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Initially Behind Thanks to Bjørndalen’s Errors, Norway Takes Gold as Men’s Relay Becomes Svendsen Vs. Fourcade
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Initially Behind Thanks to Bjørndalen’s Errors, Norway Takes Gold as Men’s Relay Becomes Svendsen Vs. Fourcade

Chelsea LittleMarch 9, 2012

RUHPOLDING, Germany – Going into today’s men’s 4 x 7.5 k relay, the field was wide open. France, with double gold medalist Martin Fourcade and silver medalist brother Simon Fourcade, was a prerace favorite. But last year’s top two teams, Norway and Russia, hadn’t dominated in the individual races, and neither had host country Germany. Meanwhile, Sweden’s Carl Johan Bergman had won two medals, and three Swedes had finished in the top ten. Slovenia and...

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Slovenia Is First Across the Line, but Norway Takes the Win in World Championships Opener
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Slovenia Is First Across the Line, but Norway Takes the Win in World Championships Opener

Chelsea LittleMarch 1, 20127

RUHPOLDING, Germany – There were plenty of errors at the IBU World Championships mixed relay today, mistakes that were big enough to have a surprising and significant impact on the outcome of the race. France’s third-leg racer, Simon Fourcade, received the tag from Marie Dorin Habert in second place, just 11 seconds behind Norway. But he imploded in spectacular fashion, using all six of his spare rounds, hitting the penalty loop, and losing almost two...

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Kristin Størmer Steira to Sit Out Rybinsk Races; Benched Due to Weight Concerns

Chelsea LittleFebruary 3, 2012

In December, Norwegian broadcaster NRK reported that an unnamed member of the Norwegian national team had been flagged for low body weight and that coaches and staff were hoping to help the female athlete gain weight and return to better health. Almost two months later, it seems likely that the woman in question was Kristin Størmer Steira, who was benched for the Rybinsk races this weekend due to low body weight. Norwegian daily newspaper Dagbladet...

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Quality time in Craftsbury

clareeFebruary 3, 2012

For the last two weeks or so, I’ve been holding down the fort here in Craftsbury as my teammates travel and race all over God’s white acre. In the short span between January 19th and February 2nd, the CGRP has been represented at races in Italy, Germany, Estonia, Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Russia, Norway, and the western United States…AND at the Craftsbury Marathon, of course. While [...]

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Andrew Musgrave at Norwegian Nationals

JoranJanuary 27, 2012

First of all, I’ll echo Nat Herz’s big ups to Andrew Musgrave for finishing second at Norwegian Nationals the other day. I’ve always been a bit fascinated by Musgrave, probably because North Americans identify with any reasonably successful, promising skier not from Scandinavia or the usual European nations as fellow “outsiders”. So I’m always kind [...] Related posts:

  1. Is It Panic Time For The Norwegian Men’s Distance Skiers?
  2. Weekend FIS Races: Andrew Musgrave
  3. NOW Is It Panic Time For The Norwegian Men’s Distance Team?

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The Post-Grad Trip to Scandinavia
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The Post-Grad Trip to Scandinavia

Pete PhillipsJanuary 20, 20121

If you are prepared for this and you weather it, it does indeed build character. However, this is not where you want to be. If you are not prepared, chances are the ship could go down with all hands. This sort of grim scenario doesn’t play out often on a shorter trip, and the tastes of it serve only to prepare you better for a longer trip next time. For the first trip, take the...

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European Mid-Season Review

JoranDecember 28, 2011

This will just be a short note with similar graphs as last time, only for a few of the major European nations. Men’s Distance Sweden continues to generally improve. Note that in terms of top thirty performances, Norway has steadily declined over the years, but not among the top ten or better level. So they’ve [...] Related posts:

  1. Mid-Season Recap: North American Distance
  2. Mid-Season Review: North American Sprint
  3. Mid-Season Review: USA Biathlon

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After Surprise Win in Muonio, Einarsson Switches Focus to World Cup – For Now
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After Surprise Win in Muonio, Einarsson Switches Focus to World Cup – For Now

Chelsea LittleNovember 17, 20111

  Many European skiers arrive in the U.S for college and are exhausted from year of trying to “make it” at the international level. While they find success in NCAA skiing, for some it is the last hurrah of a career that’s already lasted twenty years. Snorri Einarsson was not one of those skiers. For one thing, when the Norwegian arrived at the University of Utah, he was just 20 years old. For another, he...

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Who’s Producing Fast Young Male Skiers?

