Cross Country Ski Racing News

Black Mountain Classic in Great Shape

2/28/2006 - By Denny Paull

Conditions should be perfect for the 3rd annual Black Mountain Nordic classic 30 km race and 10 km tour. ,

CXC Midwest Team Named for Junior Nationals

2/28/2006 - By Reid Lutter & Scott Wilson

The Midwest cross-country ski team is off to the Michigan Tech trails in Houghton, Michigan for Junior National Championships next week March 4-11.,

Junior Birkie Pursuit and J3/J4 Championships

2/28/2006 - By Scott Wilson

Top juniors were invited to compete head to head in a continuous pursuit event the day before the Birkie, and a recond number of J3/J4 athletes raced the challenging and technical Telemark Fever Trail.,

Copper Country Ski Tigers Shine at Jr. Birkie and Birkie HS Events

2/28/2006 - By Blair Orr

The Copper Country Ski Tigers traveled to the Junior Birkie in Cable, Wisconsin and once again came away with a successful day of racing.,

2006 Muffin Race Results

2/27/2006 - By Nick Baic

Jessie Anderson, Catarina Gulledge, Lyle Anderson, and Jesse Smith win their categories in this year's Muffin Race at the Cross Country Ski Headquarters.,

US Women 15th in Olympic Biathlon Relay

2/26/2006 - By US Biathlon Association

Rachel Steer, who has been the dominant US woman for the last six years, passes the mantle to a group of athletes who were juniors when she competed in the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.,

Italy Wins the Men's 50K Freestyle in Close Finish

2/26/2006 - By Mike Muha

Italy's Giorgio di Centa bests Eugeni Dementiev from Russia and Austria's Mikhail. Less than a second seperate the three finishers!,

Preliminary Birkie, Korteloppet, and Jr. Birkie Results

2/25/2006 - By Mike Muha

Marco Cattaneo and Roberto De Zolt finish together; Chad Giese top American. Anna Santer won the women's event, with Brooke Hovey top American women.,

Hakkinen Gets Second Biathlon Top 15 at Olympics

2/25/2006 - By US Biathlon Association

Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK) climbed back from his disappointing 80th in last week’s Olympic 10K Sprint to 13th in the Olympic 15K Mass Start, reasserting his position as one of the top biathletes in the world today.,

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Konrad Top American Women Finisher in 30K Freestyle

2/24/2006 - By US Ski Team

I would have liked to get further, but I just didn't have it in my legs to move that fast in the beginning, and once the gaps were there I wasn't able to do anything with it.,

Sprint Finish in Ladies 30K Freestyle

2/24/2006 - By Mike Muha

Only a couple seconds seperated the top three finishers in today's women's 30k freestyle cross country ski race at the Olympics.,

Beckie Scott Elected to IOC Athletes' Commission

2/24/2006 - By IOC

Beckie Scott (Canada, Cross-country skiing) and Saku Koivu (Finland, Ice Hockey) are the two new members who have been elected to the IOC Athletes’ Commission by their peers at the Turin Olympic Games, for a term of eight years.,