Cross Country Ski Racing News

U.S. Ski Team Honored at Monday Night Football

11/9/2009 - By US Ski Team

Tune into Monday Night Football as U.S. Ski Team athletes Marco Sullivan, Casey Puckett , and Johnny Spillane (Nordic Combined) are honored prior to tonight's matchup of the undefeated Denver Broncos and reigning Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers.

US to race in Tour de Ski for first time

11/9/2009 - By FIS

Beside many traditional Cross-Country nations like all the Scandinvian and the Central European countries, the United States with Andrew Newell has announced their participation at the Tour for the first time.

How to Make the Olympic Team

11/7/2009 - By US Ski Team

The final Olympic ski and snowboarding teams will be named in January, as close as possible to the Olympics.

Marcialonga: Entries closed three months before race day

11/6/2009 - By FIS

After unusually high numbers of entries flowing in since September, exactly three months before the scheduled race date (31st January), the entries were closed for the 2010 Marcialonga on 30th October.

Vancouver 2010 - 100 days to go!

11/6/2009 - By FIS

Wednesday 4th November marks 100 days until the opening of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

Join the Action with the U.S. Ski Team Fan Club

11/5/2009 - By US Ski Team

World Championship silver medalist Kikkan Randall said. "We love to have people join the fan club because it gives us a chance to share our road to the Olympics with them."

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Athletes Mark 100 Days To Vancouver Games

11/5/2009 - By US Ski Team

With the 2010 Olympic Winter Games on the horizon, athletes have taken up shop around the globe to put on the final touches of training for the season.

50 Years to an Olympic Medal

11/4/2009 - By Tom Kelly

A full 50 years after the competition, historian Jakob Vaage uncovered an error in the scoring calculations while preparing for a reunion of the Norwegian medalists. Indeed, the American Haugen should have been third.

The Ultimate Skiing Showdown

11/3/2009 - By XCZONE

Watch the fastest sprinters in the World battle on the 2010 Olympic course, mixed with nordix stunts. Music with permission by Lemon Demon. Production copyright by XCZONE.TV Filmed in HD. The sequence is included in the Blue Ray DVD "Advanced Nordic Skiin

USSA XC and Nordic Combined Competition Guides

10/30/2009 - By USSA

The USSA Competition Guides have been published and they are available online as downloadable pdf files.

Rogge pleased with progress in Sochi 2014

10/30/2009 - By FIS

Rogge said he is encouraged by "the pace and quality" of the work in the Black Sea resort where almost all of the venues and infrastructure are being built from scratch.