The U.S. Ski Team's Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) battled for the lead in a FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Ramsau, before losing out in a five-skier sprint for third, finishing sixth.
When the result board turned to the next page and showed her final result Haley Johnson could not help but crying. Not only was it the best result for the US women this season but it also was the direct qualification for the US Olympic Team.
For the first time after 1993, Slovenia will host a Viessmann FIS Cross-Country World Cup the upcoming weekend. In Rogla, a tourism resort at 1.500m above the sea level, the athletes will fight for the next World Cup points.
Senior Oskar Lund led the Michigan Tech ski team with a runner-up finish in the men’s 10-kilometer freestyle at the Michigan Tech Challenge Saturday (Dec. 14), then returned the next day to win the 10K Classic.
The Northern Michigan University women’s Nordic ski team returns all three skiers who participated at last year’s NCAA Skiing Championships. The men’s Nordic ski team will be lacking a little depth for the first time in a couple of years.
Christina Gillis won the women's 5K classic; Chris Bowler led the men with a third in the 10K classic
U.S. racers Garrott Kuzzy and Canadian racers Gordon Jewett Dasha Gaiazova are one step closer to their Olympic dream after great results in Monday's Haywood/Teck NorAm race.
To host a World Cup is a task that calls for big amounts of cash and work flow but to decide to host it two months prior to the event is a task that just the best organizing committees can solve.
The following is an open letter to Dr. Jacques Rogge, President of the IOC, from the women ski jumpers in response to recent public remarks Dr. Rogge made about women’s ski jumping at a press conference.
Here is the list of points from this weekend's races at Wolverine Nordic.
This is just a friendly reminder about rosters. They are due in to Ken Dawson and Carole Brumbaugh-Mueller by the team captain , and postmarked by December 31, 2009.
15-year old Sarah Hendrickson took 4th and 6th place while 22 year old Alissa Johnson finished 9th and 11th.