Cross Country Ski Racing News
US Men Just Miss Finals
2/26/2009 - By US Ski Team
Kris Freeman (Andover, NH) and Torin Koos (Leavenworth, WA) narrowly missed qualifying in their semi-final head in the two-man team classic sprint at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Liberec.
USA Second in Medals
2/26/2009 - By US Ski Team
A gold from Norway in the men's team classic sprint dropped the USA into second position in the medals count at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships. Both Norway and the USA now have three gold, with the Norwegians taking the edge on total medals, 7-5.
Hey, It's No Huge Surprise
2/26/2009 - By Peter Graves
Reporters slather on the superlatives, use words such as unbelievable, amazing, or it's a miracle. The more enlightened types among us simply sit back with a wry smile and absorb it all with a kind of zen-like attitude.
Q&A: Worlds Silver Medalist Kikkan Randall
2/25/2009 - By US Ski Team
The U.S. Ski Team's Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) wrote a page in the history books of cross country skiing Tuesday as the first American woman to win a medal at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships.
Lodwick USA TODAY Olympic Athlete of the Week
2/25/2009 - By US Ski Team
The ringleader of unprecedented nordic success in the U.S., Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) can add another win to his scorecard this week after being named the USA TODAY Olympic Athlete of the Week.
Live and on-demand coverage of World Championships
2/25/2009 - By Patrick Vesely
UniversalSports.com has on-demand video of each event after it happens, as well as daily recaps, results and photo galleries.
Sprint gold to Arianna Follis (ITA) and Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR)
2/25/2009 - By FIS
The new sprint world champions are Arianna Follis from Italy and Ola Vigen Hattestad from Norway. They claimed victory in the free technique sprint at the 2009 World Championship venue Vesec in Liberec (CZE).
Life in Czech
2/25/2009 - By Mo and Liz
First stop, accreditation, where we had our pictures taken (a nice touch after a 13 hour drive), our all access granting credentials were made, and picked up our complementary six packs of beer with our race packets.
Black Mountain Nordic Classic update
2/25/2009 - By Denny Paull
The race starts at 10:00 on Saturday, Feb. 28 with the 10 k tour starting at 9:30. An added feature of the tour this year will be an option for tour skiers to take an alternate route back to the finish thus avoiding the hilly sections of the race course n
Randall Takes Silver in Sprint
2/25/2009 - By US Ski Team
Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) put her mark on an already historic Nordic Ski World Championships for the USA, taking silver Tuesday in the cross country sprint to garner the highest medal for a U.S. cross country skier at Worlds in history.
Biac, Hallstrom, Patterson and Kamm top Muffin Pursuit
2/23/2009 - By Mike Muha
Who would have believed it? After 14 inches of fresh snow in less than 24 hours, the tracks for the 4 Km Classic + 4 Km Freestyle Pursuit Muffin Race were rocket fast.
Video interviews with Nordic Combined Champions
2/23/2009 - By US Ski Team
World Champion Todd Lodwick, bronze medalist Billy Demong and U.S. Nordic Program Director John Farra couldn't be more thrilled with how the USA has done so far during the 2009 Nordic Ski World Championships. Hear what they have to say...
