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Oh So Close for Norwegian Rookie Tønseth

Inge ScheveFebruary 21, 2015

FasterSkier’s coverage of the 2015 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun, Sweden, is brought to you by the generous support of Kikkan Randall training wear. Norway’s Didrik Tønseth was looking at a podium finish in his very first FIS Nordic World Ski Championships event. Now he’s looking at doing more pushups. Twenty-three-year-old rookie Tønseth was leading for part of the way in the men’s 30-kilometer skiathlon on Saturday. “I was thinking that, ‘This is it. I’m...

General News Racing US Ski Team

U.S. Taps Caldwell, Diggins for Team Sprint; Randall ‘Playing it day by day’

Lander KarathFebruary 21, 2015

The start lists are out and it's official: Sophie Caldwell and Jessie Diggins will be representing the U.S. women in Sunday's freestyle team sprint at World Championships. While it was a tough decision to leave Kikkan Randall off the team, U.S. head coach Chris Grover explains the reasoning behind it.

General News Racing World Cup

After National Championships Conclude, Norway Names 23 Skiers to World Champs Team

Inge ScheveJanuary 31, 2015

After individual racing was completed at their national championships - you can find the results inside - Norway named a 23-member team for World Championships in Falun, Sweden. It includes season-long favorites as well as Kristin Størmer Steira and Astrid Jacobsen, who only just returned to the World Cup.

Biathlon Racing Results World Cup

Norway Takes Men’s Team Relay In Antholz; U.S. Eighth and Canada Ninth

Seth AdamsJanuary 25, 2015

Norway took the team relay in the World Cup men's 4x7.5 k biathlon in Antholz, Italy.

Racing World Cup

How to Score Points and Win Money on the World Cup (Hint: Be Norwegian)

Chelsea LittleJanuary 22, 2015

Not only has Norway dominated cross country World Cup podiums, but their skier have also taken home more than half of the available prize money. Marit Bjørgen alone has won 1/3 of the total money available to the women's field. How does everyone else stack up, and how does this relate to World Cup points?

Racing Results World Cup

Østberg Carries the Torch for Norway with First Classic Sprint Win in Otepää

Vince RosettaJanuary 17, 2015

Without the big show of Marit Bjørgen in Saturday's classic sprint, Norway's Ingvild Flugstad Østberg rose to the occasion, notching her first World Cup classic-sprint victory and fourth podium of the season.

Biathlon Racing

With Shipulin’s Late Heroics, Russia Unbeatable in Bad-Weather Oberhof Relay

Evan GirardJanuary 8, 2015

There was wind. There was fog. There were crashes. In a normal World Cup relay, 12 spare rounds and a penalty loop would place a team far back indeed. But in Oberhof, Germany, today, it represented excellence - and Russia claimed their third-straight men's relay victory.

Biathlon General News Racing

Canadian Men Tie Team-Best Sixth in Hochfilzen; Russia Drops Field by Last Lap

Alex KochonDecember 13, 20141

With a goal of a top eight on Saturday, the Canadians did two places better to tie a team-best sixth in the IBU World Cup men's relay in Hochfilzen, Austria. Russia won it by 20 seconds over France, and Norway was another 7.7 seconds back in third.

Biathlon General News Racing

Svendsen Masterful in Dominating 20 k Victory: ‘Winning Makes You Motivated and Want to Continue’

Chelsea LittleDecember 3, 2014

Emil Hegle Svendsen, the third-winningest man in World Cup history, said earlier this year that he was losing motivation for biathlon. Well, with perfect 20/20 shooting and a monster win in Östersund, Sweden, he's remembering exactly what he loves about the sport: winning.

General News Training

Norwegians on Volume: More Isn’t Necessarily Better

Inge ScheveNovember 11, 20142

Logging too many hours to ski fast? The debate is raging in Norway, where Olympian Frode Estil weighed in last week when he argued that many skiers are obsessed with logging hours at the expense of training quality. Longtime coach Mona Hjellsand strongly agrees.

