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The cream of the crop. The best in the world compete all winter long on the World Cup. We follow them at every stop with article and results. We also post occasional reports from North America’s best as they travel the globe.
Newell Posts Top 30 In 15k; Crawford Has Season-Best Distance Result

All 2012 FIS World Cup Finals coverage is brought to you through the generous support of decided to skip the race. * * * Chandra Crawford led the Canadian women in the 10 k classic on Saturday, finishing 35th in her best distance race of the year. “It was great,” said Crawford. “I was really charging.” She described the pace as steadily fast, but Crawford didn’t let it bother her. “I just tried to relax and...

Ellefson Rallies To Finish Prologue Despite Injury from Crash: North American Race Report

All 2012 FIS World Cup Finals coverage is brought to you through the generous support of headlined the North American prologue performances on Friday, but seven other U.S. and Canadian skiers turned in gutsy races on the killer 2.5/3.3 k courses. One of the most impressive outcomes was the fact that Sylvan Ellefson (USA) finished the race at all, despite crashing and injuring his ankle in the middle of the race. He finished last, in 47th,...

Since I was pondering Marcus Hellner’s season just the other day, I thought I’d take a closer look at how his result tend to shift over the course of a season. He has struggled during the later parts of this season, but has that been true before in general? Here are his results in distance [...] Related posts:

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Magical City Sprinting

All 2012 FIS World Cup Finals coverage is brought to you through the generous support of  STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Just about every athlete we talked to at the Royal Palace Sprint in Stockholm raved about the venue, and it was easy to see why. The location, literally on the steps of the King of Sweden’s home, overlooking the bay, cannot be beat, but the additional details that might not be evident on camera take it...