Cross Country Ski Racing News
Birkie fees go up on July 31
7/25/2011 - By Mike Muha
The American Birkebeiner and Kortelopet fees go up on July 31. Register now to avoid added costs....
Continental Cup launches down-under
7/21/2011 - By FIS
While many people in the Northern Hemisphere are at the beach, the racing season in the Southern Hemisphere is kicking off. The FIS Cross-Country Continental Cup will launch it’s competition season on 23rd-24th July 2011 at Falls Creek, Australia.
2018 Winter Olympics awarded to PyeongChang, Republic of Korea
7/6/2011 - By IOC
PyeongChang won in the first round of voting with 63 votes, against Munich (25 votes) and Annecy (7 votes).
New XC ski rules for World Cup
7/6/2011 - By FIS
Several new World Cup cross country ski rules were defined and approved by the FIS Council at the recent FIS Calendar Conference in Portoroz, Italy. Here's a summary.
NMU's Banerud gets NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
7/5/2011 - By Calvin Larson
Former Northern Michigan University Nordic skier Martin Stuge Banerud has been awarded a $7,500 scholarship from the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Committee.
Six Athletes sign NLI's with Michigan Tech
7/1/2011 - By Michigan Tech
Michigan Tech head coach Joe Haggenmiller announced that six athletes have signed National Letters of Intent to join the cross country, Nordic skiing and track and field teams.
Farra to leave USSA Nordic Director Post
7/1/2011 - By US Ski Team
USSA Nordic Program Director, John Farra, is leaving his post in order to accept the position of Director, U.S. Paralympics Nordic Skiing High Performance with the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Johnson joins TUNA as new Head Ski Coach
6/27/2011 - By Chris Magerl
TUNA, The Utah Nordic Alliance, is excited to announce the hiring of Matthew Johnson as the new Program Director and Head Coach.
2011 Nordic World Championships earn $7.1 million profit
6/23/2011 - By FIS
"The main reason for the good result was the higher than expected ticket income. We maintained good control over our costs until the end, which helped deliver this successful financial result," said Oslo 2011 Chairman of the Board Svein Aaser
Vasa Ski Club doublepole time trial results
6/21/2011 - By Eli Brown
Here are the results from last Thursday's (June 17, 2011) rollerski double pole time trial...
T-Rex Tri Series: 2011 Triceratops Tri ranked results
6/16/2011 - By MIke Muha
The official T-Rex Triathlon results page doesn't provide rankings for each leg of the triathlon, so I've done the sorting for last nights 2011 Triceratops Tri.
FIS Congress makes World Cup changes
6/14/2011 - By USSA
Decisions of interest from the FIS Congress meetings held during the FIS meetings that took place in Portoroz, Slovenia June 1-4, 2011. Here is a summary of the most important approved items affecting cross country skiing.
