The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships feature one of the largest anti-doping programmes of any international major sports events outside of the Olympic Winter Games and underline the FIS position of zero tolerance on doping.
Milan Baic, Ross Williams, and Hannah Meachum top the standings with the fastest average sprint out of three.
Ross Williams won his first senior men's race of the year at the Garland Glide, while Natalie Dawson picked up her second victory of the weekend, having won the Garland Gripper the day before.
Seven Olympians, including World Cup winner Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) and World Cup podium performers Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT) and Torin Koos (Leavenworth, WA), lead the way for the 13 person World Championship Team named Monday.
The State of Michigan High School Nordic Championship will take place on February 14-15, 2009 at the Michigan Tech Nordic Ski Trails. Registration forms need to be in by Feb 2.
Randall (Anchorage) and Liz Stephen (East Montpelier, VT) finished fourth in Sunday's World Cup team sprint, claiming an historic result for American women.
Photos from the 2009 Garland Gripper 10 Km race on January 17.
Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) came from behind to take third Saturday in a DKB FIS Nordic Combined World Cup at the Whistler Olympic Park.
We were really looking for a lot more today. Everything was in place to have a great race. Kris is in awesome shape and we're trying to think why it didn't go better.
Ruhpolding, Germany. 17 January 2009. Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK) took a conservative approach to the 10 km Sprint at the Ruhpolding World Cup.
Denny Paull and Natalie Dawson were king and queen of the Garland Gripper Classic Race at Garland Resort on Saturday, January 17, 2009.
The U.S. Cross Country Ski Team's Andy Newell (Shaftsburry, VT) led the way for five U.S. athletes into the final heats of a World Cup classic sprint in Whistler, finishing seventh at the site of the 2010 Olympic Games.