JoranSeptember 30, 2011

A quick follow up to my previous post on the same topic for women. Swap Germany for Russia, and otherwise the answer is largely unchanged: Once again, this is the number of skiers born since 1988 who’s best FIS points results last season averaged better than 50 FIS points. I used a more strict cutoff [...] Related posts:

  1. Best Young Distance Skiers: 2009-2010
  2. Best Young Sprint Skiers: 2009-2010
  3. Are My Lists Of Improved Skiers Correlated With Age?

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Who’s Producing Fast Young Female Skiers?

JoranSeptember 28, 2011

Answer: Norway. And Russia. Looking forward to the upcoming season, I’m somewhat astounded by the number of talented young Norwegian women on the horizon. Here’s a quick snapshot of what I’m talking about. I took female skiers born no earlier than 1988 who did at least 3 FIS races last season, and averaged their best [...] Related posts:

  1. Is It Panic Time For The Norwegian Men’s Distance Skiers?
  2. Best Young Distance Skiers: 2009-2010
  3. Best Young Sprint Skiers: 2009-2010

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Finn Haagen Krogh: Northug 2.0?

JoranMarch 23, 2011

Norwegian youngster Finn Haagen Krogh had an excellent weekend of racing at the World Cup Finals in Sweden recently. Here’s a look at his distance results (using FIS points) up to this point: He was having a pretty darn good season even before this last weekend, having moved his typical race down to (or just [...] Related posts:

  1. Skiing Performance and Age
  2. Head-to-Head: Marit vs Justyna
  3. Head-To-Head: Petter Northug vs. Marcus Hellner

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Hoffman Guts Out Top Thirty in Oslo 50km
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Hoffman Guts Out Top Thirty in Oslo 50km

Nathaniel HerzMarch 6, 201110

With a handful of gel packets stapled to his bib, American Noah Hoffman would have blended in better at the American Birkebeiner than into Sunday’s 50 k freestyle at the 2011 World Ski Championships. But make no mistake: the way he was skiing was still world-class. Hoffman made it more than 30 kilometers rubbing shoulders with the World Cup podium’s usual suspects—Petter Northug (NOR), Lukas Bauer (CZE), and Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS)—before finally succumbing to the...

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A Week in Norway: Fischer and Swix Dealer Trip to World Championships
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A Week in Norway: Fischer and Swix Dealer Trip to World Championships

Matthew VoisinMarch 4, 2011

As a reward to the dealers who were able to sell the most Swix Triac poles and Fischer RCS Carbonlite boots a contest was organized; to the winners a trip to Norway.  First a few days in Lillehammer then down to Oslo for the World Championships. Come on New Jersey On Monday the nine dealers from all over the United States were supposed to converge in Newark to catch the same flight to Oslo, Norway....

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Men’s Relay Preview: Can Norway Take Gold on Home Snow?
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Men’s Relay Preview: Can Norway Take Gold on Home Snow?

Topher SabotMarch 3, 2011

The 4×10 relay may very well be the marquee event of a major cross-country ski championship, providing the ultimate national bragging rights, and requiring four skiers to turn in top performances. The last time a race of this magnitude was held on Norwegian soil was in 1997 at the World Championships in Trondheim. Norway dominated that event, putting over two minutes on the field and taking some measure of revenge for the beating handed out...

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Svendsen Named To Norwegian World Championship Team, and Not All Are Pleased

Chelsea LittleFebruary 2, 2011

First, retired star Thomas Alsgaard showed up at Norwegian national championships and placed third in the 15 k classic, leading commentators and fans alike to bemoan the state of the national team. Sure, Alsgaard is an amazing talent and is training fairly seriously for marathons, but should a man who has been retired for almost ten years be able to beat everyone except Martin Sundby Johnsrud and Eldar Roenning? Then the Norwegian team for World...

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Norway Takes Women’s Relay; Americans Seventh

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 31, 2011

With a squad composed of four individual medalists, the Norwegians skied to victory in the women’s relay at the World Junior Championships on Monday. The Norwegians were trailing slightly to Germany after a tough first leg by Ragnhild Haga.  But Martina Ek Hagen took over, closed the gap, and handed the race off to Heidi Weng, who broke the Russian and Swedish teams with a big attack on the skate course’s steepest, toughest climb in...

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Fischer Skis Announces Athletes Named to the 2011 World Championship Team
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Fischer Skis Announces Athletes Named to the 2011 World Championship Team

FasterSkierJanuary 18, 2011

AUBURN, N.H. — Fischer Skis announced today that seven of the fourteen athletes selected to the 2011 U.S. Cross Country World Championship team choose to compete on Fischer Skis. The seven Fischer skiers competing in Oslo, Norway, at the famed Holmenkollen venue will be led by Kikkan Randall, the 2009 World Championship Silver Medalist. Randall, who just scored her second World Cup victory last week in the freestyle sprint in Liberec, Czech Republic, is joined...

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