An estimated 20,000 spectators cheered on the team sprint relay event, which made its World Championship debut today in Oberstdorf, Germany. The two-person team sprint format has each individual racer skiing a total of three laps of roughly 1km, with a rest in between each lap after tagging off to their race partner. Although this event has been around on the World Cup circuit for some time now, today's team sprints were the first to...
In the first-ever World Championship two-person sprint relay, Norwegians Tore Ruud Hofstad and Tor Arne Hetland dominated the men's field, leading almost the entire race on their way to a gold medal in front of 20,000 spectators.
-Norwegians claim double gold, Canadian World Cup rookies, Kershaw and Grey, shine posting best ever result for men's team- Oberstdorf, GER-The successful week continued for the Canadian Cross-Country Ski Team at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany on Friday. Canada made its second trip to the medal ceremony after World Cup rookies, Devon Kershaw and George Grey, teamed up to finish sixth in the star-studded sprint relay competition. It was the best relay...
Source: Langrenn.com Hjelmset: Better Than In Lahti Frode Estil delivered an impressive second leg in the relay where only World Champion sprinter Vassilij Rotsjev was able to hang with. The Norwegian men were completely dominant in today’s World Championship relay. This surprised Frode Estil. -There is often one skier who isn’t having the best day, but that’s not how it was for us today. It went almost surprisingly well and it was fun to win...
The two remaining races at the Nordic World Championship in Obertsdorf, Germany are the 30 and 50-kilometer classic mass-start races. The women are racing their 30-k on Saturday and the men their 50-k on Sunday. The following article is from the official World Championship web site
The following photos are courtesy of Fischer Skis.
OBERSTDORF, Germany (Feb. 24) – Norway defended its men's 4x10K relay title Thursday at the World Nordic Ski Championships, but Kris Freeman (Andover, NH) looked as though he was finally ready to chuck whatever has kept him mired this season in the worst slump of his career as he had the U.S. Ski Team in fifth place most of the first leg. The American men finally finished 11th in the 17-team field. “I'm not all...
In front of 30,000 roaring fans, the World Championship 4 x 10km men's relay got underway this morning in Oberstdorf, Germany. Tore Ruud Hofstad. Photo By Trond Harald Sand. Heading out onto the fourth and final leg, Tore Ruud Hofstad immediately put the hammer down and skied away from Russia's Nikolai Bolchakov, who was trailing by 17.3 seconds at the 4.8km mark. Christian Zorzi of Italy remained in third, about 56 seconds behind Norway, and...
Oberstdorf, GER-Canada’s four-man squad finished a disappointing 13th in the men’s relay at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany on Thursday. The young Canadian team, which consisted of 22-year-old Devon Kershaw of Sudbury, Ont., 25-year-old George Grey of Rossland, B.C., and 27-year-olds Dan Roycroft of Port Sydney, Ont. and Chris Jeffries of Chelsea, Que., combined to ski the 4 x 10 kilometre track in a time of one hour 45 minutes 03.3 seconds....
First medal for Cross-Country skiers — silver medal for DSV team, gold for Norway, bronze for Russia Source: World Championship official web site www.XC-Ski.de
Watch the men and women’s sprint relay live here on FasterSkier.com. Here is a relay preview and startlists. Norway has won both the men’s and women’s regular relays at this year's Worlds and are among the favorites once again in the two-person freestyle sprint relays. There are 19 women’s teams and 24 men’s team entered. There will be two qualification heats to determine the 10 team’s (10 women’s and 10 men’s teams) that gets to...
Many favorites fight for precious metal in this new discipline Source: Official Oberstdorf World’s web site
After excellent pursuit race results of the German men’s team in the current world cup season, it was expected to see a German on the podium at the Worlds men’s pursuit race. But unfortunately it became a disaster. Filbrich and Angerer placed only 14th and 17th as the two best Germans. Sommerfeld and Teichman were far behind as 28th and 30th. Already on the classic leg of the race a small group of 4 skiers...
Watch The Men’s 4 x 10-K Relay Live Here On FasterSkier.com http://www.fasterskier.com/racing1634.html Relay 4×10 Men: 1) Norway 1.34.07; 2) Italy + 0.0; 3) France +0.5; 4) Russia +0,5; 5) Germany +0,6; 6) Italy II +1.48.5; 7) Austria +1.50.1; 8) Switzerland +2.08.4; 9) USA/SWE +2.08.5; 10) Sweden +2.26.9. Fasterskier.com 2003 Worlds relay report: Play By Play of the Men's World Championship Relay Men's podium – Norway, Italy, France – from www.newspower.it
Here is a link to the Estonian “ETV” site, which has several video clips of the World Championships including today's men's and women's sprint finals. Note: you must have a fast connection speed and some kind of media player in order to view these clips.
Sara Renner has long lived in the shadow of her Canadian teammate and Olympic Gold Medalist, Beckie Scott. This was true right up through the qualification round of the World Championship individual classic sprint, where Beckie qualified for the head-to-head elimination heats with a strong 5th place effort and Renner managed “only” 12th, still within qualification range. But when it came down to business in her quarterfinal heat, Beckie Scott could not match the pace...
Following up on his world-beating qualifying time, Russia's Vassili Rotchev finally found his way to the top step of the podium when he won the men's A-final at the Oberstdorf World Championships earlier today. Rotchev put forth an amazing effort to hold off the incredibly strong Tor Arne Hetland of Norway, who won the silver medal at 0.2 seconds behind Rotchev. Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset Racing In The Pursuit In Oberstdorf. Photo by Stian Hogland It was...
First sprint top-15 for an American OBERSTDORF, Germany (Feb. 22) – Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT) battled his way into finals of the men's 1.2K classic technique sprint Tuesday at the World Nordic Ski Championships. He eventually finished 12th with Vassili Rotchev of Russia taking the gold medal. In a stunning development, reigning sprint world champion and World Cup leader Marit Bjoergen of Norway failed to make the final 16 skiers in the women's 900-meter sprint....
Canada's Sara Renner Reels in Bronze Medal at Nordic World Ski Championships -Canadian Nordic squad enjoys strongest day ever at World Champs – Oberstdorf, GER-It took eight years of hard work, countless hours of training, and the patience of a lion waiting to pounce on its prey, but Canada’s Sara Renner finally had her breakthrough performance on Tuesday, winning a bronze medal in the sprint event at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany....
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