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Pärmäkoski And Bakken Rule The Season Openers

Inge ScheveNovember 18, 2021

Madshus racers delivered a handsome collection of solid performances in biathlon and cross-country, including two stellar victories. First, Sivert Bakken (NOR) set the standard both at the range and on the course, winning the biathlon season opener at Sjusjøen (NOR) on Saturday by ten seconds. “What a way to start the season. It was huge for me to win in front of a huge crowd and with such a strong field,” says Bakken, who is thrilled to...

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U.S. Part of Collaboration at Largest International Junior Camp (with Video)

Rachel PerkinsAugust 31, 2018

Earlier this month from Aug. 2-8, nine top American junior athletes had the opportunity to participate in the largest International Junior Camp to date. In total, 146 athletes and 37 coaches from nearly 20 nations gathered in Sjusjøen, Norway, for a week of training and collaboration. The camp offered athletes the opportunity to gain confidence by training with the best junior skiers in the world against whom they will soon be competing, and to learn...

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Closing the Gap: Head Games

FasterSkierJanuary 16, 2018

Editor’s Note: The following is part of a series proposed by Maks Zechel, a 20-year-old Canadian cross-country skier embarking on his first season training abroad. In August, he made the big move to Norway, where he’ll be training and racing with Team Asker for the entire winter. Through these updates, Maks hopes to share his personal “observations, stories and lessons learned” to help close the gap between North American and Scandinavian nordic skiing. Previous posts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. ...

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Wednesday Workout: Journaling and Time Trials with Anne Hart

FasterSkierDecember 13, 2017

Coming off ajetted to a victory in the first SuperTour race of 2017/2018 — the freestyle sprint in West Yellowstone, Montana. “I haven’t straight out won a highly competitive race in two years, so winning on my arch nemesis course of West Yellowstone was huge,” Hart, 25, wrote in an email last week about her Dec. 2 sprint win. “I know that the period one altitude is not my best friend, and am really working...

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Lunder 19th in Sjusjøen; Beaudry and Campbell Fourth in IBU Cup Relay

FasterSkierNovember 28, 2017

Three Canadians and one American competed at last week’s International Biathlon Union (IBU) Cup opener in in Sjusjøen, Norway, with Canada’s Emma Lunder posting an individual top 20 and her teammates Sarah Beaudry and Carsen Campbell teaming up to place fourth in the single mixed relay on Sunday, Nov. 26. In an email, Biathlon Canada High Performance Director Roddy Ward explained that Canada did not send its National “Z” Team, arrived in Europe on Nov....

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Olsbu and Bjøntegaard Win In Sjusjøen; for Canadian Biathlon Trio, Mission Acomplished

Chelsea LittleNovember 19, 2017

After a disappointing day of sprints in Sjusjøen, Norway, on Saturday, the Norwegian biathlon team rebounded in Sunday’s mass starts to claim wins from Marte Olsbu in the women’s race and Erlend Bjøntegaard in the men’s race. In the women’s 12.5 k mass start, Olsbu had just one penalty, in the first prone stage, and came back through the field to ski to a 25-second win over Anais Bescond of France, who had two penalties....

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Dzhima and Fourcade Take Mass Start Wins in Sjusjøen

BrainspiralNovember 13, 2016

On Sjusjøen's unique 40-point shooting range, competition heated up as some of the world's best biathletes went head to head in mass start racing on Sunday. France's Simon Fourcade matched his brother Martin's win from the previous day, while Ukraine's Yuliya Dzhima took the women's title.

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Plenty of Fresh Snow in Sjusjøen, Home of the Biathlon Season Opener (Photo Gallery)

BrainspiralNovember 10, 2016

With the IBU season opening this weekend with preseason races in Sjusjøen, Norway, FasterSkier contributor Aleks Tangen checked out the venue and spoke with some of the movers and shakers at the venue.

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Weekend Roundup: Preseason Tuneups; Next Stop, World Cup

BrainspiralNovember 23, 2015

Jessie Diggins collected back-to-back victories in the U.S. Ski Team's first races of the season in Gällivare, Sophie Caldwell, Andy Newell and Canadian Alex Harvey all placed second, and Caitlin Gregg reached the podium as well.

