World Cup

Scandinavian countries dominate, Renner on track towards first career podium with 8th place finish World sprint champions Thobias Fredriksson of Sweden and Norwegian Marit Bjoergen won World Cup freestyle sprints Sunday in Nove Mesto. Kris Freeman (Andover, NH), the lone American on the World Cup tour at the moment, did not race after not feeling 100 percent in Saturday's 15K classic race where he was 29th. Canada’s Sara Renner is on track towards grabbing her...

NOVE MESTO, Czech Republic (Jan. 17) – Kris Freeman (Andover, NH) trudged through wet snow Saturday to finish 29th in a 15K classic race won by Estonian classic specialist Andrus Veerpalu – the 2002 Olympic champion from Soldier Hollow, who was more than 20 seconds ahead of Norway's Frode Estil. With temperatures in the high 30s, Veerpalu led from start to finish and was timed in 42:27.6 for the fourth victory of his career. Freeman, the...

—National body names Under-23 World Championship Team, Continental Cup Team—  Canmore, Alta.—Canada’s presence on the World Cup cross-country ski circuit will get a little thicker for the remainder of the season as Cross Country Canada named an additional five athletes that will join the nation’s top skiers, Beckie Scott and Sara Renner, over the next three months in Europe.  George Grey, of Rossland, B.C., and Chris Jeffries, of Chelsea, Que., will strap on the skis...

Overall World Cup Standing as of January 10th, 2004 Women: 1 SMIGUN Kristina EST 716 2 SHEVCHENKO Valentina UKR 572 3 PARUZZI Gabriella ITA 529 4 KUENZEL Claudia GER 473 5 PEDERSEN Hilde G. NOR 392 6 BJOERGEN Marit NOR 391 7 KUITUNEN Virpi FIN 359 8 SKOFTERUD Vibeke W NOR 329 9 SAVIALOVA Olga RUS 316 10 SACHENBACHER Evi GER 257 11 VALBUSA Sabina ITA 225 12 SIDKO Alena RUS 213 13 NEUMANNOVA Katerina...

The men’s race: Frode Estil (Norway) showed that he still has fast legs. A typical Estil-acceleration was decisive in Saturday’s 30 kilometer mass-start classic race in Estland. Anders Aukland came in second.

European “gamblers” can in addition to placing bets on soccer, team-handball, the London marathon, horse-racing and any other known to man sport now also place bets on Nordic events like Ski Jumping, Biathlon, Nordic Combined and Cross Country Skiing. Norwegian Langrenn.com is each weekend “helping” their readers in choosing the possible winners for upcoming races. One of Langrenn.com advertisers is British bookmaker Ladbrokes. Estland’s skiers are favorites in both the men’s and women’s races ahead...

OTEPAEAE, Estonia (Jan. 8) — Olympic skier Kris Freeman (Andover, NH), who has produced the best international cross country results in two decades, returns to World Cup racing Saturday in a 30K classic technique, mass-start race.

Katerina Neumannova impressed again with exceptional skiing. The “new” mom won her second World Cup race in her second start this season, this time in a double pursuit event in Falum, Sweden. Neumanova was in the lead group the entire race, and successfully “dueled” Gabriella Paruzzi og Kristina Smigun in the finish sprint. No US or Canadian skier entered the race. Results: 1 Neumannova Katerina CZE 40:55.0 0.0 2 Paruzzi Gabriella ITA 40:55.2 +0.2 3...

Tobias Angerer sprinted the best at the finish and secured another Germans World Cup win. Most of the double pursuit races this season has been a fight between Swedish and German skiers. The German Team was on top today also, while the Swedes disappointed at home in Falun. Instead it was the Italians that gave the Germans a run for the win. A very close race still ended up with three Germans in the top...

LODWICK EDGES WORLD CUP LEADER TO WIN IN SCHONACH SCHONACH, Germany (Jan. 4) – Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) won the sixth nordic combined World Cup of his career Sunday, edging World Cup leader Ronny Ackermann of Germany by seven-tenths of a second in a three-man photo finish with Finland's Hannu Manninen third, .9 back. It was Lodwick's second victory in Schonach, having won there in 1998. Carl Van Loan (Webster, NH) had the ninth-fastest...

