Cross Country Ski Racing News

World Master Report - Day 3

3/5/2008 - By Ken Dawson

The highlight of Day 3 was the performance of David MacLean. For every Michigan Cup skier we have been a witness to David’s flawless technique. And during today's 10k....,

World Master Report - Day 2

3/4/2008 - By Ken Dawson

One great thing about the World Masters is not worrying about your start lanes. The start has 20 diagonal lanes and your exact starting position is marked with a tag, i.e. row 1 and lane 5.,

The Russians who had over 100 entries in the World Masters seemed to dominate every age class. Stephen Smiegel seemed to have one of the best Michigan Cup race finishes. Steve placed 12th in a very competitive age class.,

World Junior and U23 Championships '08

3/4/2008 - By Pete Vordenberg, TeamToday.org

Lots of pics from Italy. The venue was in the mountain valley just 15 minutes up a beautiful hanging valley from Malles Italy. The elevation was 1700 M and the courses were very difficult.,

Kates and Flynn take Hanson Hills Classic

3/3/2008 - By Mike Muha

Adam Kates of the Soo Finnish Ski Club drove down from Sault St Marie, ON to put the hurt on local Michigan skiers winning by more than three minutes. And last year's MI Cup champion Emily Flynn (NordicSkiRacer) was back on the podium with a first.,

Lowell Bailey Jumps to 11th in Pursuit

3/3/2008 - By US Biathlon Association

Pyeong Chang, Korea. Lowell Bailey (after finishing 29th in the Sprint on Wednesday jumped to a World Cup personal best 11th place finish over the weekend.,

Video of the Lahti men's sprint final

3/3/2008 - By Mike Muha

Great video of the entire sprint final. Andy Newell is in blue. Watch as Andy tries to sneak by Bjorn Lind on a left hand corner...,

Paull and Hardin win on home course at Black Mountain Classic

3/2/2008 - By Tom Cadwalader

Paull’s winning time of 1:47:26 was a new course record. Hardin’s time of 2:10:10 was good enough for 14th overall and 1st in her division.,

Kuitunen and Bauer win Lahti classic, lead World Cup

3/2/2008 - By FIS

Virpi Kuitunen from Finland and the Tour de Ski Winner Lukas Bauer won the Interval start race over 10 km (ladies) and 15 km (men) in the classical technique in Lahti.,

Freeman 51st in Lahti 15K classic

3/2/2008 - By US Ski Team

Lukas Bauer of the Czech Republic won the men's 15K classic individual race in a cross country World Cup on Sunday in Lahti. Kris Freeman led two other U.S. skiers in the race in 51st.,

Interview with Chandra Crawford

3/1/2008 - By Hannu Lehman

Winners interview from the cross country ladies sprint in Lahti.,

Crawford and Gloersen top in Lahti

3/1/2008 - By FIS

The Olympic Champion Chandra Crawford (CAN) and the 21-year-old Anders Gloersen won the exciting free technique sprint competitions at the Lahti Ski Games. Andy Newell was second.,