Cross Country Ski Racing News

Summer Biathlon Championships

6/15/2009 - By Lake Placid Biathlon Club

Lake Placid to host 2009 Summer Biathlon National Championships Youth Paintball Competition & World Championship Team Trials

Ellis Retires From Jumping Team

6/14/2009 - By US Ski Team

After jumping for most of her life and competing for the U.S. Ski Team for two years, Brenna Ellis is retiring from her competitive career. Ellis took a few moments to reflect on her years of pioneering in the field of women's ski jumping.

Raymond Named Chef de Mission

6/13/2009 - By US Ski Team

The U.S. Olympic Committee announced Monday that Steve Raymond, Senior Vice President of National Accounts for Disney and ESPN Media Networks, has been selected to serve as Chef de Mission of the U.S. Team for the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.

Kikkan Randall elected to FIS Athletes’ Commission

6/11/2009 - By FIS

Kikkan Randall elected to FIS Athletes’ Commission for a 4-year period to represent Cross Country women athletes.

MSHS Announces High School Nordic Ski Team

6/11/2009 - By Superiorland Ski Club

Marquette Senior High School will add a self-funded Nordic Ski program beginning with the 2009-2010 winter sports season. The Athletic Department will work closely with the Superiorland Ski Club in overseeing the operations of the high school team.

Chandra Crawford: Disco queen?

6/9/2009 - By Cross Country Canada

Chandra Crawford is known to Canadians as an elite cross-country skier and 2006 Olympic gold medallist. But Crawford considers herself a disco dancing queen and often dances down the street while listening to tunes on her iPod.

NordicSkiRacer Brennan dominates Cat 3 at West Branch Classic

6/5/2009 - By Pat Brennan

The first annual West Branch Classic was a big hit! The course was very fast with many rollers, smooth low traffic roads and one big thigh buster of a hill finish!

USSA Names 2010 Nordic Combined Team

6/5/2009 - By US Ski Team

Reigning World Championship gold medalists Todd Lodwick and Billy Demong, along with 2003 World Champion Johnny Spillane set the bar high as the newly named U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team enters the 2010 Olympic season.

USSA Names 2010 Nordic Combined Team

6/5/2009 - By US Ski Team

Laura McCabe family crisis

6/5/2009 - By Andrew Gerlach

Sean McCabe, loving husband to Olympian and Factory Team member Laura McCabe and father to their two wonderful daughters, has been diagnosed with Undifferentiated Anaplastic Carcinoma, a very rare and aggressive type of thyroid cancer.

Nordic Combined: Staying the course

6/2/2009 - By FIS

Last year's new competition format (one jump, followed by a 10km cross-country race) caused the number of competitions to be shown on TV to double.

Jürg Capol in interview

5/30/2009 - By FIS

FIS Cross-Country Race Director Jürg Capol just returned from the FIS Calendar Conference in Cavtat (CRO) and provided us a quick impression from the meetings from his point of view.