The König Ludwig Lauf is held every year on the first weekend of February, and is known by the local people by it’s nickname, “Luggi”. It is the most popular race in Germany and this year marks it’s 38th running. It is part of the Worldloppet, Euroloppet, and DSV cross country skiing series. The race is run from Oberammergau, a small village in the Bavarian Alps of South Germany, right near the border of Austria. ...
Light snowfall and intermittent gusts of winds combined with cold temperatures to make for less-than friendly spectating, but that did not stop the crowds from clustering at trail junctions to cheer on the more than 400 racers that participated in the second day of racing for the combined UVM college carnival and Eastern Cup weekend at Trapps Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont. Both men’s and women’s races were run with two rounds of the same...
Stowe, Vermont — Saturday, February 6 On a perfect winter day at Trapp Family Lodge, the Stowe Nordic Outing Club hosted the region’s very best cross country skiers for the TD Bank Eastern Cup and University of Vermont Winter Carnival. The collegiate skiers proved themselves against the Eastern Cup field today with Dartmouth’s Ida Sargent winning the women’s race and UVM’s Franz Bernstein taking the men’s victory. Heather Mooney (Stratton) was the top non-collegiate finisher...
They were ideal conditions for a classic race. Cold – but not too cold, blue skies, sunshine, and precision cut tracks. Luckily, these were also the type of conditions that could withstand a lot of racing traffic, as the college carnival was also combined with an Eastern Cup and the total number of participants numbered more than 450. Designed by Morton Trails, the race venue at Trapps Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont is in the...
Canmore, Alberta – Emil Joennson (SWE) showed he is in fine form to challenge for Olympic gold, skiing to a convincing win in the men’s classic sprint on a sunny Saturday. John Kristian Dahl (NOR) took 2nd, but will now head home to Norway as he did not make the Norwegian Olympic team. Dario Cologna (SUI) capped a fine weekend with his 2nd podium, finishing 3rd. Tough Course, Tough Heats After a gruelling 15km on...
Canmore, Alberta – Emil Joensson (SWE) and Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) won the classic sprint qualifier this morining on a long challenging course at the Canmore Nordic Center. Kowalczyk was dominating, winning in a time of 3:30.27, 4.55 seconds ahead of rival Petra Majdic (SLO). Anna Olsson was 3rd, another 2.2 sconds behind Majdic. The women’s field was surprisingly spread out, with a number of large gaps in the top-30 – though none was larger than...
Canmore, Alberta – Italian Pietro Piller Cottrer wouldn’t mind moving his family to Canmore. “I just need to teach them English and we can come,” he said following his 2nd place finish in today’s 15km individual start freestyle. According to Piller Cottrer, Canmore is very similar to his home in the Italian Dolomites. “I have always raced very well here, and have now finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th in Canmore.” Piller Cottrer joined teammate...
The Noquemenon Ski Marathon starts at the Al Quall Ski Recreation Area in Ishpeming, Michigan, and winds through beautiful forests and hills for 30 miles until ending at the Superior Dome on the campus of Northern Michigan University (NMU) in Marquette, MI. The 50K classic event is the featured event for the American Ski Marathon Series and the FIS North American Marathon Cup. Andrew Johnson (Steinbock Racing) won the men’s event and Hilary Patzer (Rossignol)...
The 2010 Master’s Nationals came to an end with the 50km classic Craftsbury Marathon. Juergen Uhl and Susan Dunklee skied to victory on the four-lap course. A big rainstorm the Monday before took a toll on the snow. The original clover-leaf 25k loop had to be shortened. But the skiing was excellent thanks to the hard work of volunteers and grooming staff. The day dawned sunny, but frigidly cold. With temperatures hovering around the -4F...
The final races of the World Junior/Youth Biathlon Championships in Torsby, Sweden concluded yesterday with the team relays. Summary of relays: –Russia won Youth Men and Junior Women, while Germany won Junior Men and Norway won Youth Women. –Canada entered teams for all events. The U.S. did not field teams for the Junior Men’s and Junior Women’s relays. –Best American finish: Canada’s Youth Women relay team of Rose-Marie Cote, Audrey Vaillancourt, and Julia Ransom were...