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Schempp Outsprints ‘Team Fish Guts’ in Sjusjøen; Dzhyma Wins Women’s Mass Start

Chelsea LittleNovember 22, 2015

Alexander Os, a 35-year-old Norwegian ex-Olympian who founded "Team Feskslogs" after being left off the national team, almost won today's mass start - but Germany's Simon Schempp got him at the end. Juliya Dzhyma of Ukraine won the women's race. Leif Nordgren (USA) placed 19th and Megan Tandy (CAN) 40th in their respective races.

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Schempp Starts Season with Sjusjøen Win; Burke Leads Americans in 13th

Chelsea LittleNovember 21, 2015

“Today was definitely a solid team performance,” Tim Burke said after the season-opening race in Norway. “Our entire men's team is at a very high level and we are all very excited to see what we can do in the relay.”

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Wierer Tops Eckhoff in Sjusjøen Season-Opener; Dunklee, Tandy, and Cook Top-30

Chelsea LittleNovember 21, 2015

Just as in this race last season, Italy's Dorothea Wierer shot perfectly to top Norway's Tiril Eckhoff - but this year it was closer, with Eckhoff just three seconds back. Susan Dunklee (USA), Megan Tandy (CAN), and Annelies Cook (USA) placed 21st, 23rd, and 25th, respectively.

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The Science (and Big Bucks) Behind Early Season Snow in Norway

Inge ScheveNovember 5, 2015

At least three popular Norwegian ski destinations are vying for early season cross-country skiers, and its costing upwards of a million dollars between Sjusjøen, Beitostølen and Trysil. In some places, warm temperatures are melting the white gold before organizers' eyes.

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The Perfect Balance: Norway’s Student/Pro-Athlete Astrid Jacobsen Does It All

BrainspiralAugust 18, 2015

“You will struggle, you will fall … You will feel all of the work is for nothing, but it will always turn out in the end,” Jacobsen recently told a group of 135 juniors at the International Junior Camp in Sjusjøen, Norway. One of the athletes at camp, Hailey Swirbul recounts the Norwegian National Team member's message, with an emphasis on happiness and hard work.

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Wednesday Workout: The Triple ‘S’ (Skate Sprint Simulation) with the International Junior Camp

BrainspiralAugust 12, 2015

For this week's workout, one of nine American skiers invited to the International Junior Camp in Norway shares the training session they did Monday: a competitive skate-sprint simulation on a 1.5 k loop.

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Wierer Stakes Her Claim with Another Convincing Win in Sjusjøen

Chelsea LittleNovember 16, 2014

Not just a flash in the pan, Italy's Dorothea Wierer outshot Tiril Eckhoff of Norway for her second straight victory in the season-opening races in Sjusjøen, Norway, today.

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Henkel on Starting Strong, Going Out with a Bang (Exclusive Interview)

Alex KochonNovember 18, 2013

This might be Andrea Henkel’s swan-song season, but the 35-year-old German biathlete and multiple Olympic gold medalist showed she’s in the hunt for one of her best winters yet – sweeping the opening biathlon races last weekend in Sjusjøen, Norway. We spoke with Henkel last month when she was in Lake Placid, N.Y.

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Focused Henkel Shoots Her Way to Second Sjusjøen Win; Clean Sweep for Norway in Men’s Mass Start

Chelsea LittleNovember 17, 2013

Andrea Henkel of Germany vanquished Norway's Tora Berger for a second straight win at the "season start" biathlon races in Norway. But the home team had its revenge in the men's race, where Ole Einar Bjørndalen led a 1-4 sweep and Norway placed nine men in the top 12.

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Svendsen, Henkel Top Biathlon ‘Season Openers’

Chelsea LittleNovember 16, 2013

Sjusjøen, Norway, is hosting "Sesongstartskiskyting": opening races for the international biathlon season. Most European national teams were in attendance, and Norway's Emil Hegle Svendsen and Germany's Andrea Henkel took home the wins in Saturday's sprints.

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Sjusjøen Recap

JoranNovember 23, 2011

Finally, the World Cup season is under way. The individual 10/15km freestyle races this past weekend had some predictable performances (the Norwegian women) and some not so predictable performances (Swedish men). Men Let’s focus on just three of the men with notable performances on Saturday: Definitely strong races for each of these guys, but there [...] Related posts:

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