I'll write more later in a complete post World Champs update but for now, I wanted to share some pictures from the last three days. The weather finally cleared in Oslo and the venue, racing, and the experiece is ten times better in the sun!! &nbs...
The American women have had highs and lows at World Championships in Oslo this week, packing three finishers in the top 30 in both of the first two races but also watching Kikkan Randall’s medal hopes in the sprint evaporate in a crash. And while the U.S. made the final in the team sprint and placed ninth in the relay, neither of those performances were quite as good as some were hoping for. On Saturday,...
Feisty, unintimidated, and encouraging—if ultimately overmatched. That’s probably the best way to describe Jessie Diggins’ effort at World Championships on Thursday, in which she anchored the U.S. women to a ninth-place finish in the 4×5 k relay. It’s also an apt description of the performance of the entire U.S. team, which fought hard to its best World Championships women’s relay result in over a decade, but was ultimately left three minutes behind the winning Norwegians....
(Sorry for the blog delay everyone.... I've had some technical difficulties - everything from my blog being in Norwegian to my email being spammed and unavailable, to my blog mysteriously disappearing for a few days but I'm back!)To the POINT...
(Sorry for the blog delay everyone.... I've had some technical difficulties - everything from my blog being in Norwegian to my email being spammed and unavailable, to my blog mysteriously disappearing for a few days but I'm back!)To the POINT...
(Sorry for the blog delay everyone.... I've had some technical difficulties - everything from my blog being in Norwegian to my email being spammed and unavailable, to my blog mysteriously disappearing for a few days but I'm back!)To the POINT...
(Sorry for the blog delay everyone.... I've had some technical difficulties - everything from my blog being in Norwegian to my email being spammed and unavailable, to my blog mysteriously disappearing for a few days but I'm back!)To the POINT...
(Sorry for the blog delay everyone.... I've had some technical difficulties - everything from my blog being in Norwegian to my email being spammed and unavailable, to my blog mysteriously disappearing for a few days but I'm back!)To the POINT...
“Comfy,” was how American Sadie Bjornsen described the leader’s chair, the seat occupied by the finishers with the best times after they cross the line in individual start races. The young American continued a strong World Championships showing, notching her second top-30 in two starts in the 10 k classic in Oslo. Starting at bib 36, Bjornsen was not unseated as race leader for nearly five minutes, when Sweden’s Sara Lindborg took over. Bjornsen, who...
The US women continued a solid start to the 2011 World Championships, placing three skiers in the top-30 for the second consecutive race in the women’s 15km pursuit. With an almost impenetrable fog blanketing the Holmenkollen ski stadium, spectators traded ears for eyes – the roar of the crowd alerting those just 100 meters down the track that the racers were coming. The pea soup certainly did not slow race winner Marit Bjoergen (NOR), who...
Marit Bjoergen (NOR) has already achieved her goal of winning an individual gold at the 2011 World Championships. Now the ski world gets to see what a relaxed Bjoergen can do. The winner of five medals, including three golds, at the 2010 Olympics, Bjoergen is the clear favorite in the women’s 15 k pursuit on Saturday, as distance racing gets underway at Holmenkollen in Oslo, Norway. While rival Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) is the defending World...
Sometimes, when things aren't going your way, it's best to focus on the positive notes, on the bright spots. While I have been having a rough start to my European Tour, some of my teammates have been turning in some awesome results. While I...
Sometimes, when things aren't going your way, it's best to focus on the positive notes, on the bright spots. While I have been having a rough start to my European Tour, some of my teammates have been turning in some awesome results. While I...
Sometimes, when things aren't going your way, it's best to focus on the positive notes, on the bright spots. While I have been having a rough start to my European Tour, some of my teammates have been turning in some awesome results. While I...
Sometimes, when things aren't going your way, it's best to focus on the positive notes, on the bright spots. While I have been having a rough start to my European Tour, some of my teammates have been turning in some awesome results. While I...
Sometimes, when things aren't going your way, it's best to focus on the positive notes, on the bright spots. While I have been having a rough start to my European Tour, some of my teammates have been turning in some awesome results. While I...
A World Cup race in Norway is always a big deal, but with the start of World Championships less than seven days away, this weekend’s two-race stop in Drammen serves as both a tune-up, and an indicator of who will be contending for medals in Oslo. FasterSkier arrived in Oslo on Friday morning, and will be reporting live from the event! With many skiers skipping the Rybinsk World Cups two weeks ago, it has been...
Hello from Drammen everyone! I’ve just arrived in this new city to prepare for the upcoming weekend’s World Cup races. This is the first time that the whole Cross Country World Championships team has been together and we are quite the...
Hello from Drammen everyone! I’ve just arrived in this new city to prepare for the upcoming weekend’s World Cup races. This is the first time that the whole Cross Country World Championships team has been together and we are quite the...
Hello from Drammen everyone! I’ve just arrived in this new city to prepare for the upcoming weekend’s World Cup races. This is the first time that the whole Cross Country World Championships team has been together and we are quite the...