(Whistler, BC) – The Olympic Games are over. What started with problems ended with glory. The best in the world came to Whistler and the Callaghan Valley to compete in 12 races for Olympic … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – Despite the damp and overcast day skiers, wax technicians, and groomers proved they can create a fast race through treating the track with unheard of amounts of salt, testing klisters … READ MORE → 1 comment

(Vancouver, BC) – With only one day to go at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, Canada’s total medal count is impressive at 25, a new record for total medals at a Winter Games, and … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – As a cold rain soaked skiers and made for trying klister conditions, the legends of the sport proved why they are legends. Poland’s Justyna Kowalczyk and Norway’s Marit Bjoergen fought … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Vancouver, BC) – Clara Hughes, Canada’s flag bearer for the opening ceremonies at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games and the only athlete win multiple medals at both Summer (cycling) and Winter (speed skating) Games, … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – Legally blind athlete Brian McKeever (CAN) will likely not start the men’s Olympic 50k classic race tomorrow, the final XC event of the 2010 Olympic Games, despite receiving … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – We caught up with two of Team USA’s women’s relay squad members soon after they finished the Olympic 4x5km relay at Whistler Olympic Park in rain/wet snow conditions. The team finished … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – Nordic Combined Large Hill World Champion in 2009, Olympic Champion in 2010… the big successes in Bill Demong’s career came late, but they came. Demong will turn 30 on March, 29 … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – While the weather changed from snow to rain to snow to even sun for a short respite, Norway, Sweden, Italy, and Finland powered their way around the spectator-friendly relay course with … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – We caught up with first-time Olympian and U.S. Team skier Simeon Hamilton, 22, at Whistler Olympic Park after yesterday’s men’s 4x10km classic/freestyle relay, which took place in snowy, overcast conditions. The … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – What a difference a snowstorm can make during a race – followed by fog, and then followed by sun. In other words a typical day at Whistler Olympic Park where skier … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – Devon Kershaw, 27, and Alex Harvey (CAN), 21, finished a strong fourth in the men’s Olympic freestyle team sprint yesterday at Whistler Olympic Park. Kershaw even took the lead after the … READ MORE → 0 comments

February 24, 2010 (Whistler, BC) – Todd Lodwick, 33, a native of Steamboat Springs, came back from retirement in November 2008. He wanted to win the Nordic Combined World Championship and a medal at … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – Russia won the gold medal in the Olympic biathlon women’s relay on Tuesday ahead of second-placed France while Germany – minus star performer Magdalena Neuner – finished with the bronze. The … READ MORE → 0 comments

– First, to echo Alex Harvey’s comment about skiing like a rookie in his first race and then being an Olympian in the next race – Madeline Williams gave the same kind of performance … READ MORE → 1 comment

(Whistler, BC) – Veteran Sara Renner, 34, and youngster Dasha Gaiazova, 26, teamed up on Monday for Canada in the women’s freestyle team sprint, placing seventh in the final on another cloudless day at … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) just managed to stay on his skis in the final jump of the day to lead Austria’s star-studded “Eagles” to victory in the Olympic Team Event at Whistler … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – Another cloudless day saw fierce competition as snow conditions stayed flying fast, with the Germans skiing fastest over the 1.430 km course – each team raced six laps for a … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – Canada’s George Grey of Rossland, BC logged a personal best result in the Men’s 30km Olympic Pursuit on Saturday at Whistler Olympic Park. Grey was part of a historic Olympic finish … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Gilford and Plymouth, NH) – With lots of help from Gunstock Nordic Association the TD Bank Silver Fox Trot was a great success. Racers enjoyed a 5km loop enhanced by Gunstock’s snowmaking efforts. Originally … READ MORE → 0 comments

February 22, 2010 (Whistler, BC) – By winning his second Olympic gold medal in the Large Hill at Whistler Olympic Park 28-year-old Simon Ammann from Switzerland is without a doubt the most successful ski jumping … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – Another day of brilliant sunshine and temperatures up to +12C made for slow conditions, yet you could not tell this from the blistering pace that Sweden’s Daniel Richardsson, Marcus Hellner and … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – When Mr. Yoshiro Ito, Vice President of the FIS Council, presented the flowers to the winners of the Large Hill ski jumping competition on Saturday, the three athletes on the podium … READ MORE → 0 comments

