Wax recommendations from Fast Wax, Solda, Swix and Toko for the weekend's Michigan Cup (and other) races. Check back for updates!

By Mike Muha
Feb 26, 2009

Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) put her mark on an already historic Nordic Ski World Championships for the USA, taking silver Tuesday in the cross country sprint to garner the highest medal for a U.S. cross country skier at Worlds in history.

By US Ski Team
Feb 25, 2009

The race starts at 10:00 on Saturday, Feb. 28 with the 10 k tour starting at 9:30. An added feature of the tour this year will be an option for tour skiers to take an alternate route back to the finish thus avoiding the hilly sections of the race course n

By Denny Paull
Feb 25, 2009

First stop, accreditation, where we had our pictures taken (a nice touch after a 13 hour drive), our all access granting credentials were made, and picked up our complementary six packs of beer with our race packets.

By Mo and Liz
Feb 25, 2009

The new sprint world champions are Arianna Follis from Italy and Ola Vigen Hattestad from Norway. They claimed victory in the free technique sprint at the 2009 World Championship venue Vesec in Liberec (CZE).

By FIS
Feb 25, 2009

UniversalSports.com has on-demand video of each event after it happens, as well as daily recaps, results and photo galleries.

By Patrick Vesely
Feb 25, 2009

The ringleader of unprecedented nordic success in the U.S., Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) can add another win to his scorecard this week after being named the USA TODAY Olympic Athlete of the Week.

By US Ski Team
Feb 25, 2009

The U.S. Ski Team's Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) wrote a page in the history books of cross country skiing Tuesday as the first American woman to win a medal at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships.

By US Ski Team
Feb 25, 2009

How Toko's wax recommendation for glide and kick evolved from Tuesday through racing morning at the 2009 American Birkebeiner.

By Ian Harvey, Toko
Feb 24, 2009

Rossignol has trimmed weight from the tip - that's the most noticeable structural difference. The tip is pared down to the carbon layer with reinforcing remaining around the perimeter.

By Mark Waechter
Feb 24, 2009

38-year-old Andrus Veerpalu (EST) became the oldest world champion in history as he claimed his career's second gold medal in the classical technique race at Liberec 2009.

By FIS
Feb 23, 2009

Justyna Kowalczyk was stronger than Kristin Stoermer Steira (NOR) on the finish stretch and recorded her first title at a major event.

By FIS
Feb 23, 2009