Tony Percha (lead) and Cyril Grum getting in an early morning rollerski at Kensington Metropark on Island Drive. (Yes, besides a nice bike path, Kensington has a couple quieter roads...)
Although being three hundred kilometers apart, today's Sprint races in Oberhof and Altenberg both took place amid strong winds, dense fog and snow making the competition especially challenging for the U.S. biathletes.
The U.S. Ski Team's three world champions played a key role in a back-and-forth battle Saturday in the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Predazzo. But in the end, it was Austria's Felix Gottwald taking the win with Johnny Spillane fourth.
Kikkan Randal took her fourth win in as many events at the 2010 U.S. Cross Country Championships. Randall took her 14th overall title winning the classic sprint while Tyler Kornfield won his first championship on the men’s side as top American,
The long tradition in the Nordic discipline sports events organization is going to reach an enviable goaltoday. 100 World Cups races organized in Val di Fiemme.
The CCSA got its competitive season off to an impressive start at the Chisholm Ski Club on Wednesday, as the association’s skiers landed a podium spot, four top-10, and six top-20 finishes in the classic races at U.S. Nationals in Rumford, Maine.
Torin Koos led six of his U.S. teammates into sprint finals Saturday in Canmore, qualifying second and finishing 11th during the season's final World Cup competition prior to the 2010 Olympics. Kikkan Randall finished 10th.
Here is up to date Senior individual Micup results. Have everyone check their age classification. Junior scoring is still being done.
I am attending the ski events with the TC HS Ski Team. Here are some photos from the Junior 5K race at Boyne Highlands from Sunday, January 3, 2010.
Justyna Kowalczyk from Poland is back in the Tour de Ski lead. She took today the stage victory in the individual start over 5 km in classical technique clearly 11,6 seconds ahead of Aino Kaisa Saarinen.
Daniel Rickardsson from Sweden won the 6th stage of the FIS Tour de Ski, a 10 km individual start competition in classical technique.
The Olympic Trials in Altenberg, Germany are over, but two more trials are on their way: the IBU-Cup races in Altenberg.
UPDATED 3. Wax recommendations from Fast Wax, Solda, Swix, and Toko for this weekend's Michigan Cup races. Check back for updates.
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Kensington Metropark, Milford, MI
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Kensington Metropark, Milford, MI
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Kensington Metropark, Milford, MI