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Year: 2008 ×

Q&A with Kikkan Randall

Through all her success, Randall has managed to keep a level head, plan a wedding, and ride a unicycle while giving the occasional school presentation.,

By US Ski Team
Feb 13, 2008

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TART Trails Vasa Race Grooming Recap

Grooming for events such as the North American Vasa or The Gran Travers Classic require following a strict schedule to avoid possible conflicts between the grooming equipment and racers on the course.,

By Paul Tata, Doug Scofield, Glen Rauth, Dick Naperala, Jim Dombrowski
Feb 13, 2008

Competition at World Championships Cancelled Due to Wind Storm

A strong cold front blasted through Ostersund early Wednesday morning, causing the 15K Individual competition scheduled for today to be cancelled and rescheduled for Thursday at 14:05 PM CET.,

By US Biathlon Association
Feb 13, 2008

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Central Cross County on TV

CXC was featured on Wisconsin Public Television this past week. Here's the link to this excellent video. Recommended.,

By Wisconsin Public Television
Feb 12, 2008

J1 Trip Otepaa

Some shots of our Junior 1 team racing in Otepaa. It was great to see our J1 skiers getting fired up about it and going all out.,

By Pete Vordenberg, TeamToday.org
Feb 12, 2008

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Currier and Spector Debut in Mixed Relay

Ostersund, Sweden, February 11.Russell Currier (Stockholm, ME) and Laura Spector (Lenox, MA) will make their World Championships debut in the Mixed Relay competition on today.,

By US Biathlon Association
Feb 12, 2008

Candlelight skiing at Port Crescent, Feb 16

Port Crescent State Park will host a Go-Get Outdoors candlelight cross-country ski night on Saturday, Feb. 16.,

By DNR
Feb 12, 2008

Friedrich and Fjeldheim Coach of the Year

The 2008 All-Central Collegiate Ski Teams were announced Thursday, with Northern Michigan University, Alaska (Fairbanks) and Michigan Tech University the big winners. Jed Friedrich of Gustavus Adolphus College and Sten Fjeldheim were named Coach of the Y,

By Matias Saari
Feb 11, 2008

Otepaa Follow-up: The annual wax-tech relay

One of the features of the Otepaa World Cup weekend is the annual wax-tech relay. By and large it’s a crew of out of shape guys who go out and ski really hard a couple of K at a time all winter long.,

By Zach Caldwell
Feb 11, 2008

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Burke Comes Back with 10th Place in Pursuit

Ostersund, Sweden, February 10. Tim Burke, in 15th position coming into the final standing shooting stage, hit all five targets, then flew through the final 2.5K to finish 10th in the 12.5K Pursuit at the Biathlon World Championships.,

By US Biathlon Association
Feb 11, 2008

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Sprint victory for Majdic and Roenning

Petra Majdic from Slovenia and the Norwegian Eldar Roenning are the winner of the classical sprint in Otepää (EST).,

By FIS
Feb 11, 2008

Paull and Dehlin win cold, windy Gran Travers

In difficult waxing conditions caused by a rock-hard track covered in new snow, Straits Strider Denny Paull pulled ahead of the pack to win the 16km Gran Travers. Lindsey Dehlin from Marquette won the women's 16km.,

By Mike Muha
Feb 11, 2008