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Barnes, Leguellec Win Last Biathlon Trials Races; Seven Named For Races in Europe

Chelsea LittleNovember 20, 2010

Independent U.S. biathlete Tracy Barnes and Jean-Phillipe Leguiellec, a member of the Canadian national team, won mass start races in Canmore, Alberta on Friday. It was the end of a three-race series put on by the U.S. Biathlon Association (USBA) to select American athletes to send to World Cup and IBU Cup trips. In the women’s race, Barnes had the cleanest shooting on the day, missing only two targets in four stages, which translated to...

Canadian National Ski Team Continental Cup Results

Canadians Snag Three Podium Finishes in Rovaniemi Sprint; Koos Fourth

Chelsea LittleNovember 20, 20101

The Canadian National Team led the way in Rovaniemi, Finland today, with Chandra Crawford, Dasha Gaiazova, and Lenny Valjas all cracking the podium in an FIS classic sprint. Meanwhile, the United States was led by Torin Koos in fourth. Temperatures were quite reasonable – between negative five and negative seven degrees Celsius – and the tracks were firm on the out-and-back course, which featured two bridges, a large hill, and several tight corners including a...

Continental Cup General Results World Cup

Freeman Second in Muonio, Follis wins Wins Women’s Race

Chelsea LittleNovember 14, 20105

While Kris Freeman couldn’t quite match his winning performance from yesterday, he made a strong effort in the 10 k skate at Muonio today and was rewarded with a second-place finish, showing impressive consistency early in the season. “I’m always more comfortable in classic than skate,” he told FasterSkier after the race. As usual, the women competed first, also in a 10 k race. The temperature had dropped overnight and thanks to the humidity of...

Continental Cup General News Racing Results World Cup

Dahl, Falla Capture FIS Sprint at Beito, Koos 17th

Topher SabotNovember 13, 20101

John Kristian Dahl won the men's sprint final in a tight race with Eirik Brandsdal (NOR) and Øystein "Sausage" Pettersen. Northug did not advance and considers sitting out tomorrow's 15K classic race.

Continental Cup General Racing Results

Freeman, Kowalczyck Take Classic Races in Muonio

Chelsea LittleNovember 13, 20107

America took its second win of the weekend in Muonio, with Kris Freeman skiing to a 12-second victory over Tobias Anger of Germany in a 10 k classic race. While Freeman was clearly the big story of the day, the morning actually started off with the women’s 5 k race. With a huge 45-meter climb partway through the course and a mostly downhill finish for the last kilometer or more, it was a fast and...

Continental Cup General Results World Cup

Randall Wins in Muonio, Psyched for Sargent; Newell Out in Quarters

Chelsea LittleNovember 12, 20107

The first race of the weekend in Munio, Finland, went off without a hitch this morning, as Kikkan Randall cruised to a victory in the 1.1 k skate sprint. In a change from last weekend, both the men and women raced on the same course – a 1,110 meter point-to-point beginning with a steep pitch straight out of the start. The course then wound around some more gradual uphills and finished with a steep downhill...

Continental Cup General Racing Results

Estonians Sweep Munio Sprint; Sargent Qualifies Second, Finishes Fourth

Chelsea LittleNovember 7, 20102

FIS kicked off its winter race season in Munio, Finland and Rybinsk, Russia this weekend. In Muonio, the first race of the year was a classic sprint, contested Sunday morning in frigid temperatures, which drew a variety of athletes from around northern Europe. The Craftsbury Green Racing Project was the only American team in attendance, but they turned heads as Ida Sargent, racing in her U.S. Ski Team suit to avoid an NCAA violation, qualified...

Racing Results

Bottomley and Leccardi Win 2010 Kangaroo Hoppet at Falls Creek

FasterSkierSeptember 3, 2010

On Saturday August 28 the weather gods smiled on the 20th running of the Kangaroo Hoppet, Australia’s international ski marathon. Perfect racing conditions at Falls Creek greeted the thousand plus competitors for a spectacular tour of the Bogong High Plains. At the elite end of the competition it was a couple of Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympians who claimed victory – local Mt Beauty skier Esther Bottomley and her boyfriend Valerio Leccardi from Switzerland. After nearly...

Racing Results

Argentina’s Marchablanca Goes to Cichero and Caviglia

FasterSkierAugust 17, 2010

The 24th edition of the Club Andino Ushuaia’s Marchablanca took place Sunday, August 15th, 2010 in the Valley of Tierra Mayor outside of Ushuaia, Argentina. Under blue skies and brilliant sun, Federico Cicchero took the men’s 21km freestyle race in a time of 57:00 and Mara Caviglia covered the same course in 1:04:56 to win the women’s race. Both skiers are based in Ushuaia and ski for the Club Andino Ushuaia. Cichero skied away from everyone...

Racing Results

Records Set at Equinox Ski Challenge

FasterSkierMarch 23, 2010

Sunny skies, mild temperatures and a fast course contributed to several new event records and countless personal records being set by the 89 participants of the 4th Annual Equinox Ski Challenge. Participants in this years event contributed to the festive, relaxed season finale, celebrating spring skiing alongside some incredible efforts by those who come to test their mettle. The event also collected 217 pounds of food for the West Yellowstone Food Bank and raised $700...

