Cross Country Ski Racing News
Preview: FIS World Cup Cross-Country 2008/2009
10/15/2008 - By FIS
The Viessmann FIS World Cup Cross-Country 2008/2009 features a compact calendar with 35 races per gender including the third edition of the FIS Tour de Ski
Cross Country Canada hires Norwegian Coach
10/13/2008 - By Cross Country Canada
Arild Monsen has been recruited from Molde, Norway to guide the Senior World Cup and Olympic Team.
Spillane Earns First NC National Title
10/12/2008 - By US Ski Team
The U.S. Nordic Combined Team's Johnny Spillane (Steamboat Springs, CO) earned his career first nordic combined national title Saturday during the 2009 U.S. Championships in Lake Placid.
5 Things to know about U.S. Champs
10/12/2008 - By US Ski Team
This is the first U.S. Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Championships that will be held off snow. While it may seem unorthodox, the 2009 U.S. Championships are going to be in October - without Father Winter.
New assistant coach for MTU Nordic team
10/10/2008 - By MTU
Jason Cork comes to Michigan Tech after serving as a club coach for the past five years, including the last four as head coach of the Durango (Colo.) Nordic Ski Club.
Austrian doping a well organized strategy
10/9/2008 - By APA
Doping by Australian nordic ski team members at 2006 winter Olympics in Turin was not an isolated case, but a well-organized strategy , acording to prosecutor.
Brian, Caitlin and Koos accepted into In the Arena
10/7/2008 - By CXC Skiing
In the Arena is a youth development organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts that facilitates the implementation of athlete-designed projects that seek to instill in under-served youths valuable elements of a character education.
Daehlie to ski opening FIS Marathon Cup race
10/3/2008 - By Livigno La Sgambeda
It is official: Bjorn Daehlie, the Norwegian cross-country skiing legend of the 90es who won 12 Olympic medals, 8 of them gold, will participate at Sgambeda 2008, the opening race for the FIS Marathon Cup.
Sweeping changes to Biathlon Team selection
10/1/2008 - By US Biathlon Association
At the IBU Congress in September, sweeping changes to the World Cup participation rules were passed.
Disabled XC Team Named for 2009
9/30/2008 - By US Ski Team
The 2009 U.S. Disabled Cross Country Team roster will feature the return of all six athletes from the previous season.
Birkie Searches for Two Tough Skiers
9/30/2008 - By Cherie Morgan
The Board of Directors for the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation (ABSF) is searching for two tough cross country skiers to dress as Birkebeiner warriors and trek 54 kilometers from Cable to Hayward on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009.
Full of Momentum: 2009 XC Team Named
9/29/2008 - By US Ski Team
The 2009 roster for the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team includes one of the world's fastest sprint skiers, Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT), World Cup winner Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, AK), plus three skiers from Northern Michigan University.
