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.
Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) capitalized on a massive 134.0 meter jump to win the Olympic test event World Cup at the Whistler Olympic Park Friday. The DKB FIS Nordic Combined World Cup win was the fifth of his career and second this season.
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Here are the current results for individual Michigan Cup scoring (PDF) as of the Grand Rapids Langlauf 15km at Champion Hill. Team results will be posted on next report.
Team results were calculated for the Champion Hill freestyle race this past weekend. The overall Team Champion for the race was Hanson Hills/Cross Country Ski Shop.
The US Relay team of Lowell Bailey, Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK), Tim Burke, and Jeremy Teela posted the best US relay result in 20 years tonight with a 5th place finish in the 4 x 7.5K Relay
The cross country action kicks off today with a classic sprint and runs through the weekend with pursuits on Saturday and the team sprint event Sunday.
These are the results from the Nordic sprint races at Hickory Hills on Tuesday the 13th. The format that we use at Hickory Hills has racers ski at least separate 3 one kilometer sprints.
Video pre-start, start and finish of the 2009 Grand Rapids Langlauf 15 Km at Champion Hill.