Media interest in Marcus is much higher than ever before but he likes to control his time. "There has been definitely more media interest in me recently. Though it so not so high I could not handle it by myself."
2010 Olympic gold and silver medalist Billy Demong will be spending time in the saddle as he competes on Team Cole Sport in the 2010 Tour of Utah bike race. After Tuesday's prologue, Demong sits 47 seconds behind the leader.
Michigan Cup skier Denny Paull wins in his first attempt at the US National Canoe & Kayak Championships in Peshtigo, WI.
The best Czech skier Lukas Bauer, double winner of Tour de Ski and Olympic medalist from Vancouver was on the way to Obertiliach for a training camp when fisscountry.com asked him a few questions about his training and plans for upcoming weeks.
With Garland Resort dropping out of the Michigan Cup Series, the Michigan Cup Committee acted on requests from numerous race directors to shift the race schedule around.
After back-to-back weekends, the summer nordic combined Grand Prix series wrapped up on Saturday in Oberwiesenthal. Olympic silver medalist Brett Camerota (Park City, UT) finished first for the U.S. in 16th.
The first of the two final nordic combined Grand Prix competitions of the summer was completed on Friday in Oberwiesenthal. Norway's Magnus-H. Moan took home the win, while Olympian Taylor Fletcher crossed the line with a career best finish in 14th.
About half of the 4,000 skiers signed up for this year's 38th Marcialonga ski marathon in the Trentino region of Italy are Norwegian! What do they know that we don't?
The FIS Newsflash had a chance to catch up with John Aalberg, the Sports Director for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo, who embarked on his new challenge in May 2010.
A pair of brothers represented the U.S. Nordic Combined Team on Sunday in the final Grand Prix staged in Obertsdorf. Olympic silver medalist Brett Camerota ) slid inside the top-10 for the first time, finishing first for the U.S. in ninth.
Members of the U.S. Nordic Combined Team headed straight to Germany for the Grand Prixs after the backcountry.com U.S. Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Championships. Bryan Fletcher was the top American finishing in 19th.
An interview with Hermod Björkestöl, chairman of the cross-country committee of the Norwegians Ski Association.