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Tour Turnaround: Poltoranin Wins Fiemme Classic, Vaults into 2nd Overall; Harvey Third; Ustiugov Fades

Chelsea LittleJanuary 6, 2018

Saturday’s 15 k classic mass start in Val di Fiemme, Italy, began as many expected: with aggressive skiing from Sergey Ustiugov and his Russian teammates. Ustiugov, last year’s Tour de Ski champion, started the day ranked second, 53 seconds behind Switzerland’s Dario Cologna, himself a three-time Tour de Ski champion. Ustiugov was obviously trying to make up some of that time in a bid to challenge Cologna for the title: he skied hard from the...

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Fourcade Wins Despite Ammo Flub; ‘Squirrel Drama’ in Women’s Mass Start in Oslo

Harald ZimmerMarch 19, 2017

Between breaking historic biathlon records and waiting for the imminent birth of his second child, France’s IBU World Cup dominator Martin Fourcade forgot one crucial detail of Biathlon 101 before Sunday’s final race of the season in the men’s 15-kilometer mass start: loading his ammunition clips. Fourcade only realized he had started with four empty clips when he crouched down on the shooting mat for the first prone shooting, then signaled for help. His coach...

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Bailey Caps World Champs Mass Start in Sixth; Schempp Finally Gets Gold

Alex KochonFebruary 19, 2017

Before this year’s International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Championships, American Lowell Bailey had never cleaned a 20-kilometer individual or 15-kilometer mass start race. In layman’s terms, he had never hit all 20 targets in those types of races — the longest formats on the circuit. Not in a World Championships, not in a World Cup. That’s not to say shooting isn’t his strength; that’s just extremely difficult to do. Fast forward to Sunday, the last...

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Sunday Rundown: Alpe Cermis, Oberhof, Lahti, Soldier Hollow (Updated x5)

FasterSkierJanuary 8, 2017

U.S. Cross Country Championships (Soldier Hollow): Classic sprints Jennie Bender of Bridger Ski Foundation and Kevin Bolger of the University of Utah won national titles in the classic sprints at 2017 U.S. Cross Country Championships at Soldier Hollow earlier Sunday afternoon. They each took narrow – but, for sprinting, relatively uncontested – victories, as each was in the lead coming into the stadium and led through the final 180-degree turn into the finishing straight. In the women’s race, Bender took the...

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IBU World Champs Photos: Men’s Mass Start

BrainspiralMarch 14, 2016

At home in Oslo, two Norwegians reached the podium in the final race of 2016 Biathlon World Championships, as Johannes Thingnes Bø won the men's mass start and Ole Einar Bjørndalen placed third, fewer than 7 seconds back. Americans Lowell Bailey and Tim Burke placed 10th and 12th, respectively.

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Burke Nabs Season-Best 7th in Canmore Mass Start; Italy’s Windisch Gets First-Career Win

Harald ZimmerFebruary 7, 2016

Despite four penalties, Italy’s Dominik Windisch overcame difficult conditions on the course and shooting range for his first IBU World Cup victory and podium on Saturday. Meanwhile, Tim Burke skied around a sick competitor on the last loop and rose above three penalties for a season-best seventh.

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Lesser Silences Doubters with Mass Start Win; Smith 15th; Bailey 21st

Harald ZimmerJanuary 17, 2016

In "danger" of not qualifying for 2016 World Championships, Germany’s Erik Lesser stuck it to those who questioned his chances, winning Saturday's mass start at the IBU World Cup in Ruhpolding in front of a local crowd. "I don’t want to hear about that again after giving you what you wanted," he told reporters.

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Fourcade Extends World Cup Lead; Bailey 16th After Late Penalties, Smith 25th

BrainspiralJanuary 10, 2016

Martin Fourcade didn't feel very good this weekend -- he made that well known -- yet the Frenchman pushed on for his 41st World Cup victory in Sunday's 15 k mass start at the IBU World Cup in Ruhpolding, Germany. American Lowell Bailey finished 16th and Canadian Nathan Smith took 25th in the selective race.

General Racing

Weekend Roundup: Preseason Tuneups; Next Stop, World Cup

BrainspiralNovember 23, 2015

Jessie Diggins collected back-to-back victories in the U.S. Ski Team's first races of the season in Gällivare, Sophie Caldwell, Andy Newell and Canadian Alex Harvey all placed second, and Caitlin Gregg reached the podium as well.

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Fak Gets What He Came For in Last Race of IBU World Champs; Bailey 13th, Burke 14th

Alex KochonMarch 15, 2015

While Slovenia's Jakov Fak outlasted Ondrej Moravec of the Czech Republic and two Norwegians, Tarjei Bø and Ole Einar Bjørndalen, on the last lap to win the mass start at IBU World Championships, four North Americans put down races they were proud of: with Lowell Bailey in 13th, Tim Burke in 14th, Brendan Green in 21st, and Nathan Smith in 23rd.

Biathlon Racing World Cup

No One Touches Fourcade in Oberhof Mass Start; North American Men Outside Top 20

Seth AdamsJanuary 11, 2015

France's Martin Fourcade used a cushion from fast skiing to allow for a relaxed-shooting pace. It was an investment that paid off, being the day's only perfect shooter, earning him first place with a comfortable margin.

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In Second-Ever Mass Start, Smith Clinches Ninth; Shipulin Causes Late Trip to Win in Pokljuka

Alex KochonDecember 22, 2014

Nathan Smith had never finished a mass start before Sunday, but he knew if all went according to plan, he could be in a competitive position. The Canadian found himself in sixth at one point, and with two penalties, secured his second-best World Cup result in ninth.

Continental Cup News Racing

Strøm Surges Past Havlick to Win Bozeman SuperTour 15 k Classic

Colin GaiserDecember 7, 20145

It was yet another men's SuperTour race that was undecided until the finish line. This time, Mads Strøm came from behind and outsprinted Miles Havlick to win by 0.7 seconds in the Bozeman 15 k classic mass start. Matt Gelso took third for his second podium of the weekend.

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Brennan Continues to Dominate SuperTour, Winning Bozeman 10 k Classic

Colin GaiserDecember 7, 2014

APU teammates Rosie Brennan and Chelsea Holmes put more than a minute into the rest of the women's field in the Bozeman SuperTour 10 k classic mass start, giving Brennan her third-straight SuperTour win. Katharine Ogden placed third to earn her second-straight SuperTour distance podium.

General Juniors News Racing

Junior Nationals: Mass Start Top-10 Recognition

Alex KochonMarch 8, 20141

Race highlights, the effects of a major crash, top results, and interesting facts about some of the winners in Friday's freestyle mass starts -- the last individual races of U.S. Junior Nationals.