Kris Freeman is in the elusive 30 member Red Group for the next period of Cross-Country World Cup racing. This is the first time an American skier has been in the prestigious World Cup Red Group for over 25 years. Canadian Beckie Scott is currently in 21st on the women’s list. The World Cup Red Group is also called the seeded group. This group of skiers gets “special” treatment in form of preferred start positions...

Kristina Smigun won today's 7.5+7.5km double pursuit in Ramsau Austria, 25 seconds ahead of this young seasons' surprise skier, Valentina Shevchenko from Ukraina. Beckie Scott ended up in 20th place, while Sara Renner struggled a bit in 40th. Results, Women's World Cup 7.5+7.5km Double Pursuit, Ramsau Austria 1 Smigun Kristina EST 44:44.2 2 Shevchenko Valentina UKR 45:09.8 3 Kuenzel Claudia GER 45:21.4 4 Pedersen Hilde G. NOR 46:05.9 5 Savialova Olga RUS 46:07.0 6 Skofterud...

Christian Hoffman earlier this week got awarded the 2002 30 km Olympic Gold medal – after the CAS decision to strip Johan Muhlegg of all his 2002 Olympic medals. Today he showed his joy by winning the World Cup 10 km skate race in his home country of Austria. Carl Swenson showed great speed in 11th place. Results Men's World Cup 10km Free Technique, Ramsau, Austria 1 Hoffmann Christian AUT 24:21.0 0.0 2 Teichmann Axel...

Results World Cup Men's 30 km (15 +15 km) double pursuit, Ramsau, Austria 1 Fredriksson Mathias SWE 1:21:52.4 2 Sommerfeldt Rene GER 1:21:53.0 3 Soedergren Anders SWE 1:21:53.4 4 Bauer Lukas CZE 1:21:53.7 5 Angerer Tobias GER 1:21:54.6 6 Piller Cottrer Pietro ITA 1:21:54.9 7 Filbrich Jens GER 1:21:55.7 8 Botvinov Mikhail AUT 1:21:56.2 9 Estil Frode NOR 1:21:56.6 10 Skjeldal Kristen NOR 1:21:57.0 11 Checchi Valerio ITA 1:22:03.7 12 Schluetter Andreas GER 1:22:04.1 13...

Results, Women’s World Cup 10 km free technique, Ramsau, Austria

Favorites and Outsiders for This Weekend’s Women’s 10 K skate and Men’s 15 + 15 k double pursuit World Cup Race in Ramsau, Austria. European “gamblers” can in addition to placing bets on soccer, team-handball, the London marathon, horse-racing and any other known to man sport now also place bets on Nordic events like Ski Jumping, Biathlon, Nordic Combined and Cross Country Skiing. Norwegian Langrenn.com is each weekend “helping” their readers in choosing the possible...

-Flu bug sidelines Canada’s Renner, Scandinavian countries dominate- Val di Fiemme, Italy-Canada’s Beckie Scott sprinted back into familiar territory, finishing ninth at a World Cup cross-country ski stop in Val di Fiemme, Italy on Tuesday. The 29-year-old Scott, who was one of 43 of the world’s top cross-country ski women to line up in the starting area, qualified tied for eighth in the 1.2-kilometre sprint, with a time of 3 minutes :03.85 seconds. Scott moved...

FREEMAN 5TH IN DAVOS 15K CLASSIC — He skied with the leaders from the start in six-lap, low-snow race DAVOS, Switzerland (Dec. 13) — Olympian Kris Freeman (Andover, NH), who hung-up the best U.S. cross country ski result on the World Cup since 1984 a week ago, bettered it Saturday, finishing fifth in a six-lap, 15K classic race, staged in 30-degree weather. Olympic 15K champion Andrus Veerpalu of Estonia won in 38:13.8, finishing 2.5 seconds...

Favorites & Outsiders For This Weekend’s 10/15 K Classic World Cup Race In Davos European “gamblers” can  in addition to placing bets on soccer, team-handball, the London marathon, horse-racing and any other known to man sport now also place bets on Nordic events like Ski Jumping, Biathlon, Nordic Combined and Cross Country Skiing. Norwegian Langrenn.com is each weekend “helping” their readers in choosing the possible winners for upcoming races. One of Langrenn.com advertisers is British...

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