Cross Country Ski Racing News

Missing: 2012 Michigan Cup schedule

9/20/2011 - By Mike Muha

So where's the Michigan Cup schedule? Alas, Christmas, New Years, the US Senior National Championships and a host of other issues have caused scheduling conflicts that have kept the Michigan Cup calendar in flux.

Noque prices go up after Sept 30

9/14/2011 - By Mike Muha

Prices go up by $10, from $62 to $72 for both the 24K and 50K Noquemanon races if you don't register by September 30, 2011....

US Ski Team names skiers to Teams

9/9/2011 - By US Ski Team

The U.S. Ski Team is proud of its Elite Development Pipeline. This is a list of athletes that have qualified for A-Team, B-Team, D-Team, National Training Group (NTG), National Elite Group (NEG), and National J2 Camp for 2011-12.

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).