World Cup

The FIS World Cup continues with races in Nove Mesto on New Years Weekend. The following Norwegian racers have been selected to race: Source: Langrenn.com The schedule: December 30, Freestyle sprint December 31, 10 and 15-kilometer freestyle Women: Ella Gjœmle, Lyn Guro Strœm Solli, Drevja IL Sigrid Aas, Tverrelvdalen Kristin Stœrmer Steira, IL Forsœk Kristin Murer Stemland, ByÃ¥sen IL Men: HÃ¥vard Bjerkeli, Isfjorden IL (sprint) John Kr. Dahl, Kirkenes og Omegn Skikl (sprint) Ola Vigen...

A few post-race quotes from the top skiers in last weekend's Canmore World Cups. Source: FIS After the Classic mass start race, won by Beckie Scott: Beckie Scott: “I think I was a dream it was something you imagine but not expect to do. I'm just extremely happy I was able to rise to the occasion.” Julija Tchepalova: “I was surprised about my race today. My goal was it to be under top 10 in...

All photos by Leanne Ingham. Jens Filbrich

Here is a collection of great shots by Sharbel Dussault.

Third World Cup victory for Angerer Tobias Angerer was the fastest races of the 30 km mass start race in Canmore. The German skier finished in a quite tight race 0,5 seconds ahead of 33-years-old Frode Estil from Norway. Angerer's team mate Jens Filbrich took the third position 2,0 seconds behind the winner. For the man in the yellow bib, Tobias Angerer, it was a successful trip to Canada. In four races he won 2...

Second World Cup Victory for Scott The Canadian Beckie Scott is the winner of the Cross-Country World Cup race in Canmore. The skier from Canada finished the 15 km course 4.7 seconds ahead of Julija Tchepalova from Russia. The 27-year-old Claudia Kuenzel (Germany) took the third position 50.9 seconds behind Scott . For Scott it is the second victory in one week after the Sprint race in Vernon last Sunday. She started quite fast and...

Source: Cross Country Canada (cccski.com) -Canadian nordic skiers rise to occasion in front of hometown crowd- Canmore, Alta.-Canada’s cross-country ski queens, Beckie Scott and Sara Renner, teamed up to win their first ever silver medal in the team sprint relay on Sunday at the Alberta Centennial World Cup in Canmore, Alta. “This has been a dream week and I am so happy we were able to rise to the occasion at home,” said Scott, who...

Sara Renner and Beckie Scott capped off an incredible series of World Cups by winning a silver medal in today’s sprint relay. In fact, the Canadian duo narrowly missed the gold as Renner was only overtaken by Viola Bauer in the last metres of the race. The Canadians appeared to be in control from very early on, with Scott repeatedly stringing out the field in the latter parts of the course and Renner clearly pushing...

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Norway, Germany Win Team Sprints CANMORE, Alberta (Dec. 18) – Norway and Germany won the World Cup team sprints Sunday at Canmore Nordic Centre while Canadian Beckie Scott reached the podium for the fifth straight race. U.S. men were ninth and the top women’s twosome was 11th in more single-digit cold. Eldar Roenning overtook and then held off Sweden’s Thobias Fredriksson as Norway I won by one-tenth of a second in 16:22.4 after six 1.2K...

Photos by Karl Saidla

Karl Saidla races for XC Ottawa

Canadian Beckie Scott continues to rock the ski world, winning today's World Cup 15km mass-start classic race in front of a huge, loud home crowd in Canmore, AB. Scott is now ranked third in the overall World Cup, despite staying home from the early season World Cup races in Europe. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=skiing&id=2263707 ESPN photos of the men's and women's races –

Beckie Scott showed a level of dominance that has arguably never been seen before from a Canadian, or for that matter from a North American woman. This morning was cold and crisp, with sunny skies and the temperature hovering around —17C. Beckie Scott charged to the front almost immediately and had the field strung out by about the 3km mark. The only women who put up a serious threat were Julija Tchepalova and Olga Rotcheva,...

Germany's Tobias Angerer followed up on his recent victory in the 30km pursuit in Vernon by winning today's 30km classic mass-start race a half second ahead of Norwegian Frode Estil. It was a 3-man battle at the finish with German Jens Filbrich taking the bronze spot. Kris Freeman in Thursday's 15km Photos and more details will be coming shortly. In addition, you can check out quite a few pictures from today's races at ESPN:

Here are a bunch more photos from yesterday's World Cup at the newly upgraded race venue in Canmore. The race was won by Italian veteran Pietro Piller Cottrer, who also took gold in the same same event in last year's World Championships. Once again there were several great results by North Americans. (Full results here: Canadian Fans Dan Roycroft and Rene Sommerfeldt Ivan Babikov (4th) Karl Saidla Tobias Angerer (3rd) Ivan Babikov (#32) Pietro Piller...

Evi Ssachenbacher Stehle Julija Tchepalova Lina Andersson Sara Renner Beckie Post-Race Ivan Babikov Post-race Women's Podium