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Sunday Rundown: Lahti and Osrblie (Updated x2)

FasterSkierFebruary 26, 2017

FIS Nordic World Championships (Lahti, Finland): Classic team sprints Defending champions Norway repeated gold in the women’s team sprint, with Heidi Weng and Maiken Caspersen Falla crossing the finish line first in Lahti, Finland. On the second-to-last loop, it looked like Russia could have something to say about that. Yulia Belorukova put in a furious sprint up the course’s biggest climb, and then beat Weng to the exchange. But her teammate Natalia Matveeva could not match the pace when Falla...

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For Diggins and Randall, Life’s Sweet with Silver and Bronze

Jason AlbertFebruary 23, 2017

On an unsettled night for weather where it snowed off and on during the freestyle sprint heats in Lahti, two things were settled: The U.S. Ski Team hauled in two pieces of hardware, Jessie Diggins scored silver, Kikkan Randall took bronze.

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Stephen Back on Podium in 2nd, Patterson 4th in PyeongChang Skiathlon

Gabby NaranjaFebruary 4, 2017

Multiple race warmup and cool downs, managing hydration and caloric intake, moving at her max sprinting speed — more than once. It’s not often that American Liz Stephen feels the lingering effects of a World Cup sprint day. Her most recent memory was three years ago, when she qualified 22nd in Szklarska Poreba, Poland. But this weekend’s three-day competition series in PyeongChang, South Korea, challenged the distance specialist once again. With a smaller World Cup...

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Taylor Fletcher Seventh on Day 2 of Summer Grand Prix

Jason AlbertSeptember 1, 2016

It's a full three weeks until the end of summer, a perfect time for the FIS Nordic Combined Summer Grand Prix. Last Sunday, Taylor Fletcher scorched in the 90-degree heat to ski the fastest time on the day and place seventh overall for the U.S. Racing wrapped up in Austria on Wednesday.

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Four Americans Qualify for Planica Sprint Heats; Caldwell 13th Overall

Gabby NaranjaJanuary 16, 2016

Though four U.S. skiers qualified for the freestyle sprint heats in Planica, Slovenia, none advanced beyond the quarterfinals. With a fresh mindset, the U.S. Ski team is looking to move forward for the next freestyle sprint: the team sprint on Sunday.

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For Krogh and Northug, Team-Sprint Gold Strictly Business in Falun

Alex KochonFebruary 22, 2015

Finn Hågen Krogh and Petter Northug teamed up for Northug's second gold in three races at 2015 World Championships, winning Sunday's team sprint by more than five seconds over the Russian defending champs and Italy. Northug now has gold in every World Championships discipline.

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American Men Seventh, Women Eighth in World Champs Team Sprint

Lander KarathFebruary 22, 2015

The U.S. Ski Team finished Sunday's team sprint in the middle of the pack, as the defending world championship team of Sophie Caldwell and Jessie Diggins skied to eighth and the American men's team of Andy Newell and Simi Hamilton notched seventh.

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Cockney, Valjas Miss Falun Team-Sprint Final by Just Over a Second for 13th

Alex KochonFebruary 22, 2015

The Canadians placed seventh in the second men's semifinal at 2015 World Championships on Sunday, missing out on a spot in the final and placing 13th overall. “Everything worked to plan, it was just we were a little bit too far back, a second or two," anchor Lenny Valjas said.

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No Bjørgen? No Problem as Norway’s Østberg, Falla Take World Champs Team Sprint Title

Alex KochonFebruary 22, 2015

Longtime friends and teammates Ingvild Flugstad Østberg and Maiken Caspersen Falla, of Norway, were out for some redemption after their fourth-place finish in the 2013 World Championships team sprint, and they got it with a sizeable win over Sweden's Ida Ingemarsdotter and Stina Nilsson, while Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk and Sylwia Jaśkowiec were thrilled with bronze.

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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.

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Ustiugov Powers Russia to Otepää Team-Sprint Win; Canadian Men Eighth

Vince RosettaJanuary 18, 2015

Russia's Alexey Pethukov and Sergey Ustiugov emerged as a team-sprint force to be reckoned with in the first team sprint of the season and last one before World Championships, and Canada's Jess Cockney and Lenny Valjas teamed up for eighth.

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Sweden’s Nilsson Snags Team-Sprint Victory Over Norway

Inge ScheveJanuary 18, 2015

Sweden's Stina Nilsson surged past Norway's Ingvild Flugstad Østberg to win the World Cup women's 6 x 1.2 k freestyle team sprint in Otepää with the same crew that won the Olympic bronze medal at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

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This Month In Journals: Acetominophen, Huffing O2, and the Difference between Men and Women

Chelsea LittleApril 29, 20148

In April, researchers got into a fight about whether Tylenol should be banned by WADA; looked at the effects of breathing pure oxygen between laps in a team sprint; considered the difference in fatiguability between male and female athletes; and checked whether you should be mixing up your strength training with sprints (hint: you should).

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Positive Attitude and Focus on Fun Net U.S. Men Sixth Place in Team Sprint

Chelsea LittleFebruary 19, 20142

Erik Bjornsen got the call to race the Olympic team sprint after veteran Andy Newell got sick. After a huge move up the final hill in the semifinals which announced the Americans' presence in the event, Bjornsen and Simi Hamilton skied a smart race to make it around the Sochi hills and earn sixth place, a best-ever finish for the U.S. in the event.

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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.

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Newell Out of Team Sprint with Illness; Randall Stays in for U.S. – UPDATED

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 18, 201412

Feeling under the weather, Andy Newell is no longer part of the American duo for Wednesday's team sprint. Instead, Erik Bjornsen will join Simi Hamilton. For the women, Kikkan Randall will keep her spot despite difficult races so far this Olympics, and Sophie Caldwell, who turned in the best U.S. women's performance ever in the individual sprint, will be her partner.

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Finland’s Saarinen, Kyllönen Reign at Asiago Team Sprint; Top Norway

Alex KochonDecember 22, 2013

Finland's Aino-Kaisa Saarinen and Anne Kyllönen dominated Sunday’s 1.25-kilometer classic team event at the World Cup in Asiago, Italy, giving a lesson to more than 20 other teams on how to get out front and stay there, beating the likes of Norway on the way.

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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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An Interview with Kikkan Randall and Jessie Diggins

Audrey ManganFebruary 26, 2013

In a video interview on Sunday night, newly-crowned World Champions Kikkan Randall and Jessie Diggins talk more about their race, how they stayed calm through a missing pole and what their gold medals mean for cross-country skiing in the U.S.

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From Wax Room to Finish Line, U.S. Builds a Perfect Race

Audrey ManganFebruary 25, 20134

Athletes and staff each have roles to play on race day, and on Sunday at World Championships every one of them was executed perfectly to help Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall to earn an historic gold medal in the team sprint. The wax, the skis — and that replacement pole!

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