December 16, 2007 (Pokljuka, Slovenia) – The Russian men won their 4×7.5 km biathlon relay Sunday with Germany second while in the women’s 4×6 km, the reverse happened as the Germany won with the Russian … READ MORE →

December 16, 2007 (Rybinsk, Russia) – Eleven months ago, Alaskan Kikkan Randall skied to the first World Cup podium by a U.S. woman, finishing third in Rybinsk. Sunday, she topped that one … READ MORE →

December 16, 2007 (Livigno, Italy) – Sweden’s Jerry Ahrlin repeated as the winner of the 18th edition of La Sgambeda, the FIS Marathon Cup 2008 opener, today in Livigno, Italy. Following in second was … READ MORE →

December 16, 2007 (Pokljuka, Slovenia) – Sandra Keith’s 11th place finish on Saturday in the women’s 7.5 km sprint was something she has been working towards for a long time. The 27-year-old veteran from … READ MORE →

December 16, 2007 (Waterville Valley, NH) – Waterville Valley announces 32 trails will be open this weekend including Sunnyside’s black diamond Gema, the always popular Chute and White Caps.It’s the most variety of terrain open … READ MORE →

December 16, 2007 (Rybinsk, Russia) – Kikkan Randall from Anchorage, AK, who posted the first U.S. women’s World Cup cross country podium last January, produced the first U.S. women’s victory Sunday, winning a World … READ MORE →

December 15, 2007 (Soldier Hollow, Utah) – Even Sletten (University of Utah) won the men’s SuperTour CL sprint with a time of 2:54.4 on Saturday over Reid Pletcher (SVSEF) in second at 1.1 sec. and … READ MORE →

December 15, 2007 – More than 100 cross-country ski competitors of all ages will take to the trails at the newly opened Whistler Nordic Venue in the facility’s first official competition. Racers as young as … READ MORE →

December 15, 2007 (Rybinsk, Russia) – Canada’s Devon Kershaw gave himself an early birthday and Christmas present Saturday, finishing 12th in a World Cup 30km mass start skate race where the first 19 skiers … READ MORE →

December 14, 2007 (Villach, Austria) – Thomas Morgenstern of Austria tightened his grip on first place in the World Cup ski jumping standings Friday night as he won his fifth straight competition. It’s the longest … READ MORE →

December 14, 2007 – Haywood NorAm Canada Cup 2007 winner, Madeline Williams (Fastrax), has just come off a stellar weekend in Canmore, Alta., at round two of the Haywood NorAm Canada Cup 2007/08 races. … READ MORE →

December 13, 2007 (Valcartier, QC) – Phil Widmer (NST) and Perianne Jones (NST) have won the Teck Cominco 1km Sprint Finals at the Haywood NorAm Canada Cup in Valcartier, QC today. Here are the qualifications … READ MORE →

December 13, 2007 (Pokljuka, Slovenia) – After contemplating retirement last spring, and at risk of losing his start position on the World Cup circuit due to poor results, Canada’s Robin Clegg proved to the … READ MORE →

December 13, 2007 – In accordance with 7.6.b, Devon Kershaw and Sara Renner are pre-selected for the Tour de Ski. Sara Renner declined her nomination. In accordance with 7.6.c, all other athletes pre-selected to the … READ MORE →

December 13, 2007 (Notodden, Norway) – A lighter, more fit Lindsey Van (Park City, UT), reversing summer frustrations, was second Wednesday night for the second time in 24 hours in a women’s ski jumping Continental … READ MORE →

December 13, 2007 – Garrott Kuzzy (USA) CxC and Laura Valaas (USA) APUNSC are leading the SuperTour 2008 in the men’s and women’s categories. Here are the overall, distance, sprint and team standings … READ MORE →

December 12, 2007 – Rumours are flying but we’ve learned from very reliable sources that the first ski tunnel in North America will be built north of Toronto near Barrie, Ontario and is part … READ MORE →

December 12, 2007 (Vancouver, BC) – The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) is inviting applications from across Canada for the 20th session of the Olympic Academy of Canada (OAC) to be held in Vancouver, June 21-27, … READ MORE →

December 12, 2007 – (Pinkham Notch, NH) – Olympic cross country skier, Sue Wemyss has been named Ski School Director at Great Glen Trails. As Ski School Director, Wemyss is responsible for coordinating and planning … READ MORE →

December 12, 2007 – In addition to hosting the first two stages of the Viessmann FIS Tour de Ski performance by Craft Sportswear, Nove Mesto (Cze) will also host stages four and five, which were … READ MORE →

December 11, 2007- We caught up with Atomic USA Rep Sandy Brown at the recent 2007 West Yellowstone Fall Training Camp. Brown has been leading the nomadic yet rewarding life of a sales rep … READ MORE →

December 11, 2007 (Montreal, QC) – Alex Baumann, Executive Director of the Road to Excellence program and double Olympic gold medallist in swimming, made a strong presentation before the House of Commons Standing Committee on … READ MORE →

December 11, 2007 (Canmore, Alta.) – Team X-C.com’s Ivan Babikov has stormed out of the gates at the start of the 2007-08 season with back-to-back wins at Haywood NorAm races. We caught up … READ MORE →

December 11, 2007 (Vancouver, BC) – The Canadian Olympic Committee announced today that Olympian Nathalie Lambert (short track speed skating, Montréal, Que.) has been appointed as Canada’s Chef de Mission for the 2010 Olympic … READ MORE →

December 10, 2007 (Bozeman, Montana) – Some things don’t seem to change. Exhibit A: Laura Valaas and USSA Cross Country SuperTour sprints – hold one and Valaas finds … READ MORE →

