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SuperTour: The One Heat Wonder

Train WreckNovember 25, 2009

Today’s sprint in West Yellowstone was a bit of an easy season-warmup. Reminiscent of a mid-season high school race, it was a relatively long course with 15-second individual starts and no heats. Removed from their typical stadium setting, the start and finish areas were posted in the middle of the Volunteer Loop, a very typical heavily treed Rendezvous trail corridor. There was no staging area, no finish area, and relatively little spectator access. Ahhh, just...

Continental Cup Racing Results

SuperTour: Quotes From Today’s Men’s Sprint

Train WreckNovember 25, 2009

Garrott Kuzzy won today's sprint in front of fellow American Simi Hamilton, and Canadians Sean Crooks and Drew Goldsack. These days Garrott Kuzzy is receiving support from the USST as well as his CXC club coach, Bryan Fish. "I've been trying to stay on the same [training] program. I had the opportunity to get on snow in Silver Star November first, and we've been able to be on snow since then."

Continental Cup Racing Results

SuperTour Sprint: Kuzzy, Gaiazova take first in one-heat wonder

Train WreckNovember 25, 2009

The results are up for today's SuperTour sprint in West Yellowstone, MT. Statements regarding the course length was inconsistent and landing somewhere between (1.4 and 1.6K), but the results show that the difficult course was relatively long.

Racing Regional / Local Results

Sieber and Soderstrom Win NRL Race in Fairbanks

FasterSkierNovember 23, 2009

UAF newcomer Raphaela Sieber smoked the women’s field and Alaska Nanook Erik Soderstrom topped the men in the only USSA race held this weekend at Birch Hill. The USSA portion of Saturday’s race was called due to the below USSA-legal temperatures of -20C — it was -18F to -19F most of the day yesterday, well below the cutoff. However, a serious warming trend started in about midnight Saturday night, and a strong inversion set in...

Racing Results World Cup

Northug Does it Again

FasterSkierNovember 22, 2009

Beitostolen, Norway – Petter Northug (NOR) pulled off his patented move, attacking on the last climb to bury Russian Ilia Chernousov, and claim victory for Norway in the men’s 4x10km relay. Northug took the tag down 10 seconds on leaders Russia and Germany. He closed over the first several kilometers, and with three kilometers to go, Tobias Angerer (GER) fell off the pace, setting up the two-way battle for first. Overall, seven teams finished within...

Racing Results World Cup

Swedish Women Take Relay Victory on Rival’s Soil

Topher SabotNovember 22, 2009

Beitostolen, Norway – The Swedish women’s relay team of Anna Olsson, Sara Lindborg, Anna Lindborg, and Charlotte Kalla turned an early 17 second deficit into a 16 second victory over rival Norway. Conditions were described as “midwinter” with new snow softening the icy tracks that welcomed racers in yesterday’s individual freestyle. The temperature was just under freezing at -1 C. The top-5 teams plus one pulled away in the first leg – Sweden, Norway, Finland,...

Racing Results World Cup

Solid Start to Season for US WC Skiers

Topher SabotNovember 13, 2009

Beitostolen, Norway – The start of 2009-2010 season officially began for the US Ski Team with a classic FIS sprint in Beitostolen, Norway. With excellent snow, and the World Cup opener just a week away at the same location, many of the top skiers in the world are using this weekend to prepare. 56 women and 104 men took to the course on a cold day in central Norway. The US started 3 skiers – Andy...

Dryland Racing Results

Kantack and Tory Lead Williams Sweep of Mt. Greylock Rollerski Race

Topher SabotOctober 20, 20091

26 racers braved rain and snow to contest the Mt. Greylock Rollerski Race in Lanesboro, Massachusetts on Sunday. The road up the highest point in Massachusetts has been closed for two years for a complete overhaul. The result? Perfect pavement the length of the eight mile climb, and a rollerskier’s paradise. The race returned to Mt. Greylock after a 7-year hiatus. The weather, however, did not cooperate and the race was shortened to 4.5 miles....

Dryland Racing Results US Ski Team

USST Rollerski Time Trial Results – Whistler

FasterSkierSeptember 14, 2009

Skate TT Whistler Access Road 9/6/09 10.0km 1.7k Split Place 7k Split Place Finish Finish Place Andy Newell 5.21 2 16.52 1 29.28 1 Garrott Kuzzy 5.25 3 17.09 3 29.57 2 Lars Flora 5.16 1 17.01 2 30.26 3 Simi Hamilton 5.43 6 17.54 5 31.03 4 Colin Rodgers 5.40 5 17.42 4 31.12 5 Chris Cook 5.50 7 18.10 T-7 31.32 6 Torin Koos 5.33 4 17.57 6 31.49 7 Michael Sinnott 6.09...

Dryland Racing Results

2009 FIS Rollerski World Championships Conclude in Italy

FasterSkierSeptember 14, 20091

Piglio, Italy – The four event 2009 FIS Rollerski World Championships came concluded on Saturday. The competitions were dominated by rollerski specialists, but several top World Cup skiers made appearances. The week began with a head-to-head .2 km freestyle sprint. Athletes participated in the usual qualifying round to establish seeding and the top-8 advanced to the one-on-one heats. Italian Mateja Bogatec claimed victory in the women’s event over Elena Ektova (RUS). Bogatec won the 2008...