Racing Results World Cup

Northug Wins It All; Manificat Magnifique

Topher SabotMarch 22, 2010

Falun, Sweden – The results sheet showed an amazing comeback by Frenchman Maurice Manificat, who chopped 45 seconds off of Petter Northug’s lead in just 2.2 kilometers. Somehow the fading Northug was able to recover and rally for yet another stunning finish charge and the World Cup Final victory. Or not. The video tells an entirely different story, with Mr. Northug cruising into the stadium with a huge lead, stopping to take a flag and...

Racing Results World Cup

Bjoergen Caps Dream Season With WC Final Victory; Randall 17th

Topher SabotMarch 22, 2010

Falun, Sweden – She wasn’t completely unbeatable, but for the past two months, Marit Bjoergen (NOR) was pretty darn close. Starting with her three golds, a silver, and a bronze at the Olympics, Bjoergen streaked to the end of the season with 10 victories in 14 starts (including relays). And the other four races? All either 2nd or 3rd. Starting with a 50 second lead on rival Justyna Kowalczyk (POL), Bjoergen easily maintained the gap...

Interviews Racing Results World Cup

Northug Sprints To Victory in Falun

Topher SabotMarch 20, 20104

Falun, Sweden – The sight of Petter Northug (NOR) powering away from the field in the final meters of a race has almost become predictable. The Norwegian star once again used his brutal finishing punch to claim victory in the 20km pursuit, and gain a significant margin in the overall World Cup Finals’ standings. Northug started quickly and won the first intermediate sprint to gain 15 bonus seconds. He then dropped back in the pack,...

Racing Results World Cup

Norway Sweeps Again; Randall Sets Career Mark

Topher SabotMarch 20, 2010

Falun, Sweden – For the second time in a week, the Norwegian women swept the World Cup podium, with Marit Bjoergen, Kristin Stoermer Steira, and Therese Johaug taking the top three spots. Kikkan Randall (USA) had a career-best distance finish of 14th in the 10km pursuit event. The impressive Norwegain trio finished in the same order seven days ago in Oslo in the 30km mass start. In that race they broke away relatively early and...

General News Racing Results

Dario Cologna (SUI) and Suzanne Nystrom (SWE) win Engadin Ski Marathon; Johnson and Greene of U.S. in 31st, 34th

March 16, 2010

The Engadin Ski Marathon is a 42 kilometer skate race which is run between Maloja and S-chanf near the southern border of Switzerland. Winding around castles and across frozen lakes, the course runs through St Moritz, then down to Pontresina, before heading back uphill toward the finish in S-Chanf. The Engadin had its first race on March 16th, 1969, and is always run on the second Sunday of March. The Engadin is the next-to-last Worldloppet...

Collegiate General News Racing Results

Antje Maempel (DU) and Franz Bernstein (UVM) take NCAA skate race titles

March 15, 2010

The second and final race day of races at the 2010 NCAA National Collegiate Nordic Skiing Competition in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, hosted by the University of Colorado: 15 and 20 kilometer mass start skate races. The morning was more gorgeous than expected at Howelsen Hill; with low overnight temperatures and predicted cloud cover never appearing, the sky was clear and the sun shone off fresh groomed, hard frozen track. The biggest questions on the wax...

Racing Results World Cup

Gloeersen Goes Wire-to-Wire in Oslo, Newell 10th

Topher SabotMarch 14, 2010

Oslo, Norway – The Norwegian men may be lacking depth on the distance side, but in the sprint, they are still blessed with an abundance of riches. Anders Gloeersen won the Holmenkollen freestyle sprint in a preview of the 2011 World Championship course, despite being left off the Norwegian Olympic Team. Gloeersen’s Vancouver chances were hurt by the fact that he is a better skate sprinter – one of the best in fact, as he...

Racing Results World Cup

Unstoppable Bjoergen Wins Again, Randall 2nd in Oslo

Topher SabotMarch 14, 2010

Oslo, Norway – Marit Bjoergen (NOR) has been nigh on unstoppable since the beginning of February, and has won every World Cup race since the Olympics. Today was no different though Kikkan Randall nearly pulled off the upset, leading the Norwegian star into the homestretch of the freestyle sprint in Oslo. Bjoergen won both races at the famed Holmenkollen Ski Stadium, and showed no ill effects from yesterday’s 30km. The sprint victory did not come...

Racing Results World Cup

Northug Wins First Holmenkollen Title in Thrilling 50k

Topher SabotMarch 13, 2010

Oslo, Norway – Maybe it is ski switching, maybe the courses are harder, or most likely, the skiers are more aggressive. Whatever the reason, the long mass start races that are now standard on the World Cup are becoming more and more consistently exciting. Last year the traditional Holmenkollen 50km was held in Trondheim due to construction at the Oslo venue, and the race set a new standard for a World Cup mass start race....

Racing Results World Cup

Bjoergen Leads Norwegian Rout in Holmenkollen

Topher SabotMarch 13, 2010

Oslo, Norway – Norway may be taking criticism for a lack of depth on the men’s distance team. Behind Petter Northug, the talent is considered “mediocre,” which means in Norwegian terms that there is no one else who can consistently place in the top-10. The women, on the other hand, have held up their side of things, today turning in a dominating performance to sweep that podium in the historic Holmenkollen 30k. The freestyle race...

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