Jan Egil Andresen’s father passed away on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. – You can say that I raced for him, said Jan Egil. Jan Egil Andresen from Norway started very well in Thursday’s 15-kilometer freestyle race at Worlds, but wasn’t able to keep up that pace all the way to the finish. He finished 29th, 1 minute and 38 seconds behind the winner. – I had a good start, but it got...
XC-Ski/WM Oberstdorf (02/15/2005) “Trotz Schneemassen ist Oberstdorf startklar†— which means despite tons of snow Oberstdorf is ready for the Worlds One day before the start of the Nordic Ski Championships 2005 in Oberstdorf Athlets, organizers and officials are looking forward to exciting competitions. In the night from Monday to Tuesday Oberstdorf got tons of new snow! Over 50 centimeters (approx. 2 feet) of new snow means a lot of work for hundrets of volunteers...
German Top Skiers Comment On Racing Worlds At Home Source: The official Nordic Worlds web site: Axel Teichmann – photo from www.newspower.it
Source: Langrenn.com Biathlon skiers Ole Einar Bjorndalen and Lars Berger are among the four athletes selected to race for Norway in the men’s 15-kilometer freestyle race on day one at Worlds in Oberstdorf on Thursday. Marit Bjorgen also decided to get going, and is racing the opening day, 10-kilometer freestyle for women. Bjorndalen did not race well in Saturday’s World Cup 15-kilometer freestyle race in Reit im Winkl and ended up in 40th place, 1...
The Nordic World Championship starts today with the women’s 10-kilometer and men’s 15-kilometer freestyle races. Here are the top bookmaker odds and basic “must know†knowledge on the term exotic World Championship skier. British oddsmaker Ladbrokes are giving the following odds on the women’s and men’s races: Source: Langrenn.com Women: The fight for gold should be between Katerina Neumanova, Julia Tchepalova and Kristina Smigun. These three have for that reason the lowest odds. Neumanova has...
Czech skier Katerina Neumannova led from start to finish in today's 10km freestyle race in Oberstdorf, Germany to become the first World Champion of 2005. Neumannova's winning time on the tough, hilly course was 26:27.6, just enough to keep Julija Tchepalova of Russia on the second step of the podium, 1.2 seconds behind. Overall World Cup points leader Marit Bjoergen of Norway finished 15.2 seconds back in third, ahead of Estonia's Kristina Smigun.
Here is the start order for the first men's race of the Oberstdorf World Championships. A number of skiers from non-European countries such as China, Mongolia, Australia, Israel, Macedonia, Brazil, Canada, and the U.S. give credibility to the title of “World” Championships. A few of the pre-race favorites include France's Vincent Vittoz, Christian Hoffman of Austria, Pietro Piller Cottrer and Fulvio Valbusa of Italy, Lukas Bauer of the Czech Republic, Mathias Fredriksson of Sweden, and...
Today, Italian teammates Pietro Piller Cottrer and Fulvio Valbusa out-skied every world-class athlete who started the 15km skate race at the World Championships in Oberstdorf. Norwegian biathlete Lars Berger had taken the lead early on in the individual start “race against the clock.” Berger's time was good enough to hold off some of the favorites such as Vincent Vittoz, Axel Teichmann, and Lukas Bauer. However Piller Cottrer and Valbusa attacked the tough climbs with fast...
Note: See video clips from today's race: http://www.oberstdorf2005.com/index.shtml?en_webcam Czech Katerina Neumannova, calling it “the greatest day of my life as an athlete,” won the women's race in 26:27.6. Russian Julia Tchepalova was silver medalist, just .1.2 seconds back, and third place went to World Cup leader Marit Bjoergen of Norway in 26:42.8. In the men's 15K, Italians went 1-2 with Pietro Piller Cottrer gold medalist in 34:49.7 and Fulvio Valbusa second at 35:00.9. The bronze...
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Mathias Fredriksson was the best Swede in 19th place in Saturday’s 15-kilometer freestyle World Cup race in Reit im Winkl, Germany only five days before the start of the World Championship. Anders Sodergren was second best with a 26th place. The race was surprisingly won by Martin Bajcicak who won in dominating style to Giorgio Di Centa of Italy in second and Christian Hoffman of Austria in third. Former Austrian Nordic combined coach Roland Diethard...
