Cross Country Ski Racing News
Jason Cork joins CXC Team Vertical Limit as coach
5/21/2010 - By CXC Skiing
This position was vacated by Bryan Fish in May as he was asked to join the US Ski Team as a Continental Cup Coach. Before moving to Michigan Tech, Cork was the Head Coach of Durango Nordic Ski Club in Durango, CO. While in Durango, Cork spent time coachin
IOC retesting 2006 Winter Olympic doping samples
5/20/2010 - By Stephen Wilson
Olympic officials, acting on a tip-off from the World Anti-Doping Agency, are retesting some doping samples from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin to check for use of the blood-boosting drug CERA.
1999 White Pine Stampede Results
5/20/2010 - By Leonid Tikh
Another set of historical results. Wendy Anderson, Cheryl Darton, and Debbie Mizikowski are the top 50K women, while Kip Brady, Milan Baic, and Tim Triebold finish on the men's podium.
Nordic Combined Team inspire troops during Heavy Medal Tour
5/19/2010 - By US Ski Team
What does a group of athletes do when they've just won historic medals at the 2010 Olympics? If the athletes are Billy Demong, Johnny Spillane, Todd Lodwick, and Brett Camerota), they pack up their Olympic hardware and head to the Middle East.
Video: Coach Justin Wadsworth says Hi
5/18/2010 - By Justin Wadsworth
Video: New Canadian Cross Country Senior World Cup Coach, Justin Wadsworth, introduces himself to the Canadian skiing community.
New season, new faces: Coach changes in XC
5/17/2010 - By FIS
The season after an Olympic season always includes some coach changes in the ski business. This is also the case among the FIS Cross-Country World Cup teams. Here is a summary of some that have come to our attention so far.
15-year old Sarah Hendrickson named Ski Jumper of the Year
5/17/2010 - By Whitney Childers
At just 15, Hendrickson, of the Visa U.S. Women’s Ski Jumping Team, won the bronze medal at the 2010 Junior World Championships in Hinterzarten, Germany — the first medal ever for an American ski jumper at the Junior Worlds.
CXC's Bryan Fish joins US Ski Team coach staff
5/14/2010 - By US Ski Team
At CXC, Bryan Fish helped to qualify one athlete to the 2010 Olympics and six athletes for World Cup competition in 2010. He was named USSA's Development Coach of the Year in 2008. He takes on the role of Continental Cup Coach.
The "Good Ol' Days" Live On at Wilderness Valley
5/13/2010 - By Dan Harrison
January 11, 1999: "This is a real old-fashioned winter," was the consensus at the seventh Wilderness Valley Classic cross-country ski race held last Sunday.
WADA approves use of approved non-WADA labs
5/12/2010 - By WADA
World Anti-Doping Agency endorsed the use properly approved, non-WADA accredited facilities to increase the number of laboratories worldwide that have the capacity to analyze blood for the specific purpose of the Athlete Biological Passport Program.
Canadian Team Leader Dave Wood resigns
5/11/2010 - By Mike Muha
Canadian cross-country ski team's most successful coach Dave Wood has resigned, ending a run of more than a decade of work with Cross Country Canada.
Center of Excellence celebrates one year anniversary
5/10/2010 - By US Ski Team
"I see it as a dream realized. As we were watching it come together it had an impact on my motivation," Olympic gold medalist Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) said. "No national governing body has anything to rival this Center of Excellence."
