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Randall, Kershaw Repeat as FS XC Skiers of the Year, Harvey Joins the Party

Topher SabotMay 20, 2011

FasterSkier Cross-Country Skier of the Year Cross-Country Skier of the Year (women): Kikkan Randall (USA/USST) Randall has now won the FasterSkier Cross-Country Skier of the Year Award every season since its inception, and 2011 is no different. The choice is easy, as Randall just keeps getting better. She is not just the best woman in North America, she is one of the best skiers in the world. At this point in her career Randall is...

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World Cup Victory and Gold Medal Headline FS Performances of the Year

Topher SabotMay 17, 20112

FasterSkier Performances of the Year The FasterSkier Performance of the Year Award is presented in three categories – cross-country, biathlon and nordic combined, with men’s and women’s in the first two. We will start with cross-country. XC Performance of the Year (women): Kikkan Randall (USA/USST) In some ways this is the easiest of the Performance of the Year awards – there is no question that it will go to Kikkan Randall. The challenge is picking...

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Canadians Select World Cup and Senior Development Teams

Kieran JonesMay 11, 2011

With Cross Country Canada (CCC) announcing selections for the Canadian World Cup and Senior Development Team last week, the Canucks are loading up for another season. There were no surprises on the World Cup Team, as six of the seven have been part of the squad in the past. The one new addition, Len Valjas, is no shocker, because ‘Big Tall Lenny’, as he has been nicknamed by his teammates, tore up the World Cup...

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Canadian Stalwart George Grey Retires

Kieran JonesApril 12, 20112

If you’ve been paying attention to skiing in North America over the past 10 years, you should know the name George Grey. While he has never shushed the crowd in Oslo, or wailed on a ski air guitar, the low-key Grey has been one of Canada’s best male skiers over the past decade. At 32 years old Grey has been a fixture on the Canadian World Cup team, earning 78 starts in locations from Canmore,...

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Russians Rule on the Mordarbacken; Kershaw 22nd

Nathaniel HerzMarch 18, 2011

Since the tail end of the 2011 Tour de Ski, Russia’s star distance skier, Alexander Legkov, has been missing in action. He fell ill with swine flu and couldn’t finish the Tour, then, with an abysmal performance in the relay at World Championships in Oslo, singlehandedly dashed his country’s hopes for a medal in that event. While the relay result stung, Legkov’s drought has been balanced by some strong performances by his teammates. There’s Maxim...

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Newell Scores Season-Best in Stockholm Palace Sprint

Nathaniel HerzMarch 16, 2011

Andy Newell saved the best for last. After a season in which he had failed to crack the top five a single time on the World Cup, the American did just that in his final sprint of the season, finishing fifth on a tight circuit around the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden on Wednesday. The result wasn’t quite as good as Newell’s best in 2010, when he was third in another city sprint in Norway....

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Joensson Clinches Sprint Cup Title With Win; Newell and Harvey Out in Rough-And-Tumble Quarters

Nathaniel HerzMarch 13, 2011

Short courses, long courses, steep hills, flats, dicey corners: you name it, and Emil Joensson will ski it. In Lahti, Finland on Sunday, the Swede raced to his fifth World Cup sprint victory in seven starts this season, with Eirik Brandsdal (NOR) in second and his teammate Paal Golberg in third. Joensson’s win secured his second straight title in the World Cup sprint standings—which at this point is a merely a restatement of the obvious...

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After Brutal Two Weeks in Oslo Cologna Back on Top in Lahti; Babikov Eighth

Nathaniel HerzMarch 12, 20111

For Dario Cologna, it’s better late than never. After enduring a brutal two weeks at the World Ski Championships in Oslo, where he was stymied by bad skis and bad tactics, the Swiss cross-country superstar finally got things back on track on the World Cup in Lahti, Finland on Saturday. At the finish of the men’s 20 k pursuit, Cologna outsprinted Frenchmen Maurice Manificat and Vincent Vittoz for the win—his first since his victory in...

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Period IV Red Group Rankings – Freeman Back on Distance List

FasterSkierMarch 9, 2011

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VIDEOS: Canadian Men’s Team Win at the 2011 Holmenkollen WC Team Sprint Relay

Frank LMarch 5, 2011

The Canadian men use experience, fitness, and audacity to win the 2011 World Championships Sprint Relay ! The Canadian Men team's win at the recent 2011 was dominant and even audacious in some ways - but that is what it takes to win at the highest le...

