Valentina Schevchenko of Ukraine won the women’s 10km freestyle individual start. Evgenia Medvedeva was second with Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) third. Schevchecnko, an excellent skater who won the Tour de Ski Final Climb by over a minute, clearly took to the hilly 5km loop in Canmore. This was her second victory of the season, following the Tour de Ski stage win. After the race, the 32 year old raved about her skis and noted the challenging...
Ruhpolding, Germany, January 24. Laura Spector (Lenox, MA) is in a unique situation. She will compete in the Youth and Junior Biathlon World Championships that open here Saturday and then compete in the Biathlon World Championships just one week later in Ostersund, Sweden. This will be only the second time (first was Ntala Skinner in 1993) that a junior level woman from the US has qualified for the senior Championships. Making the team for Ostersund...
New Gloucester, ME. The International Competition Committee of the US Biathlon Association today named nine athletes to represent the US Biathlon Team at the Biathlon World Championships February 8 -17 in Ostersund, Sweden. US Biathlon Executive Director Max Cobb commented on the diverse nature of this year’s team, “This team represents a great mix of youth and experience; two junior athletes will be on the team after the World Junior Championships while three of the...
J.D. Downing — U.S.A. National Director to the World Masters Association — says that new USA registrations are coming daily. “It's been a steady stream the past week and I expect things will get even busier as the final two weeks count down. The important thing for all USA skiers to remember is that after the first of February, it'll be important to switch exclusively to the special on-line system we set up for USA...
Race preview and up to date information will be posted on the FasterSkier World Cup blog. The ladies race will start at 11:00 am (MST) and the mens race will start at 12:30 pm (MST). http://blogs.fasterskier.com/worldcup/
Nathan Schultz is working with the US Ski Team as a wax tech and athlete coordinator during the Canadian World Cups Jan 19-27. He will file reports throughout the week documenting his experiences in what will hopefully be a very successful week for the USST. Schultz is the owner of Boulder Nordic Sport, www.bouldernordicsport.com/Contact/tabid/175/Default.aspx I’ll do my best to track people down and get them to answer your questions. The best question we receive each...
Nathan Schultz is working with the US Ski Team as a wax tech and athlete coordinator during the Canadian World Cups Jan 19-27. He will file reports throughout the week documenting his experiences in what will hopefully be a very successful week for the USST. Schultz is the owner of Boulder Nordic Sport, The Nation’s Group Wax Room before the Pursuit. From Left to Right, Matt Muir, Nathan Schultz, Chris Mallory, Brian Fish. I was...
Petra Majdic (SLO) told reporters that she has been practicing shooting her foot at the line over the past two weeks. Today that work paid off when she beat out Astrid Jacobsen (NOR) in a photo finish in the women's World Cup Sprint in Canmore. The two were neck and neck for the entire 200+ meter gradual uphill to the finish, but it was the tall Slovenian who topped the podium. “It was a perfect...
Boerre Naess (NOR) was victorious on his 26th birthday, leading a contingent of Norweigans to the podium. It was all Norway right from the start, with 5 men in the top 6 qualifying spots. By the end it was only a question of which Norweigan would end up on top of the podium. Following Naess were Ola Vigen Hattestad, Eldar Roenning, Anders Gloersen, and Tor Arne Hetland. Russian Nikita Kriukov made a valiant stand, finishing...
The day of classic sprinting at Canmore has just finished. For the women, Petra Majdic (SLO) beat out Astrid Jacobsen (NOR) in a photo finish, with Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) finishing third. On the men's side, Norwegian Boerre Naess won both the sprint and the qualification rounds; Norwegian skiers took the top five spots in the A Final. More to come; check out the World Cup blog for more details.
Mark Waechter is the owner and operator of Nordic UltraTune, a full service stone-grinding shop in Winthrop, WA. He is working ski service with the Slovenian National Team at the World Cup races in Canmore, ALB. He will be posting additional updates at
The classical sprint heats begin at 2:30 EST. FasterSkier will provide an update after each heat on our World Cup blog – check in on the following link;
KLINGENTHAL, Germany (Jan. 20) – Bill Demong (Vermontville, NY) held onto his No. 2 place in the overall nordic combined standings Sunday as a rare World Cup doubleheader was held. World Cup organizers completed one carry-over event, in which Demong was fourth, and staged a sprint, as scheduled. With weather playing a role, and forcing an overnight postponement in a mass start competition Saturday, organizers held one round of jumping Sunday morning to complete the...
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Nikolai Pankrotov of Russia won his first World Cup race, outsprinting an impressive pack in the men’s 30km pursuit in Canmore. The 25 year old did not get much notice during the race — skiing in the midst of the large pack, never straying to far from the front, but not pushing to the top. Giorgio DiCenta (ITA) took second. The veteran Italian had been unsure of his post Tour de Ski plans, considering staying...
Justyna Kowalczyk skied away from the field in the last kilometers to take the win in the women’s 15km pursuit in Canmore. Russian Evgenia Medvedeva was the only woman to best Kowalczyk’s skate time, a feat that brought her second place despite trailing the leaders by 15 seconds at the transition. Her teammate, Olga Rotcheva took third, just ahead of Ukrainian Valentina Schevchenko and a third Russian, Larissa Kurkina. American Morgan Arritola had terrific race,...
Antholz, Italy, January 19. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY), propelled by the 13th fastest ski time in the field, jumped from 26th in the 10K Sprint on Friday to 16th place in the 12.5K Pursuit competition today. Burke, who finished 1:57.2 behind Bjorn Ferry of Sweden, talked about his return to form: “It felt awesome to be back up there where I want to be. This was another small step…no, it was a huge step...
Nathan Schultz is working with the US Ski Team as a wax tech and athlete coordinator during the Canadian World Cups Jan 19-27. He will file reports throughout the week documenting his experiences in what will hopefully be a very successful week for the USST. Schultz is the owner of Boulder Nordic Sport,
Nathan Schultz is working with the US Ski Team as a wax tech and athlete coordinator during the Canadian World Cups Jan 19-27. He will file reports throughout the week documenting his experiences in what will hopefully be a very successful week for the USST. Schultz is the owner of Boulder Nordic Sport, www.bouldernordicsport.com. Sunday Jan 20th Canmore, Alberta. The races do not begin until Tuesday, so while we had a lot to accomplish today,...
Mark Waechter is the owner and operator of Nordic UltraTune, a full service stone-grinding shop in Winthrop, WA. He is working ski service with the Slovenian National Team at the World Cup races in Canmore, ALB. He will be posting additional updates at