Dryland Nordic Combined Racing Results

Lodwick Wins SuperSprint in Norway

FasterSkierSeptember 7, 2009

LILLEHAMMER, Norway (Sept. 5) – U.S. Nordic Combined Team athlete Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) carried on the tradition of winning he started last year right into the 2010 Olympic season as he won his 2nd consecutive Lillehammer SuperSprint title in downtown Lillehammer on Saturday. Lodwick led the U.S. team in qualifications, finishing second, followed by Nick Hendrickson (Park City, UT) in sixth, Billy Demong 14th, and Bryan Fletcher 16th. The race was in a...

Racing Results

Sim, Calder Win Kangeroo Hoppet as 2009 ANC Concludes

FasterSkierAugust 29, 2009

The nineteenth annual Kangaroo Hoppet, Australia’s international ski marathon, was held today at Falls Creek in north-east Victoria. Rain and wind caused the races to be shortened and the main event was held over 25km instead of the usual 42km. Twenty-four year old Australian Ben Sim from Cooma won the men’s 25km event, breaking away from Thomas Diezig of Switzerland in the last 3km and winning by 40 seconds. The winning margin in the women’s...

Results XCFeeds

Atomic’s Nordic Heroes 2008-09

FasterSkierApril 3, 2009

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Racing Results US Nationals

Stephen and Southam Win National Titles With Gutsy Tactics in Tough Races

Train WreckMarch 29, 2009

Liz Stephen yet again showed how strong and gutsy she is, coming back from a slow start in the women’s 30K to overtake a charging Morgan Arritola for the National Title. The lead pack of Kikkan Randall, Morgan Arritola, Kristina Strandberg, and Rebecca Dussault broke early from the rest of the field with no remorse from a blasting lead by Arritola. Arritola skied a phenomenal race pushing the pace several times in an attempt to...

Biathlon Racing Results

Season Best 8th Place for Burke In Khanty Mansiysk Pursuit

FasterSkierMarch 29, 2009

Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, March 28. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) finished 8th in today’s 12.5K Pursuit competition at the Biathlon World Cup here, moving up from 25th position at the start. Burke moved steadily with each shooting stage and each loop today finishing with a single penalty, finished 1:05.6 behind Emile Hegle Svendsen of Norway. He recorded the fourth fastest ski time of the day. He was happy to be moving forward for the whole...

Racing Results US Nationals

Stephen and Zimmermann Take Well Deserved Titles at Distance Nationals

Train WreckMarch 28, 20091

The end of the season draws near with more exciting racing today in the Ladies’ 15K and Men’s 30K pursuit at Birch Hill in Fairbanks. The 3.5K course included plenty of challenging terrain coiling around and through the stadium area, where spectators and coaches could view the race by walking between two points along a single corridor. The races started at 5pm and 6:15, were mass-start format, and covered nearly entirely different loops for the classic and...

Racing Results

Equinox Ski Challenge A Success

FasterSkierMarch 26, 2009

The 3rd Equinox Ski Challenge welcomed the first weekend of spring with 66 participants enjoying the camaraderie, costumes, great skiing, and even some overnight rain and snow. About 50 pounds of food was collected for the West Yellowstone Food Bank and $500 was raised for Manaia Youth Programs and the West Yellowstone Ski Education Foundation. A new 24 Hour team record was set by Chad Anderson, Brandy Stewart and Sarah Willis of Bozeman at...

Racing Results US Nationals

Strandberg and Southam Win US Nationals 5/10km Classic

Topher SabotMarch 25, 2009

Fairbanks, Alaska – James Southam (APUNSC/Atomic) and Kristina Strandberg (Saab Salomon Factory Team) won the rescheduled 5/10km US Nationals classic race yesterday. This race was originally scheduled for January in Anchorage, but was canceled due to cold temperatures. Weather was not a problem in Fairbanks with sunny skies and temperatures in the teens. However, the recent explosion of Mt. Redoubt prevented some skiers from reaching Fairbanks in time for the race, including Canadian World Cup...

Racing Results

Swank, Vinogradova Win 2009 California Gold Rush in White-Out Conditions

Ian CaseMarch 23, 20091

Challenging conditions for Gold Rush competitors Donner Summit, CA— More than a foot of snow fell on Donner Summit overnight Saturday and continued prior to the start of the annual California Gold Rush, a 46k cross country ski race held at Royal Gorge. The weather resulted in a delayed start and slight course change. The races started at 9:30 a.m. and instead of a two-lap 21k loop, Gold Rush competitors skied three laps of a...

Racing Results World Cup

Kowalczyk Wins World Cup Title

Topher SabotMarch 22, 2009

Falun, Sweden – Justyna Kowalczyk became the first ever overall World Cup winner in cross-country from Poland today. She held off the competition in the final event of the season to win the World Cup Final. A hard charging Therese Johaug (NOR) was second, and Charlotte Kalla (SWE) took third in the 10km freestyle handicap start race. Kowalczyk started the 48 seconds ahead of Anna Olsson (SWE) and skied hard out of the start. Olsson,...

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