Norway’s Marit Bjoergen pulled well ahead of the Italian team to coast to her third gold of these Games in the women’s 4x5K relay on Thursday. Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) led the U.S. Ski Team into 12th place.
The wait is over. Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) secured USA’s first-ever nordic combined gold medal in Thursday’s large hill competition, with teammate Johnny Spillane (Steamboat Springs, CO) finishing four seconds behind for his third silver in these b
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Photos from the Cote Dame Marie kids race on Friday, February 19, 2010.
"It's been a while since I've done a distance race," Newell said. "In a relay, you want to ski with a pack and keep contact with the pack. For me, that means not skiing your own pace."
Today the USA M5 relay team took bronze at the World Masters Cup in Falun, Sweden. The team consists of three Michigan Cup skiers; Milan Baic, Randy Bladel, and Cliff Onthank, plus Del Pletcher from Sun Valley.
Photos by Mike Muha of the 2010 Hanson Hills Classic cross country ski race.
Photos from Justin Andre, Charlie Lannen, and Kelly Mikolajczyk of the 2010 Cote Dame Marie cross country ski race.
The course should be especially great this year with the recent efforts of the MSEA Union, DNRE , TBTA and Senator Jason Allen to allow grooming of the entire outside perimeter of the course for the remainder of the winter.
The U.S. won its first ever medal in the nordic combined team event, taking silver after losing a close final-lap battle between Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) and Austria's Mario Stecher for the gold on Tuesday.
The Northern Michigan Nordic ski teams used dominating performances on the men’s and women’s sides to take home top honors at the NCAA Central Regional Championship on Sunday.