General News Racing

Norwegian Birkebeiner Announces Contingency Plans, Backup Trail After 2014 Cancellation

BrainspiralNovember 3, 2014

After a disastrous 2014 event which saw the title race canceled on race morning due to dangerously high winds in the mountains, there has been much soul-searching in Norway as to how the Birkebeiner ski marathon can go forward (or whether the organizers were being wusses).

General News Racing World Cup

Northug Sentence Jeopardizes Falun Goals; Norway Wonders Whether a Felon Should Represent Country

Chelsea LittleOctober 9, 20141

Norwegian ski star Petter Northug has been sentenced to 50 days of jail, among other punishments, for driving while intoxicated, crashing his car, and then lying to police about what happened. It's unclear how this will affect his quest for gold at Falun World Championhips in February.

General Opinion

Consequences of Northug’s Mess Up Can Be a Lesson (Editorial)

Alex KochonMay 6, 201412

One author's take on the whole Northug fiasco, including the consequences it could hold for the 28-year-old Norwegian skiing star.

General Other World Cup

Johaug and the Future of the Norwegian National Team

Pasha KahnApril 11, 20142

Therese Johaug could be the Norwegian Ski Federation's MVP. But can they keep her? "She’s going to make more money than both Petter Northug and Marit Bjørgen," one expert says. "The girl has everything, so the sponsors will be willing to pay very much."

Biathlon General News Olympics Racing

Russians Finally Gold on Home Turf, After Norwegian Collapse in Biathlon Relay

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 22, 20145

Russian anchor Anton Shipulin using perfect shooting and blistering skiing to emerge as the fastest of a four-man lead pack in the waning minutes of a scintallating men's biathlon relay race, capitalizing on a stunning collapse by Norwegian anchor Emil Hegle Svendsen.

General News Olympics Racing

After Germans Crash, Young and Old Combine to Claim Gold for Finland in Team Sprint

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 19, 20141

A rookie and veteran teamed up to claim a gold medal for Finland in the men's Olympic team sprint, after a finish that was marred by a crash in the lead pack.

General News Olympics Racing

Calamitous Relay Results Prompt Soul-Searching for Norway; Mock Ad for Wax Truck Put Up on Craigslist

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 17, 20141

For Norway, the country's collapse at the Olympics has prompted fevered news coverage, and speculation that the team’s coaches, and ski technicians, could lose their jobs after the games.

General News Olympics Racing

IOC Reprimands Norwegian Women For Wearing Black Patch in Honor of Jacobsen’s Brother

Chelsea LittleFebruary 12, 201412

On Saturday, Marit Bjørgen and the Norwegian women wore black armbands in the Olympic skiathlon to honor teammate Astrid Jacobsen's brother, who died unexpectedly the day before. The IOC didn't like that one bit, likening it to a political statement, which is banned at the Games.

General News

This Month in Journals: With Impending Climate Change, What’s the Cost of Less Skiing Around Oslo?

Chelsea LittleJanuary 2, 2014

Most studies of how climate change will impact the ski industry focus on downhill skiing, and on losses like tourism dollars and jobs at ski resorts. But what about welfare and happiness? In Oslo, a team of researchers explored how much skiers were willing to pay, in time and money, to reach trails under different weather conditions - and determined that skiing has a very high value, indeed.

General News Nordic Combined Racing Results

Just Shy of Podium, Bryan Fletcher, Lodwick Combine for U.S. NoCo’s Best Team Sprint in Fourth

Emily SchwingDecember 14, 2013

Bryan Fletcher and Todd Lodwick narrowly missed the podium in the 2 x 7.5-kilometer sprint in Ramsau, Austria, finishing fourth for U.S. Nordic Combined's best result in a team sprint. "We train all summer and to have a result like [this] is humbling,” Lodwick says. “We’re really, really proud to put Norway in its place and to know that we are the fastest team out there, whether it’s by a second or ten seconds, it doesn’t matter."

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