Cross Country Ski Racing News
Bjornsen 7th Again in Lillehammer
12/7/2013 - By USSA
Sadie Bjornsen delivered another breakout result Saturday in the Lillehammer 10k classic World Cup, where she skied into seventh and matched her career-best individual result set just a week ago in Kuusamo, Finland.
Can you say FAST?
12/6/2013 - By Mike Muha
Maybe scary fast! US Ski team member Andy Newell gives us a tour of the downhill sections of the Lillehammer World Cup courses in December 2013 in this FIS Cross Country video.
Announcing CXC Challenge Grant: your gift will be matched!
12/3/2013 - By Yuriy Gusev
John and Leslie Taylor have challenged CXC with a matching grant to develop and promote Nordic skiing for all ages and abilities. This is a 2:1 matching grant, so we need to raise $40,000 to leverage the $20,000 from our generous benefactors.
Combined team 7th in Kuusamo
12/2/2013 - By USSA
U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team’s Taylor Fletcher (Steamboat Springs, CO) posted the fastest time in his cross country anchor leg and moved up the pack to give the USA seventh in the 4x5k team event at the nordic combined World Cup season opener.
Randall 5th in 10k in Kussamo
12/1/2013 - By USSA
World Cup sprint champion Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) fought hard to earn a fifth-place finish during Sunday’s 10k freestyle pursuit, the finale of the Ruka Triple mini-tour and cross country World Cup season opening weekend.
Sadie Bjornsen gets 7th, career best
12/1/2013 - By USSA
Sadie Bjornsen (Winthrop, WA) skied to a career-best seventh place in the women’s 5k classic Saturday, the second stage of the Ruka Triple mini-tour.
Video: Women's Final Sprint at Kuusamo World Cup
11/29/2013 - By Mike Muha
Here's the start to finish video of Justyna Kowalczyk (POL), Kikkan Randall (USA), and Denise Herrmann (Ger) finishing 1-2-3 in the Kuusamo World Cup Women's Classic Sprint final.
Randall takes 2nd in Kuusamo Sprint
11/29/2013 - By USSA
World Cup sprint champion Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, AK) skied into second place in the cross country sprint World Cup opener Friday, earning the best classic World Cup sprint result of her career.
NMU signs skier for NEXT season
11/27/2013 - By NMU
Head coach Sten Fjeldheim of the Northern Michigan University nordic ski team has announced Vivian Hett as an early signee for the 2014-15 season.
Turkey Slider FLASH Race
11/27/2013 - By Eli Brown
Low key xc ski, snowbike race, and potluck mixer. 5 km race with no timing an no results. Noon, Saturday at Timber Ridge Resort.
FLASH RACE!
11/26/2013 - By Eli Brown
FLASH RACE! On snow, Saturday, somewhere up north. Keep checking back for location and time... Eli Brown
Kikkan Randall wins the sprint in Beitostoelen
11/24/2013 - By Mike Muha
Kikkan Randall of the USA, and Sondra Turvoll Fossli of Norway have both won their respective free technique sprints in Beitostølen, Norway.
