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Sunday Rundown: Lillehammer, Östersund & West Yellowstone (Updated x6)

FasterSkierDecember 4, 2016

Welcome to The Rundown, your quick primer of need-to-know information about the day’s racing. We’ll be updating this digest as the day goes on with additional results, photos and quotes. The Rundown is NOT a race report; stay tuned for complete race reports later today with interviews from the day’s top racers. (Note: This Rundown has been updated to include comments from U.S. Nordic Combined’s Bryan Fletcher, who placed ninth on Sunday at the World...

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Sundby Tops Again; Harvey 9th in Lillehammer Mini Tour

Jason AlbertDecember 4, 2016

Three days up, three days down. The Lillehammer mini tour ends with Norway's Martin Johnsrud Sundby taking the win by a sliver. Canada's Alex Harvey has let the skiing do the talking with a flurry of top-tens, finishing the 9th overall.

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All Alone, Weng Wins First Mini-Tour Title in Lillehammer; Diggins Hangs On for 8th

Chelsea LittleDecember 4, 2016

Norway’s Heidi Weng started the 10-kilometer classic pursuit in Lillehammer, Norway, on her own, and she finished just the same: alone, and in first place. The 25 year old chalked up her first World Cup mini-tour win on Sunday, after second in the 5 k skate in Saturday. Weng started the day with a 20-second cushion separating her from second-place Ingvild Flugstad Østberg in the mini-tour standings, and extended that lead slightly by the middle...

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Queen of 5 k Skate, Diggins Makes It a Habit in Lillehammer

Alex KochonDecember 3, 2016

Note: This article has been updated to include American Rosie Brennan’s result. *** There are several different ways to describe Lillehammer’s 5-kilometer freestyle course, complete with at least five notable climbs, one of which takes a World Cup skier about 3 1/2 minutes to conquer. “Fun” isn’t the word most would use, but most aren’t Jessie Diggins. A 25-year-old member of the U.S. Ski Team from Afton, Minn., Diggins rounded the one-lap course with a speed no...

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Halfvarsson on Win Streak; Harvey Repeats in 10th in Lillehammer Mini Tour

Aleks TangenDecember 3, 2016

LILLEHAMMER, Norway — The men’s 10-kilometer freestyle on Day 2 of the Lillehammer mini tour turned out to be a nail biter and a win-win situation for Swedish fans on Saturday. Calle Halfvarsson, who Results | Pursuit start list

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Saturday Rundown: Lillehammer, Östersund & West Yellowstone (Updated x 4)

FasterSkierDecember 3, 2016

Welcome to The Rundown, your quick primer of need-to-know information about the day’s racing. We’ll be updating this digest as the day goes on with additional results, photos and quotes. The Rundown is NOT a race report; stay tuned for complete race reports later today with interviews from the day’s top racers. *** U.S. SuperTour opener in West Yellowstone: Freestyle sprints [UPDATE] The U.S. domestic season opened in West Yellowstone, Mont., with 1.3-kilometer freestyles on...

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Bjornsen ‘Fastest in the World’ in Qualifier; Weng Tops Lillehammer Sprint Final

Aleks TangenDecember 2, 2016

LILLEHAMMER, Norway — If anything’s consistent after two days of classic sprinting on the Cross-Country World Cup this year, it’s that nothing is a given — especially on the women’s side of World Cup sprinting. No more Maiken Caspersen Falla dominating every World Cup sprint. However, Norway’s defending Sprint World Cup champion is no slouch, placing second in both classic sprints so far this season. Take Sadie Bjornsen, for example. In her Qualifier | Mini-tour standings (after Day 1)

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Friday Rundown: Lillehammer Classic Sprint

FasterSkierDecember 2, 2016

Welcome to The Rundown, your quick primer of need-to-know information about the day’s racing. We’ll be updating this digest as the day goes on with additional results, photos and quotes. The Rundown is NOT a race report; stay tuned for complete race reports later today with interviews from the day’s top racers. *** FIS Cross-Country World Cup in Lillehammer: Classic sprint Men’s report For the Men |

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Leading Up to Lillehammer, U.S. Team Talks Midweek Race Prep

Aleks TangenDecember 1, 2016

We hear a lot about the details of a cross-country ski racer’s day on race day, but what about those four or five days in between? What do World Cup racers do then, in the middle of the week? FasterSkier Norwegian contributor Aleks Tangen ventured to Lillehammer on Wednesday and Thursday to find out. *** LILLEHAMMER, Norway — The first mini tour of the World Cup season starts today — Friday — in Lillehammer. A year ago at...

