Cross Country Ski Racing News
Hurricane Irene interrupts Summer Biathlon Championships
9/8/2011 - By Doug Hoover
After the first two days of beautiful weather, Hurricane Irene arrived and forced the cancellation of the third and final race. As the national championship is a best-2-out-of-3 series, the cancellation of the third race changed the scoring dynamics...
Athlete Spotlight: Simi Hamilton
9/1/2011 - By USSA
I have a very competitive personality, so cross country racing seemed like a great thing to start doing when I was about 12 or 13. That and my mom basically forced me to do it...
Czech skier Petr Novak wins Kangaroo Hoppet
8/29/2011 - By FIS
The first skier across the line in the premier 30km Freestyle event was Petr Novak from the Czech Republic, making it the third time in the event’s 21 year history that a Czech skier has won.
Kangaroo Hoppet on 27 August 2011
8/25/2011 - By FIS
Unusually warm weather over the last four weeks has affected snow conditions. With fine weather expected for the next week it has been decided to use an alternative course on the plateau above Falls Creek village.
US men win first two races at New Zealand Winter Games
8/15/2011 - By Mike Muha
Freeman and Newell finish 1-2 in the 15K Classic, and the US men take all three top spots in the freestyle sprint.
NCCSEF renamed National Nordic Foundation
8/12/2011 - By Andrew Gerlach
The National Cross Country Ski Education Foundation (NCCSEF) has been renamed the National Nordic Foundation (NNF) to better represent the foundations updated goals of raising funds to support key Pillar Projects in the Nordic skiing disciplines.
Birkie fees go up on July 31
7/25/2011 - By Mike Muha
The American Birkebeiner and Kortelopet fees go up on July 31. Register now to avoid added costs....
Continental Cup launches down-under
7/21/2011 - By FIS
While many people in the Northern Hemisphere are at the beach, the racing season in the Southern Hemisphere is kicking off. The FIS Cross-Country Continental Cup will launch it’s competition season on 23rd-24th July 2011 at Falls Creek, Australia.
2018 Winter Olympics awarded to PyeongChang, Republic of Korea
7/6/2011 - By IOC
PyeongChang won in the first round of voting with 63 votes, against Munich (25 votes) and Annecy (7 votes).
New XC ski rules for World Cup
7/6/2011 - By FIS
Several new World Cup cross country ski rules were defined and approved by the FIS Council at the recent FIS Calendar Conference in Portoroz, Italy. Here's a summary.
NMU's Banerud gets NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
7/5/2011 - By Calvin Larson
Former Northern Michigan University Nordic skier Martin Stuge Banerud has been awarded a $7,500 scholarship from the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Committee.
Six Athletes sign NLI's with Michigan Tech
7/1/2011 - By Michigan Tech
Michigan Tech head coach Joe Haggenmiller announced that six athletes have signed National Letters of Intent to join the cross country, Nordic skiing and track and field teams.
