Peru plan to participate in its first winter Olympic at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.
The U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team wrapped up the 2009 season on snow as athletes took to the terrain of Whistler to train on what will become their Olympic stage in less than a year.
I was excited to become a part of the Nordic community, intimidated to race against some of the strongest “citizen” racers in the country, and completely unsure of where I would wax my skis from week to week, given I was living out my pickup truck.
The one competition that reached the largest audience on a single channel was the men's Final Climb on the Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme (ITA) on 4th January as 4.76 million people watched on Germany's ZDF as Dario Cologna claimed his first big title.
Following the first Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in 2010, Innsbruck will be responsible for staging the 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games, with approximately 1,000 athletes, aged 14 to 18.
Walter Hofer, Head of Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined, and Ulrich Wehling, FIS Race Director Nordic Combined, reflected on the 2008/2009 season in the FIS Ski Jumping and DKB Nordic Combined World Cups.
The Birkebeiner/Kortelopet are limited to the first 7,500 total registrants. In addition, there are different fee structures for the Birkie and Kortelopet.
Russian Cross-Country skier, Natalia Matveeva has tested positive for the use of the prohibited substance recombinant Erythropoietin (rEPO), identified on the WADA Prohibited List 2009 in Class S2. Hormones and related Substances.
Here is a short review of the season. You will see that the review of last season blends quickly into plans for this and the next. We are always engaged in analysis.
After 122 kilometres and around 3,000 metres of climb, Niviaq Berthelsen (GRL, Fischer) and Thomas Freimuth (GER) were the winners of this year's Arctic Circle Race.
The Kenyan, who has competed in three FIS Nordic World Ski Championships including in Liberec in February 2009, has no plans on hanging up his skis just yet. He is training for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.
A ski race in APRIL? The ski conditions have been absolutely fabulous at the Swedetown Trails. Bob Haase is organizing the first ever Easter Bunny Loppet at the Swedetown Trails on Saturday April 11, 2009.