Cross Country Ski Racing News
Preparations for Nordic Junior World Championships in full swing
8/14/2009 - By FIS
Altogether, 14 Cross-Country competitions will take place at the venue named Notschrei, situated about 35 km to the south-west of Hinterzarten, Germany, which is currently undergoing heavy reconstruction.
Champion Q&A: Todd Lodwick
8/13/2009 - By US Ski Team
He wins a World Cup and then retires. Two years later, with a wife, two children Lodwick decides he has unfinished business and goes on to win to win World Championship and Olympic medals...
Grand Prix in Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined
8/13/2009 - By FIS
The FIS Grand Prix in Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined kicked off in Hinterzarten (GER) last weekend with an individual competition in Nordic Combined, and both a team and individual competition in Ski Jumping
2009-2010 XC World Cup Calendar
8/13/2009 - By FIS
The FIS Council has approved the FIS World Cup calendars for the 2009/2010 season.
Downs and Bowler named to US Biathlon B Team
8/12/2009 - By US Biathlon Association
Traditionally, athletes are named to the National A, B, or Development Teams at the end of the winter season. This year the national team staff wanted to leave 1-2 spots for those athletes that showed great improvements over the spring and summer.
Women Ski Jumpers’ Appeal Set for Nov. 12-13
8/11/2009 - By Deborah Folka
The appeal of the 14 elite women ski jumpers proceeding against the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee for a declaration to be allowed to participate in the 2010 Olympic Games will be heard Nov. 12 and 13 in the BC Court of Appeal.
Leccardi and Calder win Australian sprint race
8/10/2009 - By Ski & Snowboard Australia
Valerio Leccardi of Switzerland wins Open Men 1.1km Freestyle Time Trial
FIS Australia - New Zealand Continental Cup
8/10/2009 - By FIS
The FIS Australia - New Zealand Cup (ANC) is the only Continental Cup for cross country skiing in the southern hemisphere. There are 10 events in the series; seven in Australian and three in New Zealand.
U.S. Women Ski Jumpers fighting to keep program alive
8/7/2009 - By Women's Ski Jumping USA
In May, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association — which had been supporting the elite athletes for three years — dropped all funding to the women's team citing it as a budget decision and because the women aren't considered part of the Olympic program.
Summer Biathlon World ChampionshipTeam named
8/6/2009 - By US Biathlon Association
With just over seven weeks to go until the 2009 IBU Summer Biathlon World Championships, the team that will represent the United States Biathlon Association in the championships has been finalized.
Photos from the 2009 Ryanman 70.3 Triathlon
8/5/2009 - By Mike Muha
Photos by Erica Kotajarvi of the 2009 Ryanman 70.3 Triathlon. The Ryanman is a "fun" half-Ironman distance triathlon the NordicSkiRacer's Ryan Robinson puts on around his Brithday in July. This year, a record number of people finished the entire event.
Balk Retires After Storied Career
8/4/2009 - By US Ski Team
After a long career on the U.S. Adaptive Cross Country Ski Team, Paralympic medalist and World Champion Bob Balk (Long Beach, CA) decided to retire and shift his focus to his two-year-old triplets.