Goal set to stay healthy and collect at least two medals OBERSTDORF, Germany (Feb. 16) – Two days of snowstorms, which have left upwards of two feet of snow, have boosted racing conditions as the 2005 World Nordic Ski Championships prepare to open. U.S. skiers look to stay healthy and collect at least two medals, U.S. Nordic Director Luke Bodensteiner said. Competition begins Thursday with the women's 10K freestyle race and then the men's 15K...
How will North American Skiers do at Worlds? How good are you at predicting results? Here is your chance at taking a stab at guessing the results for the cross country races at the Nordic Worlds in Oberstdorf, Germany that starts this week. Cross country skiers have a shot at twelve gold medals, twelve silver and twelve bronze medals, for a total of 36 medals. Who will win? Let the speculation begin! Norway’s goal is...
After posting the fastest time in the qualification round, Finland's Virpi Kuitunen became the first woman to beat Marit Bjoergen in a World Cup sprint this season. Anna Dahlberg (Sweden) took the final podium spot ahead of Norwegian Ella Gjoemle, while Gjoemle's senior teammate Hilde G. Pederson won the B-Final for a fifth place overall finish. Canadian Sara Renner had the top North American result in 12th, followed by the young Canadian Chandra Crawford in...
Norwegians Eldar Roenning and Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset took the top two places in today's 1.5km classic sprints in Reit Im Winkl, Germany, where Janusz Krezelok of Poland also made the podium in third. Roenning put up the fastest time in the qualification round by almost three full seconds, before hammering to his first-ever World Cup victory. Norwegian newcomer to the World Cup circuit, Ola Vigen Hattestad surprisingly won the B-Final which included Finland's Keijo Kurttila, Sweden's...
The Russian women appear to be regaining a level of dominance not seen since 2002, prior to the doping suspensions of Larissa Lazutina and Olga Danilova. In today's 10km freestyle race in Reit Im Winkl, Germany, Evgenia Medvedeva-Abruzova tied with teammate Olga Savialova for a joint-win, while Julija Tchepalova finished a very close third to make it a World Cup podium sweep for the Russians. The Russians placed a total of six atletes in the...
Less than a week before the World Championships, and none of the big guns were able to display top form in today's 15K free in Reit im Winkl. Instead Slovakia's Martin Bajcicak, a relative unknown, dominated the race winning by 21 seconds. Bajcicak's previous best World Cup finish was 7th. The North Americans had a tough day. George Grey was the top North American in 45th, while Canadian teamate Dan Roycroft was 77th. For the...
Torin Koos and Andy Newell will be on the staring line for the first time in a World Cup race this season in Sunday’s classic sprint in Reit im Winkl, Germany. Here are the start lists. Source: Langrenn.com Startlist prolog women 1 3425115 SOLLI Guro Stroem NOR red 09:15:15 2 1166037 KUITUNEN Virpi FIN red 09:15:30 3 1296114 KELDER Christina ITA red 09:15:45 4 1304165 GJOEMLE Ella NOR red 09:16:00 5 1213761 KLAUS Isabel GER...
Kris Freeman, Carl Swenson and Beckie Scott were inches from medals. Freeman was 4th in the 15-kilometer classic, Swenson was 5th in the 50-kilometer skate and Scott was 4th in the sprint, sixth in the pursuit and had a North American record, four top ten individual results in the same championship. Sara Renner was seventh in the sprint. Here are the top ten in each race in Val di Fiemme 2003: ’s 15-k classic 1...
Biathlon skier Ole Einar Bjorndalen won his sixth World Cup race in a row on Sunday by winning the pursuit in Anterselva, Italy. He now stands with a record 50 World Cup victories. Fasterskier.com wrote on January 18th that Borndalen had just broken Bjorn Daehlie’s record of 46 victories and now stood with 47 World Cup victories: Historical Victory: Bjorndalen Broke Daehlie’s Record