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Sunday Rundown: Harvey Wins World Champs Gold in Lahti; PyeongChang + Vasaloppet (Updated)

FasterSkierMarch 5, 2017

FIS Nordic World Championships (Lahti, Finland): Men’s 50 k freestyle mass start After a week of missing out on the medals at 2017 Nordic World Championships, Canada’s Alex Harvey, a four-time World Championships medalist from 2011, 2013 and 2015, achieved his first individual gold medal in the final race of this year’s World Championships in Lahti, Finland. Harvey, 28, won the men’s 50-kilometer freestyle mass start in a drag race to the finish. Entering the...

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Ski Classics Opens with Doubleheader in Italy

Inge ScheveDecember 4, 2015

The 2016 Ski Classics kicks off this weekend with a doubleheader in Livigno, Italy, and the marathon regulars are chomping at the bit to get started with the long-distance race series.

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Eliassen Victorious in Birkebeiner Sans Kick Wax; Johaug Picks Up Win in First Try

Chelsea LittleMarch 22, 2015

It seemed crazy: the Norwegian Birkebeiner has almost 3,000 feet of total climbing. But double-poling is what Petter Eliassen trains for, so that's what he did- and he became the first man to win the legendary marathon without kickwax. Therese Johaug picked up a five-minute victory in the women's race.

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Notes and Quotes: Falun Prologue Edition

Topher SabotMarch 17, 2012

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“When You Gotta Go, You Gotta Go” – Northug Wins National Championship Despite Bathroom Break

Inge ScheveMarch 27, 2011

Petter Northug Jr. won the 50K skate mass start at the Norwegian National Championships in Tromsø Saturday, despite having to make a pit stop in the woods.

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Thumbs Up For Mini-Tour Format

Inge ScheveDecember 22, 2010

While racers on the World Cup have voiced concern over the mini tour format following the FIS World Cup mini-tour in Kuusamo, Finland, earlier this season, North American racers overwhelmingly welcome the format.

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What Was He Thinking?! World Cup Athletes and Coaches on D-Dorf Team Sprint

Nathaniel HerzDecember 7, 201011

Stupid, nonsensical, and “completely in the wrong.” Those were the descriptions by elite cross-country skiers and coaches of German sprinter Josef Wenzl’s actions in the Dusseldorf team sprint on Sunday. Wenzl’s his own Wenzl-esque kamikaze attack against Swedish skier Marcus Hellner. “I moved in on him, when there was absolutely no reason to—and we both went down,” Kershaw wrote in an e-mail on Monday. “I had qualified first, and was poised to perhaps slot into...

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Norwegians Men Win in Dusseldorf, with Crash-Marred Finale

Nathaniel HerzDecember 5, 20101

If Josef Wenzl wants to race at the 2011 World Ski Championships in Norway, he probably can do it without a bodyguard. But that’s only thanks to the last-minute heroics of the sprinter Anders Gloersen (NOR). Wenzl, a German, squandered a sure podium finish for himself and the top Norwegian pair in Sunday’s team sprint in Dusseldorf, crashing out on the final corner and taking John Kristian Dahl along with him. Gloersen ended up being...

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Top Norwegian Sprinters Leaving WC Mini Tour

Inge ScheveNovember 26, 2010

Several racers will skip the rest of the World Cup minitour in Kuusamo because they are unsatisfied with the concept.

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Norway’s Northug Still Questionable For Kuusamo World Cup

Inge ScheveNovember 22, 2010

The Norwegian women dominated the World Cup opener Nov 20-21, and the Norwegian men want revenge on the Swedes. However, will likely have to achieve the task without reigning World Champion Petter Northug in the Kuusamo (FIN) mini-tour.