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VIDEOS: Canadian Men’s Team Win at the 2011 Holmenkollen WC Team Sprint Relay

Frank LMarch 5, 2011

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After Tough 50 K in Vancouver, Harvey Sits Out Relay in Oslo

Nathaniel HerzMarch 3, 201118

Late last February, Canadian Alex Harvey got the tag from his teammate Devon Kershaw to ski the second leg of the 4×10 k men’s relay at the Vancouver Olympic Games. Kershaw was having a bad day, and he’d dug his team into a hole—Harvey started out his race with a 30-second deficit to the leaders. The 22-year-old Quebec native fought as hard as he could, burying himself in an effort to chase down Norway, Sweden,...

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Canada’s Harvey to Sit Out Men’s World Championship Relay

Nathaniel HerzMarch 3, 201111

With a squad consisting of Alex Harvey, Devon Kershaw, Ivan Babikov, and Len Valjas, Canadian Head Coach Justin Wadsworth thought his team would have a chance at its second World Championship medal in three days in Friday’s men’s relay. But those chances have just taken a hit. According to Wadsworth, Harvey, who won gold with Kershaw in Wednesday’s team sprint, will skip the relay, worn out by a tough race and a long day in...

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Harvey, Kershaw Capture Canada’s First WCH Gold in Team Sprint

Chelsea LittleMarch 3, 201124

Devon Kershaw’s day could not have changed more drastically over the course of two hours than it did on Wednesday in Oslo. While he ended the day atop the podium with teammate Alex Harvey, there was a moment when becoming one of Canada’s first World Champions seemed next to impossible. On the first uphill in Canada’s semifinal in the World Championships team sprint, Kershaw, the leadoff skier, lost a ski. “I had a small heart...

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WCH Team Sprint Preview: Canadians Looking for Hardware

Nathaniel HerzMarch 1, 20111

If you took a hard look at the start list for Tuesday’s 15 k classic at the 2011 World Championships, you might have noticed a few names conspicuously absent from the start list. Foremost among them was Norway’s Petter Northug—the winner of Sunday’s 30 k pursuit in Oslo, and silver medalist in last week’s individual sprint. Norway’s coaches sat Northug to keep him fresh for Wednesday’s classic team sprint, in which he and Ola Vigen...

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Northug Triumphs in Oslo, Overcomes Harvey Attack

Topher SabotFebruary 27, 20111

When asked whom he designed the Oslo courses for, the renowned Hermod Björkestöl, responsible for the layouts at the last three Olympics, responded simply “for entertainment.” And entertainment, in the form of drama and excitement, was provided in spades as Petter Northug (NOR) overcame a shocking early attack by Alex Harvey, and an impressive late challenge by the Russians to achieve his primary goal for the 2011 World Championships – an individual gold medal. Northug...

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Canucks Strong in Pursuit, But Still Seeking Hardware in Oslo

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 27, 20111

Two-thirds of the way through Sunday’s World Championships pursuit, Alex Harvey was taking a page out of Johan Olsson’s book. Harvey, the 22-year-old Canadian, had launched a surprise, solo attack reminiscent of the move made by Olsson, a Swede, in the same race at the Vancouver Olympics last year. The Swedes took two medals in that event, with Olsson getting bronze. And for a while, it looked like the Canadians were on their way to...

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Harvey, Newell Advance to Men’s Semis in Oslo, But No Farther

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 24, 2011

The U.S.’s Kikkan Randall wasn’t the only North American to see her World Championships skate sprint hopes go down the drain in a collision. Canada’s Alex Harvey met with the same fate in his semifinal heat on Thursday when he tangled with a Swiss skier, Martin Jaeger, to fall out of contention. On the back side of the Oslo sprint course, before the men re-entered the stadium, Harvey said he was skiing at the head...

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Harvey, Hamilton, Newell, Kershaw, and…Freeman?

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 23, 20112

The North American men may not have a gold-medal favorite among their ranks for Thursday’s men’s World Championship freestyle sprint in Oslo. But if they lack a reliable podium candidate, they make up for it in their numbers: no fewer than seven U.S. and Canadian skiers have a shot at cracking the heats. In Devon Kershaw and Alex Harvey, the Canadians have two men with freestyle sprints podiums already this season—Harvey’s a second place last...

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Oslo 2011: Men’s sprint – Norway Considers Americans, Own Chances

Inge ScheveFebruary 23, 2011

Gearing up, getting ready and talking smack. Norway’s sprint teams are kings of the hill. But their competitors are on their mind, and the Americans are in that mix.

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