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Niskanen Wins Another Ruka 15 k; Harvey 11th

Gabby NaranjaNovember 27, 2016

The opening World Cup races came to a close this Sunday, with Finland's Iivo Niskanen taking the overall win in the men's 15-kilometer classic race for the second time in a row. The Finnish skier held off the likes of Norway's Martin Johnsrud Sundby in order to secure the victory. "This was a really important victory, because last year was so difficult," Niskanen said during a T.V. interview.

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Bjørgen: New Mom? Check. Atop the Ruka Podium? Check.

Jason AlbertNovember 27, 2016

Marit Bjorgen, hear me roar. A wake up call at Sunday's 10 k individual classic in Ruka, Finland. Bjorgen is the show, and three Americans in the points.

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Randall Misses Heats in Kuusamo, But Optimistic About Upcoming Races

Chelsea LittleNovember 26, 2016

Kikkan Randall returned to World Cup racing on Saturday, with baby in tow. The verdict on her performance: neither as good as hoped for, nor worse than history would predict. On Saturday, the three-time Sprint World Cup champion competed in her first World Cup competition since 2014. Randall took the 2015/2016 season off while pregnant with her son, Breck. In her return to racing, she finished 52nd – 19.75 seconds off Krista Parmakoski of Finland’s qualifying time in...

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Norway’s Subs, Golberg and Klæbo Take 1st and 3rd in Ruka; Harvey 25th

Alex KochonNovember 26, 2016

The two men who landed on the first and third steps of the podium in Saturday’s World Cup opener in Kuusamo, Finland, weren’t even slated to start as of a week ago. But 20-year-old Johannes Høsflot Klæbo’s chose to skip the opening World Cup weekend because his energy wasn’t where he wanted it to be. “It’s just so competitive [this] time of year,” Canadian Alex Harvey observed in a post-race phone interview. “The Norwegians that were first and...

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Saturday Rundown: Ruka, West Yellowstone & (Not) Beitostølen (Updated x4)

FasterSkierNovember 26, 2016

Welcome to The Rundown, your quick primer of need-to-know information about the day’s racing. We’ll be updating this digest as the day goes on with additional results, photos and quotes. The Rundown is NOT a race report; stay tuned for complete race reports later today with interviews from the day’s top racers. *** West Yellowstone FIS Races: 5/10 k classic Scott Patterson of Alaska Pacific University (APU) continued his winning streak on Saturday, topping the 10-kilometer classic FIS race...

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17 Questions for 2017: Rosie Brennan

FasterSkierNovember 24, 2016

Welcome to ’17 Questions for 2017′, where we are catching up with American and Canadian national-team members before the beginning of the winter season. *** First named to the U.S. Ski Team in high school, Rosie Brennan dominated the 2015 SuperTour and earned rights to race in Europe, including at World Championships where she finished 16th in the 30 k classic. After a six-year absence she was renamed to the national team after that winter and...

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17 Questions for 2017: Katharine Ogden

FasterSkierNovember 21, 2016

Out of school and upping the volume, U.S. Ski Team "D" teamer Katharine Ogden is ready for the season, particularly the new SuperTour stop in Silver Star, British Columbia.

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Newell Treated for Elbow Infection, Will Likely Miss Beito Races

FasterSkierNovember 18, 2016

Earlier this week, just two days after returning to Europe, Andy Newell realized he had a problem. His elbow was the size of an orange and so painful that he needed to go to a hospital. After an overnight stay at a second, larger hospital, Newell's bacterial infection is on the mend and he's confident he'll be ready to go for next weekend's World Cup opener.

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17 Questions for 2017: Patrick Caldwell

FasterSkierNovember 14, 2016

Paddy Caldwell of the Stratton Mountain School and Dartmouth College is looking forward to giving U23 racing one last hurrah at Soldier Hollow this winter. "I think my top-end speed has improved since last year," he explains.

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17 Questions for 2017: Ian Torchia

FasterSkierNovember 8, 2016

After top-20 individual finishes at the last two World Junior Championships, Torchia is moving into the U23 category and pumped up to do it in Utah: "Time to defend our home turf from the Russians and Norwegians."

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Sophie Caldwell Aims to Refine Art of Sprinting-Resting-Sprinting

Jason AlbertNovember 5, 2016

U.S. Ski Team A-team member Sophie Caldwell has taken the proverbial next step and topped a World Cup podium. The seventh-ranked sprinter in the world, she feels that nothing's broken with her training, so she hasn't had any significant changes this offseason.

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