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Rosie Brennan Blue Collar Skier? She’s OK With That: Part I

Ken RothAugust 10, 2023

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. Learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award—or about supporting FasterSkier coverage—by contacting info@fasterskier.com. Rosie Brennan has been a fixture on the Stifel U.S. Ski Team for several years, weathering the ups and downs of professional athletics with grace, aplomb, and stoic professionalism. Her determination and perseverance have created scores of admiring fans,...

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“What Makes a Champion” . . . US Ski Team Video Campaign

FasterSkierJuly 11, 2023

U.S. Ski & Snowboard is launching a new campaign called, “What Makes a Champion” which will highlight an athlete from each of our teams, and focus on what makes them a champion. Jessie Diggins kicks it off. What Makes a Champion: Jessie Diggins Leann Bentley—Stifel U.S. Cross Country Ski Team Press Officer—informs FasterSkier that a new “What Makes a Champion” video will be introduced each month leading into the 2023-2024 World Cup season. We’re...

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US Ski and Snowboard Announces World Cup Team for Period 1

Chris GroverJuly 4, 2023

Dear Cross Country Community, We are pleased to announce the XC Team for Period 1 of the 2023-24 World Cup season: Ruka, FIN Sprint C & Östersund, SWE Sprint C Men Zanden McMullen Objective 22-23 Overall SuperTour Leader Ben Ogden Objective 10th World Cup Sprint 22-23 JC Schoonmaker Objective 30th World Cup Sprint 22-23 Kevin Bolger Objective 40th World Cup Sprint 22-23 Zak Ketterson Discretion 17th Val di Fiemme Sprint C 22-23...

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Catching Up With Julia Kern—U.S. Ski Team Member and FIS Athlete Delegate

Ken RothMay 30, 2023

This week, FasterSkier caught up with U.S. cross-country team member Julia Kern. It turns out catching up with Julia isn’t just hard on the racecourse, but it’s pretty darn challenging in life. No one would begrudge any team member a much needed travel respite after a draining World Cup season. But Julia appears to thrive on movement—she seems to be a living example of Newton’s First Law of Motion— a body in motion will remain...

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A Finnish finish: Tying a bow on the 2023 season in Lahti

Nathaniel HerzMarch 27, 2023

This is the end. Of the 2023 racing season. Devon and Nat go without guests and are here to take you through the last three events of the winter in Lahti, Finland. And we cover a couple of retirement announcements from U.S. skiers. We’re taking a little break after this but, we promise: We won’t leave you hanging for the whole off-season. Stay tuned for more regular episodes over the course of the spring and...

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Olympian Swirbul Announces Retirement from World Cup Cross Country Skiing

FasterSkierMarch 27, 2023

PARK CITY, UT (March 27, 2023) – Hailey Swirbul of the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team is ready to say goodbye to World Cup ski racing. The 2022 Olympian has formally announced her retirement from the World Cup circuit hours after crossing the finish line at the 2022-23 World Cup Finals in Lahti, Finland. 24-year-old Swirbul, an El Jebel, Colorado native, has been on the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team for years, represented her country at two World...

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Rosie Brennan isn’t a sparkle chipmunk. But “every human” can still relate to her hard-fought career.

Nathaniel HerzMarch 6, 2023

PLANICA, SLOVENIA — Anyone who knows Rosie Brennan, and the ups and downs of her professional cross-country ski racing career, can relate to her mother’s experience at the World Championships here. Walking among the crowds in U.S.-themed clothing, Wiggy Brennan heard the same thing, over and over, from European fans: “We love Jessie Diggins!” — a reference to Rosie Brennan’s gold-medal winning teammate. “And I say, ‘Okay. But what about Rosie?’” Wiggy said. That question...

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The Devon Kershaw Show: IgNor-way and it was an awesome men’s World Championships relay

Nathaniel HerzMarch 3, 2023

Yeah, Norway smoked everyone in the men’s 4×10 k relay at World Championships in Planica, Slovenia. But the race for silver and bronze was a thriller, with Canada delivering an electrifying performance. Chris Jeffries, the Canadians’ high performance director, joins us from on site to break the race down. Get at us at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com. Ten races down, two to go.

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US Team Announces the Team for World Cup Period 4

Chris GroverFebruary 28, 2023

Dear Cross Country Community, We are pleased to announce the USA Cross Country Team for World Cup Period 4 of the 2022-23 season: Holmenkollen 50 km F Mass Start Men Zanden McMullen Objective SuperTour Leader Scott Patterson Objective 23rd World Cup Distance Ben Ogden Objective 34th World Cup Distance Gus Schumacher Discretion 18th Davos 20 km F David Norris Discretion 1st American Birkie Hunter Wonders Discretion 24th Planica WSC 30 km Skiathlon Johnny Hagenbuch Alternate ...