Fraser, CO – Brilliant blue skies and crisp temperatures warmed into a pleasant afternoon making the 23rd Colorado Governor’s Cup hosted by Devil’s Thumb Ranch a fantastic event. Junior and high school races led up to the main attraction, the 30k Governor’s Cup Race. Glen Randall from Collbran, CO, skied away from the field quickly to secure a long, solo victory from Zack Simons of Park City, UT and Michael Brothers of Monument, CO. Nathan...
The Nakkertok Nordic Ski Club hosted the Haywood NorAM Eastern Canadian Championships this weekend in Cantley, Quebec. Graham Nishikawa of Whitehorse and Brook Gosling of FHNC swept both events. For Nishikawa, this weekend solidified his lead on the NorAm leader board, making him the FIS regional series leader for this period. The women’s leader is Dasha Gaiazova, who did not race this weekend. Both Nishikawa and Gaiazova will get an expense paid trip and start...
Today’s mass start skate races were the second and final races of the Telemark, Winsconsin SuperTour weekend. In the men’s 15km Brian Gregg (CXC) outsprinted teammate Matt Liebsch by three tenths of a second for the win. Fifty-two seconds later there was another 5-way sprint for both the finish line and third place which was taken by Chris Cook of Steinbock Racing. Following Cook across the line in the next 2.6 seconds were fourth through...
SWEDEN TRIUMPHS WITH SVÄRD AND HANSSON. 70KM OF SUCCESS FOR THE 37TH MARCIALONGA – In the last meters, Svärd and Ahrlin ski away from Jörgen Aukland – In the women’s race Jenny Hansson races solo – In the “Light” (45km), Antonella Confortola and Fulvio Scola prevail Trentino, Italy Sweden triumphed in the 37th Marcialonga, the men’s race won for the first time by Oskar Svärd, and the women’s race won again by Jenny Hansson. Svärd...
The top 60 racers from yesterday’s sprint qualified to start in pursuit format for today’s World Junior/Youth Biathlon Championships in Torsby, Sweden. The last race of the Championships will be a team relay on Tuesday. Junior Men Leif Nordgren moved closer to the top of the results in today’s 12.5km pursuit, but was weighted with 5 penalties which kept him from closing in on the podium. After placing 6th in yesterday’s sprint, Nordgren started 47...
Like the women’s relay here, the men’s relay at the World Junior Championships today came down to to the wire. And just like in the women’s race, it was Norway that prevailed. As he attacked the last rise, Finn Krogh was able to do something nobody has done yet here: drop Russia’s Petr Sedov in a mass start race. With a Northug-like kick, Krogh propelled the Norwegian men to their first junior relay championship since...
The top 5 teams in both men and women’s divisions of the team relays in Kuopio, Finland looked strikingly similar. In the women’s race it was, 1st-5th: Norway 1, Finland, Sweden, Sweden 2, and Norway 2. In the men’s race it was, 1st-5th: Norway 1, Sweden 1, Norway 2, Finland, and Sweden 2. The format was a 3x3km for women and 3x5km for men, the first leg of each was classical and the last two...
Telemark, WI Team CXC dominated their home turf yesterday by taking 5 out of the 6 podium places in the 5/10km classic races of the Telemark SuperTour. In the women’s 5km race Rebecca Dussault won by a commanding 31 seconds over teammate Maria Stuber, mimicking their 1-2 placements in both of last weekend’s SuperTour races in Minneapolis. Third place went to Melissa Schwartz, who finished another 13 seconds behind Stuber, both previous teammates at NMU....
Leif Nordgren continues to climb the results list in the World Junior Biathlon races held in Tornsby, Sweden with today’s 6th place result. After placing just outside the top ten in Thursday’s individual race, Nordgren improved his shooting in today’s Junior 10km sprint race by taking just one penalty. Nordgren finished 47.4 seconds behind winner Evgeny Petrov (RUS) who shot cleanly, just 8 seconds off the pace of third place finisher Tom Barth (0,1) of...
Today was the second of three races in the the Puijo, Finland Scandinavian Cup. Annie Liotta, in 15th place, was the first U.S. finisher in the Women’s 5 km classic race. Also in the top-30 was Kinsey Loan, in 25th place. Stina Nilsson, of Sweden, was the race winner and her teammate Settlin Evelina placed second. Norway’s Landheim Hilde Losgaard was third. Other U.S. Results: Katie Gill, 31st; Kate Backstrum, 36th; Isabel Caldwell, 39th; Jessica...