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.
The Noque considers a 50K two-skier classic/skate relay, two trail re-routes are in the works, and the awards ceremony is likely to move to the Dome.
Anders Newbury, nephew to Jon Newbury and Vicky Asmus (Newbury) former top Michigan skiers, is racing for team USA at the World Juniors and races on a elite junior racing team in the US called Hot Tubes.
Torin Koos is switching from the US Ski Team trainig program to the Methow Olympic Development Project. The “national ski team model was no longer working for me. I needed a change.”
I thought it would be useful to provide a short biography of Eli's accomplishments as we wait for his arrival in Michigan. This information comes from the University of Utah and has been edited so the dates appears in chronological order.
Norwegian coach Fredrik Aukland still advises Swiss super star Dario Cologna. An interview.
The 2011 backcountry.com U.S. Nordic Combined Championships concluded Sunday evening at Soldier Hollow with Park City's own Brett Camerota (Park City, UT) coming across the finish line first, marking his first U.S. Championship title.