  (Whistler, BC) – We caught up with a cheerful Caitlin Compton (USA), after she finished 43rd as the top American in the women’s 15km pursuit on Saturday. Compton commented on her race and her … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – There are five races in the books here at the 2010 Olympics and things are starting to get into a routine. The weather has been great for the past three days … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – Local fans were cheering loud as 6,387 paying spectators watched as two US and one Canadian ski jumper made the qualifications for Saturday’s Large Hill competition at the 2010 Olympic Winter … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – Tora Berger of Norway came back from a 5th place near-miss in Tuesday’s Pursuit to claim the gold medal in the women’s 15km Individual competition on Thursday. A few hours later, … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) –  The legendary 20km. The true test for any biathlete and that honuor at the 2010 Olympic Games goes to Emil Helge Svendsen of Norway – the first Olympic gold of his … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – The premier events on the Olympic biathlon schedule are set to start on Thursday. The grueling 15km Women’s and 20km Men’s individual races. The Men’s 20km was the Biathlon’s first official … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – It was an absolutely great day for racing on Wednesday at the Whistler Olympic Park – temps were mild, and the snow is holding up well. The crowds were loud and … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – The final battle for the men’s classic 1.6km sprint medals was between Russia and Norway as two Russians – Nikita Kriukov and Alexander Panzhinskiy – and three Norwegians – Petter … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – Norway’s Marit Bjoergen had the fastest qualifying time by a long shot in the morning when the snow was still hard and she kept that position through the heats straight to … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – Bjorn Ferry of Sweden moved from eighth at the start on Tuesday to capture the gold medal in the Men’s 12.5km Pursuit at Whistler Olympic Park, while German biathlon … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – The first training day on the Large Hill at Whistler Olympic Park was skipped by a large number of  competitors, but the Canadians and US ski jumpers were at the … READ MORE → 0 comments

– I guess the old adage rings true – “Expect the unexpected!” What a weird and whacky day for some people and some teams at the first xc ski event of the 2010 Olympic … READ MORE → 0 comments

February 15, 2010 (Whistler, BC) – It was a spectacular day for Super “Dario” Cologna winning Switzerland’s first Nordic gold medal in the  Olympic men’s XC 15km freestyle event. Canada’s Ivan Babikov scored a solid … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler , BC) – Charlotte Kalla won gold for Sweden in the first cross country event of these Games, while Caitlin Compton (Minneapolis) was the top finisher for the U.S. in 30th after a … READ MORE → 0 comments

  (Whistler, BC) – Dario Cologna won a historic, first-ever Olympic gold for Switzerland in the men’s 15km freestyle event on Monday while Canada’s Ivan Babikov gave fans in Whistler and across the country reason … READ MORE → 0 comments

  (Whistler, BC) – They were scared of her, and rightly so.Sweden’s Charlotte Kalla won gold in the women’s 10km Freestyle individual start event on Monday at Whistler, by a margin of 6.6 seconds. And … READ MORE → 0 comments

– This has been a fun effort and not an easy one. I spent way more time doing this then I thought I would, but FIS helped out dramatically with all of … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – A giant monkey is off the back’ of the US Nordic combined community… on Sunday they finally did it. After 86 years of trying, Johnny Spillane of Steamboat Springs, CO … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – Johnny Spillane’s historic Nordic Combined silver on Sunday is the first US Nordic Combined Olympic medal, 86 years in the making, and their first Nordic medal of the 2010 Olympic Games. … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – Johnny Spillane scored the first US Nordic medal of the 2010 Games skiing up from 4th after the jump to grab the silver in a tight race, as Jason Lamy-Chappuis stormed … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) is in prime position to challenge for a gold medal in the normal hill/10km Nordic combined on Sunday, sitting second after the jumps with the cross-country … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Canmore, AB) – Canada’s 2010 Olympic Cross Country
Ski team is full of many amazing stories, with each athlete bringing their own history and experiences to the team, both as competitors and as people. … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, B.C.) – Canada’s veteran skier, Sara Renner, is committing to the “lung-busting” sprints following her recent bronze performance at the Alberta World Cup in Canmore, Alta. Renner will now skip Monday’s 10km cross-country … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Whistler, BC) – Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia took the first
biathlon gold medal of these Olympic Winter Games and at the same time won the first-ever OWG Gold medal for her country, by winning … READ MORE → 0 comments

  (Whistler, BC) – Simon Ammann of Switzerland has won the first gold medal of the XXI Winter Olympic Games with his victory on Saturday in the Ski Jumping Normal Hill competition at Whistler Olympic … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Vancouver, BC) – With an infamous reputation of doping among the ranks of high-level cross-country skiers that traditionally comes to the forefront at the Olympics, Austria is determined to kick the habit in dramatic … READ MORE → 0 comments

(Gatineau, QC) – Assessment of Canmore…The word on the street is that this is the Nordic Capital of North America and it’s trail system ranks with the best in the world. It still … READ MORE → 0 comments