Cross Country Ski Racing News
New assistant coach for MTU Nordic team
10/10/2008 - By MTU
Jason Cork comes to Michigan Tech after serving as a club coach for the past five years, including the last four as head coach of the Durango (Colo.) Nordic Ski Club.
Austrian doping a well organized strategy
10/9/2008 - By APA
Doping by Australian nordic ski team members at 2006 winter Olympics in Turin was not an isolated case, but a well-organized strategy , acording to prosecutor.
Brian, Caitlin and Koos accepted into In the Arena
10/7/2008 - By CXC Skiing
In the Arena is a youth development organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts that facilitates the implementation of athlete-designed projects that seek to instill in under-served youths valuable elements of a character education.
Daehlie to ski opening FIS Marathon Cup race
10/3/2008 - By Livigno La Sgambeda
It is official: Bjorn Daehlie, the Norwegian cross-country skiing legend of the 90es who won 12 Olympic medals, 8 of them gold, will participate at Sgambeda 2008, the opening race for the FIS Marathon Cup.
Sweeping changes to Biathlon Team selection
10/1/2008 - By US Biathlon Association
At the IBU Congress in September, sweeping changes to the World Cup participation rules were passed.
Disabled XC Team Named for 2009
9/30/2008 - By US Ski Team
The 2009 U.S. Disabled Cross Country Team roster will feature the return of all six athletes from the previous season.
Birkie Searches for Two Tough Skiers
9/30/2008 - By Cherie Morgan
The Board of Directors for the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation (ABSF) is searching for two tough cross country skiers to dress as Birkebeiner warriors and trek 54 kilometers from Cable to Hayward on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009.
Full of Momentum: 2009 XC Team Named
9/29/2008 - By US Ski Team
The 2009 roster for the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team includes one of the world's fastest sprint skiers, Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT), World Cup winner Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, AK), plus three skiers from Northern Michigan University.
Gundersen Named Director of Sport Education
9/28/2008 - By US Ski Team
Finn Gundersen, who has nearly 40 years of educational experience from the club level to the national team, has been named director of sport education by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association.
Bogatec and Sbabo take the 2008 Roller Skiing titles
9/26/2008 - By Sandra Spitz , FIS
The dominators of the 2008 FIS World Cup Roller Skiing season were the Italians Mateja Bogatec and Emanuele Sbabo, who won the overall ranking in the main category.
Family news on the World Cup
9/26/2008 - By FIS
Updates on the changes in the family life of the athletes and staff around the Cross-Country circus which have come to the attention of FIS.
Hoover 19th, Blackstone 12th in Summer Championships Sprints
9/25/2008 - By US Biathlon Association
Doug Hoover (Williamsburg, PA) finished 19th in the 4K Sprint competition, while Stephanie Blackstone (Everett, PA) finished 12th in the 3K Sprint at the Summer Biathlon World Championships today in Bessans, Haute Maurienne Vanoise, France.