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After Two COVID Winters, an Unusual Sight at World Championships: Parents

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 24, 2023

This World Cup coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and 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. PLANICA, SLOVENIA – A year ago, Canadian cross-country skier Graham Ritchie had reached the pinnacle of his sport: He was competing at the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. His parents? They...

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The Devon Kershaw Show: Ben Ogden joins us for a salty start to World Champs in Planica

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 23, 2023

Bang! We’re off and running with a recap of the classic sprint, the first of six medal events at the World Championships in Planica, Slovenia. American sprint sensation Ben Ogden joins us. We’ll be podcasting after each race day in Slovenia. Get at us with questions at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.

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2023 Cross Country World Ski Championships Team Announced

Chris GroverFebruary 10, 2023

U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced the 18 athletes of the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team that will compete at the 2023 FIS Cross Country World Ski Championships in Planica, Slovenia, Feb. 22 – March 6, 2023. The 2023 World Championships will take place in the Julian Alps at the Planica Festival Arena, a venue that features both cross country and ski jumping venues. Throughout the 12 days of competition, more than 2,500 athletes and staff...

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Jessie Diggins Returns to World Cup Podium, Rosie Brennan 5th in Les Rousses

Ben TheyerlJanuary 27, 2023

This World Cup coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and 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. If there is a common theme to the cross country skiing World Cup, it is change. Tweaks, adjustments, selections, illness, and injury all factor into who even makes it to...

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USA Announces Cross Country Team for World Cup Period 3

Chris GroverJanuary 14, 2023

Dear Cross Country Community, We are pleased to announce the USA Cross Country Team for World Cup Period 3 of the 2022-23 season: Livigno Sprint F & Toblach Sprint F Men John Hagenbuch Objective SuperTour Leader Ben Ogden Objective 7th World Cup Sprint JC Schoonmaker Objective 16th World Cup Sprint Zak Ketterson Discretion 17th Val di Fiemme Sprint C Kevin Bolger Discretion 24th Davos Sprint F Luke Jager Discretion 25th Lillehammer Sprint...

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Sophia Laukli’s First World Cup Podium as Karlsson and Klaebo Win Tour de Ski on the Slopes of the Alpe Cermis

Ben TheyerlJanuary 8, 2023

The Alpe Cermis When the Grand Tour of skiing—the Tour de Ski—was dreamed up by Vegard Ulvang and Jurg Capol in 2006, one of the first definitive decisions was that it would need a Queen Stage: a stage that sought to distill the essence of ski racing—the brutal beauty of the slog—to its purest state. The Tour de France had its Alp d’Huez, and the Tour de Ski would have the Alpe di Cermis. Through...

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Ben Ogden Intrepid, Antoine Cyr Impressive, as North Americans Add Flair to TDS Sprint

Ben TheyerlJanuary 6, 2023

This World Cup coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and 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. Ben Ogden was going to risk it . . . This season, the young American skier has made a rapid push in World Cup sprints, twice racing to the verge...

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Tour de Ski Stage 3: American Men Fly, Klaebo Wins, On Warm Day in Oberstdorf

Ben TheyerlJanuary 3, 2023

This World Cup coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and 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. Gus Schumacher crossed the finish line, and started a long skidding stop. His skis chattered as klister gripped in spots and bits on the transformed, re-frozen snow at Oberstdorf, Germany....

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Tour de Ski Stage 2: Klaebo Poles Away From Them All, Golberg Moves to 2nd, and Ogden Holds Strong

Ben TheyerlJanuary 1, 2023

This World Cup coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and 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. There’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, and then there’s everyone else: that’s what was proven in Sunday’s 10 k Pursuit at the Tour de Ski in Val Mustair, Switzerland. There were the...

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US Tour de Ski 2022-23 Nominations

Chris GroverDecember 21, 2022

Dear Cross Country Community, We are pleased to announce the USA Cross Country Team for World Cup Period 2 of the 2022-23 season: Tour de Ski 2022-23 Men Finn O’Connell Objective SuperTour Leader Ben Ogden Objective 8th World Cup Sprint, 12th Overall World Cup JC Schoonmaker Objective 19th World Cup Sprint Gus Schumacher Objective 29th World Cup Distance Hunter Wonders Objective 35th World Cup Distance Scott Patterson Discretion 14th Ruka 20 km F Pursuit...

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US Squad Uses Team Relay to Re-Charge as Norway Takes Top 2 Spots

Ben TheyerlDecember 11, 2022

This World Cup coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and 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. In the third week of World Cup racing, the defining question seemed to be not who would be first to the finish line, but who was missing from the starting...

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