The USSA has named 12 skiers to the World Junior Cross Country Team that will compete later this month at the World Junior Nordic Championships in Hinterzarten, Germany. The team was selected based on results at the U.S. Cross Country Championships.
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association has named ten men and three women to the World Junior Championship Team to compete in nordic combined and ski jumping following final trials last week in Lake Placid.
It was history in the making in Italy Sunday as World Champions Billy Demong and Todd Lodwick took first and second, marking the first time two U.S. athletes have made the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup podium together.
The International Competition Committee of the U.S. Biathlon Association conducted a final review of results from the IBU Cup races in Altenberg, Germany. The US Biathlon Assoication will forward these athletes names to the US Olympic Committe.
Here's the Swix wax recommendation for this week's Tuesday night Vasa Club sprints.
Milan Baic took his first Michigan Cup race win of the season in Sunday's Langlauf 15K Freestyle at Hanson Hills Recreation Area in Grayling, Michigan. In the women's 15K, Amy Wichern easily out raced the field for first.
Czech Lukas Bauer became the first man to win two Tour de Ski titles with an impressive climbing performance in Val di Fiemme.
I'm very happy about my victory. The Tour de Ski is one of the biggest event in Cross-Country Skiing. It is the third biggest event after the Olympics and World Championships.
History repeats for Tim Burke with 2nd place finish in the mass start biathlon in Oberhof. IT was the first mas start medal ever for a US Biathlete. Burke regainsthe lead in the overall World Cup standings.
With teams to the J1 trip, Junior Worlds, and Under-23 Worlds being picked at these championships it is very important to visit www.nccsef.org to see how these trips are funded and how you can be a part of it.
Lukas Bauer (CZE) was the strongest in men`s challenging 20km mass start race leaving Petter Northug (NOR) 31,5 seconds behind.
The Slovenian Petra Majdic won todays 10km classical Mass start race in a tight finish and took all 45 possible bonus seconds from the intermediate sprints and the finish.