First and second places in the two Super-G races in Kvitfjell see Lara Gut-Behrami further extend her lead in the overall World Cup and the Super-G discipline. The HEAD Worldcup Rebels celebrate a double victory on Saturday with Lara Gut-Behrami and Cornelia Hütter. In Aspen, Atle Lie McGrath finishes third on Friday, returning to the Giant Slalom podium for the first time in more than three years. “If you can bag points the way Lara...
On February 26th, the Norwegian Ski Association (NSA) released a statement indicating that in light of the nation’s recent invasion of the Ukraine, Russian participation was not welcome at the upcoming World Cup sprint races in Dramman or the storied Holmenkollen distance races outside of Oslo. In addition to these cross country events, Norway is scheduled to host competitions in alpine, nordic combined, and ski jumping, including the World Ski Flying Championships in Vikersund. A...
–Norwegian superstar Petter Northug has his own customized pair of skis from Fischer, emblazoned with his name and his country’s flag. Check ’em out here—they’re reminiscent of the custom bikes made for professional cyclists. –The Norwegian support staff put on a waxing clinic for the media in advance of this weekend’s racing—they’re probably hoping to avoid what happened last year after the first race of the Olympics, where the press blamed the team’s wax staff...
FIS Cross-Country News: The end of October is coming near. How would you summarize your off-season preparation? Kikkan Randall: It has been a very good season of preparation although quite different from the previous years. I did a bit more traveling which gave me the advantage of some new training partners in Europe and Canada, and overall it was very beneficial to see and do some different things. Because of more travel the summer and...
Charlotte Kalla is Sweden’s rising star of Cross-Country skiing. The 23 year-old youngster stormed into World Cup in 2006. A year later she captured her first World Cup podium in Beitostoelen. In 2008 she won Tour de Ski. She is Olympic Champion from Vancouver over 10 km Free. FIScrosscountry.com had a chance to talk to Charlotte in Ramsau. FIS Cross-Country News: Charlotte, media reported you would be back at Tour de Ski this year. Why...
SUN VALLEY, ID (Sept. 14) – World Championship medalist Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) was among a group of seven athletes, including six Olympians, named to the 2011 U.S. Cross Country Ski Team. Aspiring future stars in Sun Valley got a chance for a sneak preview of the squad this weekend when the U.S. Ski Team spent an afternoon with young athletes from the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation. Headlining the Team are three-time World Cup podium...
FIS Cross-Country checks in with Norwegian national Team Coach Age Skinstad. FIS Cross-Country: How are you satisfied with training so far? Are you keeping your schedule? Åge Skinstad: We manage to keep the schedule we planned in spring. It is early to judge the whole training period but I am happy with the first part. We have done a good job so far. FIS Cross-Country: How is the situation in the team? Are all in...
