Cross Country Ski Racing News

FIS Council anounces prize money, doping amendments

11/10/2010 - By FIS

Last Saturday, 6th November, the FIS Council held its Autumn Meeting and took some important decisions for the upcoming seasons.

Norwegian Birkebeinerrennet sells out in 18 minutes!

11/8/2010 - By FIS

All 16,000 start bibs to the popular Norwegian loppet, the Birkebeinerrennet, were sold out 18 minutes after the online registration has started.

Prepare for the Frosty Freestyle: Three weeks to faster skiing!

11/8/2010 - By Mike Muha

The Frosty Freestyle will present a series of three FREE classes designed to introduce people to the sport of cross country ski racing. The classes will be held at REI in Ann Arbor every Tuesday evening for three weeks, starting Nov 30.

USST Announces 2011 JWC & U23 World Championship Coaching Staff

11/8/2010 - By USST

This trip marks one of the premier steps of the elite athlete and coach development pipeline in the U.S. The U.S. Ski Team is pleased to announce the 2011 staff.

USST Announces 2011 J1 Scandinavian Coaching Staff

11/7/2010 - By USST

The J1 Scandinavia Championship Trip is a fixed piece of the elite athlete and coach development pipeline in the U.S. having been in place as an organized trip for over ten years.

100 000 tickets sold for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Oslo 2011

11/5/2010 - By Oslo2011

The most popular events are the Cross-Country relay men, Ski Jumping (individual, large hill); Cross-Country pursuit 30 km men, 10 km ladies, sprint, 30 km ladies and 50 km men. 100,000 tickets are still available.

When the boys of NMU met Steamboat Springs, CO...

11/1/2010 - By Nordic247

When the boys of NMU met Steamboat Springs, CO... A fun video taken at the 2010 NCAA Nordic Championships in Steamboat Springs.

Mixed biathlon relay possible for 2014 Winter Olympics

11/1/2010 - By IBU

The IOC Executive Board announced that it is looking favorably at the inclusion of the Biathlon Mixed Relay into the program of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games.

Dramatic increase in Euro races scored to NRL list

10/29/2010 - By USSA

USSA will score certain FIS & Continental Cup events in Europe to the National Ranking List (NRL), as well as them being scored to the FIS points list. This is a dramatic increase in the number of weekends (from 2 to 10) that will be scored.

Kikkan Randall: I want to win a distance World Cup race

10/28/2010 - By FIS

My goal has always been to be an all-around skier, it just happened that my sprint results got good first. Every season my distance racing gets a little better and I hope to one day be able to win a distance world cup race as well as sprints.