I remember it clearly: I twisted my back while lifting up my suitcase at the airport and almost couldn’t move. Then, in Stockholm airport, I met Martin. Our team-physiotherapist Martin Biermaier. He’d offered me to take care of my back at the evening.
Lots of photos from the 2010 Michigan Cup Sprints!
Tony Bozzio cruised through the heats before overcoming a challenge by Dave Mcclean to win the Michigan Cup Sprints. Susan Vigland and Catarina Gulledge reported their White Pine 20K places by taking first and second in the Sprints.
A bazillion photos from the 2010 White Pine Stampede. (OK, so it's only 926 photos - so far - but it seems like a bazillion....). Thanks to our photographer friends!
Here are the Micup results through the Noque race. Only Micup skiers were able to score points in this race. I used the roster data base for this year to determine who was on teams and who got what points.
Milan Baic smokes the competition for his 10th win at the White Pine. Cheryl Darnton takes victory for the women.
One the eve of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team is in camp at the site of one of its best Olympic finishes. The five-member Olympic Team has been skiing all week at the 2002 Olympic venues at Soldier Hollow.
Phil Bowen gets some great photos from the Canmore World Cup
Justyna Kowalczyk was always the number one: number one after the qualification, number one in each heat and also number one at the finish line in the final heat.
Caitlin Compton (Minneapolis, MN) marked a career best Friday, finishing 14th during a World Cup 10K freestyle event in Canmore, just one week before she heads to the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
Soldier Hollow hosted the Super Junior National Qualifier last weekend. Conditions were perfect.
Charlotte Kalla took her victory in the 10 km individual start race on the demanding course in the Canmore Nordic Centre. In the me's 15km, Giorgio Di Centa (ITA) took his first ever World Cup victory.