December 9, 2007 (Hochfilzen, Austria) – Clean shooting by Halvard Hanevold and then Ole Einar Bjoerndalen lifted Norway to an easy win Sunday in the men’s World Cup biathlon relay win in Hochfilzen. Norway won … READ MORE →

December 9, 2007 (Trondheim, Norway) – All good things must come to an end, even in Nordic Combined, the hybrid sport that blends ski jumping and ski running. Sunday, the end came to a surprise … READ MORE →

December 9, 2007 (Canmore, Alta.) – Edmonton’s Madeleine Williams, overall winner of last year’s Haywood NorAm Canada Cup, won the women’s 5km Classic on Sunday over Perianne … READ MORE →

December 9, 2007 – Norway’s women raced to victory in the 4x5km relay in 53:13.0 over Germany in second and Russia in third while the Czech Republic took the men’s competition in 1:35:40.6 … READ MORE →

December 9, 2007 (Pinkham Notch, NH) – Great Glen Trails hosted the Atomic Sprints on Saturday, December 8 with a record turnout. Skiers from Dartmouth College won both the Men’s and Women’s … READ MORE →

December 8, 2007 (Canmore, Alta.) – Canada’s Alex Harvey and Sarah Daitch won gold medals at the men’s and women’s cross-country skiing Teck Cominco Sprints races in Canmore, Alta., on Saturday.Alex … READ MORE →

December 8, 2007 (Hochfilzen, Austria) – Ole Einar Bjoerndalen of Norway and Sandrine Bailly of France each cruised to victory Saturday in biathlon World Cup pursuit races by half a second in Hochfilzen, Austria.Bjoerndalen was … READ MORE →

December 8, 2007 (Davos, Switzerland) – Former World Cup champion Axel Teichmann took the overall points lead Saturday, winning a 15km World Cup classic race in Davos. Among the women, past and current World Cup … READ MORE →

December 8, 2007 (Trondheim, Norway) – American Bill Demong hadn’t been on snow since the U.S. Nordic Combined Championships last March until he got to Finland two weeks ago. He caught … READ MORE →

December 8, 2007 (McLean, VA) – With temperatures dipping and snow falling in many parts of the country, organizers of Winter Trails are gearing up for the annual event that offers children and adults … READ MORE →

December 7, 2007 (Hochfilzen, Austria) – Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, NY) topped all of his US teammates with one-penalty shooting to finish 37th in today’s 10km Sprint. Bailey, who failed to make the top-60 … READ MORE →

December 7, 2007 (Carrabassett Valley, Maine) – Newschoolers asked and Sugarloaf has delivered by opening one of the season’s first full-size, full-featured terrain parks in the East. Sugarloaf drops the rope on the Stomping Grounds … READ MORE →

December 7, 2007 (Canmore, Alta.) – Round #2 of the Haywood Canada Cup in Canmore, Alta. was dominated by industry teams as Team X-C.com (Salomon/Swix) and Indi2010 took all but one podium spot from … READ MORE →

December 7, 2007 (Hochfilzen, Austria) – Canada’s Jean-Philippe LeGuellec took advantage of warm conditions to post his best World Cup result of the season with a 23rd-place finish in the men’s 10-kilometre biathlon race in … READ MORE →

December 7, 2007 – The 2007 Nordic Festival hosted by Silver Star Mountain Resort and the Sovereign Lake Nordic Club was an outstanding success! The Festival began on November 24 with equipment demos from … READ MORE →

December 6, 2007 (Canmore, Alta.) – Tasha Betcherman and Ivan Babikov won the women’s and men’s cross-country skiing Haywood NorAm pursuit races at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Thursday morning. Tasha Betcherman, who has been … READ MORE →

December 6, 2007 – At the recent 2007 West Yellowstone Fall Training Camp we caught up with Kevin Sweeney, who recently returned to Swix as Director of Nordic Racing. Sweeney is a former coach … READ MORE →

December 6, 2007 (Hochfilzen, Austria) – One year ago, the Biathlon World Cup season started in Ostersund, Sweden under minimal snow conditions, then coming here where there was a ribbon of trucked-in glacier snow … READ MORE →

December 6, 2007 – Welcome to the 12th edition of the FIS Cross-Country News. After the great Nordic Opening in Kuusamo/Ruka last weekend, the Cross-Country family is now looking forward to the World Cup competitions … READ MORE →

December 6, 2007 (Boise, ID) – The Outdoor Industry Women’s Coalition (OIWC) is in their second call for Nominations for women leaders in the snow industry for the Pioneering Woman Award, as well as the … READ MORE →

December 5, 2007 (Pinkham Notch, NH) – On Tuesday, December 4, 2007, Great Glen Trails opened for the 2007/2008 winter season. Great Glen Trails will be open daily from 8:30 a.m. – … READ MORE →

December 4, 2007 – FIS and Polar Electro Oy, the pioneer and leader of heart rate training systems, announced a new cooperation whereby Polar will become an official “FIS Partner” and the “FIS Official Timing … READ MORE →

December 4, 2007 – Canada’s Beckie Scott was appointed recently to an International Olympic Committee (IOC) panel monitoring preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics to be hosted in Sochi, Russia according to CP. The … READ MORE →

December 4, 2007 – (Vancouver, BC) – The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) opens today the virtual doors for its new Olympic Store at www.vancouver2010.com, with over a … READ MORE →

December 4, 2007 (Jackson, NH) – Jackson Ski Touring Foundation opened on December 3 for the season with additional snowfall expected overnight. Early season trail work has allowed Jackson Ski Touring to open … READ MORE →