprint Standings Kevin Bolger Objective 13th WC Sprint Standings Logan Hanneman Objective 20th WC Sprint Standings JC Schoonmaker Objective 30th WC Sprint Standings Luke Jager Discretion 1st ANC Sprint C qualifier, 1st...

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Racing US Ski Team World CupUS Team Announces Period 3 World Cup Nominations

Chris GroverJanuary 25, 2021

Dear Cross Country Community, We are pleased to announce the USA Cross Country Team for World Cup Period 3 of the 2020-21 season: Lahti, FIN Skiathlon Men Hunter Wonders Discretion SuperTour Period III Leader Gus Schumacher Objective 18th WC Distance Standings Scott Patterson Discretion 16th Davos 15 F, 23rd TOD Ruka 15 F, 24th TOD Val Müstair 15 F Adam Martin Discretion 1st Craftsbury 15 C, 1st Craftsbury 15 F Ian Torchia Discretion 2nd Craftsbury...

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Racing US Ski Team World CupPeriod I Starts for the U.S. Ski Team

FasterSkierNovember 24, 2020

A brave new world awaits World Cup skiers for Period I on the cross-country World Cup. The scheduling is the easy part, three race weekends reduced from four for Period I. The racing in Lillehammer, Norway, has been postponed due to Covid-19 precautions. In an email to FasterSkier, Cross-Country Program Director Chris Grover wrote the following when asked about the team’s protocols if an athlete tests positive for Covid-19. If someone in our group tests...

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Racing US Ski Team World CupSuperTour COC Leader and Discretionary Nomination Selection Dates

Chris GroverOctober 13, 2020

Dear Cross Country Community, Now that the autumn FIS Cross Country Committee meetings are over, and we have confirmed the World Cup calendar for 2020-21, you can find all finalized selection criteria for World Cup, the Oberstdorf Nordic World Championships, the World Junior and U23 World Champs, the U18 Nordic Nations Championships, etc. here: https://usskiandsnowboard.org/sport-programs/criteria With the cancellation of the USA SuperTour Continental Cup Series for 2020-21, the FIS Cross Country Committee has granted...

Interviews News US Ski TeamMiddlebury’s Kate Barton Advances to U.S. Ski & Snowboard D-Team Head Coach

Rachel PerkinsJune 24, 2020

If you read FasterSkier, you are likely aware that elite cross country skiing in the U.S. has been steadily on the rise over the last decade. In the last four years alone, we’ve borne witness to medals at all levels, including a Diggins-Randall double podium in the freestyle sprint at the 2017 World Championships, a 10 k classic win for Gus Schumacher at the 2020 World Junior Championships, a bronze medals for Will Koch and...

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General News Racing US Ski Team World CupFIS Points, Part II: What’s a Point Worth

Gavin KentchMay 21, 2020

This article has been updated to clarify the relationship between the junior races now known as FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships and its precursor, the World Junior Nordic Championships and the European Junior Nordic Championships. There are, to briefly traffic in the obvious, 60 seconds in a minute. Sixty seconds in a minute; 60 minutes in an hour; 3,600 seconds in an hour. Skiers measure their lives in these increments; we track total yearly training hours,...

Community News US Ski TeamA PT in Norway: By Ned Dowling

FasterSkierApril 13, 2020

“Get whatever you want. I’m buying.” “It’s ok. I’ve got a card with me.” “No. You’re over here working for us. The least I could do is buy you a coffee and a bun.” Conversation over. Jessie Diggins bought my cinnamon bun and cappuccino. The same Jessie Diggins who won Gold at the last winter Olympics and is a regular on World Cup podiums just refused to let me buy my own snack at the...

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