The ringleader of unprecedented nordic success in the U.S., Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) can add another win to his scorecard this week after being named the USA TODAY Olympic Athlete of the Week.
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The new sprint world champions are Arianna Follis from Italy and Ola Vigen Hattestad from Norway. They claimed victory in the free technique sprint at the 2009 World Championship venue Vesec in Liberec (CZE).
First stop, accreditation, where we had our pictures taken (a nice touch after a 13 hour drive), our all access granting credentials were made, and picked up our complementary six packs of beer with our race packets.
The race starts at 10:00 on Saturday, Feb. 28 with the 10 k tour starting at 9:30. An added feature of the tour this year will be an option for tour skiers to take an alternate route back to the finish thus avoiding the hilly sections of the race course n
Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) put her mark on an already historic Nordic Ski World Championships for the USA, taking silver Tuesday in the cross country sprint to garner the highest medal for a U.S. cross country skier at Worlds in history.
Who would have believed it? After 14 inches of fresh snow in less than 24 hours, the tracks for the 4 Km Classic + 4 Km Freestyle Pursuit Muffin Race were rocket fast.
World Champion Todd Lodwick, bronze medalist Billy Demong and U.S. Nordic Program Director John Farra couldn't be more thrilled with how the USA has done so far during the 2009 Nordic Ski World Championships. Hear what they have to say...
The US has four medals including three golds and one bronze after eight of 20 events. Second place Norway has 1 gold, 2 silver and a bronze.
In an historic day for the USA, Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) took his second World Championship gold and teammate Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) took the bronze during the 2009 FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Liberec.
In my hand is a piece of paper. It's the Medal Standings from the Nordic Ski World Championships. In the number one spot is the USA with four medals including three gold. Norway is in second – but a relatively distant second with just one gold.
Petter Northug of Norway took in the first World Championship gold of his career Sunday as he won the men's 30K pursuit at the FIS Nordic World Championships in Liberec. James Southam (Anchorage) led the way for U.S. men finishing 33rd.