February 28, 2006 – Kick off the 2006 Ski Nationals on March 4th by joining some members of Canada’s National and Olympic Ski Teams, at a buffet dinner (Beef on a bun, pasta, salad and … READ MORE →

February 28 -March means the Maine events for New England’s cross-country skiers. Starting with the TD Banknorth Bill Koch League Ski Festival in Bethel this weekend, and ending with the TAMC International Spring Series in … READ MORE →

February 27 – Over 350 young cross-country skiers were registered for the annual TD Banknorth Bill Koch League Ski Festival before the snow fell, insuring that the event will be one of the biggest celebrations … READ MORE →

February 27, 2006 – Re-released on DVD, “The Cross Country Experience. Bill Koch” is as inspiring and relevant today as when it was first filmed by Rossignol in 1976. This film, originally created by … READ MORE →

February 26, 2006 – The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) announced today that it has achieved its goal of a top three finish in the overall medal standings at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Chef de … READ MORE →

February 25, 2006 (Pragelato, Italy) – Katerina (CZE) Neumannova won gold yesterday in the Women’s 30K Free over Russia’s Julija Tchepalova who won the silver and Justyna Kowalczk from Poland who took … READ MORE →

February 23, 2006 (Pragelato, Italy) – Russia took the gold in the Biathlon Women’s 4x6K Relay with Germany winning the silver and France the bronze. The US finished in 15th followed by Canada in 17th. … READ MORE →

February 25, 2006 – In a photo finish, Italian Marco Cattaneo beat teammate Roberto DeZolt by half an inch to capture the champion’s title at the 33rd annual Subaru American Birkebeiner today. Cattaneo, the 2005 … READ MORE →

February 25, 2006 – If you enjoyed live coverage of cross country skiing on Country Canada or the quite extensive coverage on the main CBC stations, let the network know how you feel!Your input is … READ MORE →

February 23, 2006 – The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association is expanding its program support of cross country skiing, according to USSA Vice President of Athletics Alan Ashley. The new initiatives, designed to impact … READ MORE →

February 23, 2006 – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today that Canadian cross-country skier Beckie Scott (Vermilion, Alta.) was one of two Olympians elected to the IOC’s Athletes’ Commission for an eight-year term. … READ MORE →

February 22, 2006 – It was a great start in the quarterfinals for Canada as Beckie captured 1st in her heat, qualifying for the semis along with Kikkan Randall of the US. … READ MORE →

February 21, 2006 – The Lakehead Thunderwolves men’s and women’s Nordic teams dominated their competition and successfully defended both their OUA men’s and women’s team championship titles at the OUA Nordic Championships hosted by Laurentian … READ MORE →

February 21 – Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK) led all 17 teams through the first leg of the Men’s 4 X 7.5K Relay in which the US finished ninth, 2:31.9 behind the winning squad from Germany … READ MORE →

February 20, 2006 – As the U.S. winter Olympic athletes were settling into their Olympic quarters in Torino Italy, five Team Rossignol master skiers joined a 130 person American contingent on a similar trip to … READ MORE →

February 20, 2006 – Just a reminder to everyone skiing at Canmore Nordic Centre (or any other Nordic Facility where day pass purchase is required):Make sure you purchase and wear your Day passes when skiing … READ MORE →

February 20, 2006 – The final day of Keskinada Loppet activities was filled with heart-stopping finishes. Pleasant weather and low winds lent the festivities a helping hand and enabled organizers to provide complete runs under … READ MORE →

February 19, 2006 (Pragelato, Italy) – It was a warm and snowy day in Pragelato as Devon Kershaw got Canadian blood pounding as he led the pack through the first leg of today’s 4x10K … READ MORE →

February 19, 2006 (Pragelato, Italy) – U.S. ski jumper Alan Alborn (Anchorage, AK) continued his comeback from a pair of knee injuries, but failed to make the second round cut in Saturday’s K125 large hill … READ MORE →

February 18, 2006 – Italian police staged a late-night raid on the Austrian biathlon team’s Winter Olympics quarters on Saturday in Turin. The secretary-general of the Austrian Olympic Committee Heinz Jungwirth told Reuters there had … READ MORE →

February 18, 2006 – Russia took the gold medal in the Women’s 4x5K Mixed Relay today followed by Germany in second for the silver while host country Italy took the bronze. The … READ MORE →

February 18, 2006 – France’s Vincent Defrasne and Germany’s Kati Wilhelm won Olympic gold in the Men’s 12.5K Pursuit and Women’s 10K Pursuit today at the Torino Games. Tim Burke was the top North … READ MORE →

February 18, 2006 – Estonia’s Andrus Veerpalu won gold yesterday in the XC Men’s 15K Classic with Lukas Bauer (CZE) taking the silver and world cup leader, Tobias Angerer (GER) … READ MORE →

February 18, 2006 – Here are the results from yesterday’s Jumping LH Individual Qualifying event.1 KASAI Noriaki JPN 117.32 PETTERSEN Sigurd NOR 115.93 NEUMAYER Michael GER … READ MORE →

February 17, 2006 – Here are the results from yesterday’s Olympic Women’s Biathlon 7.5K event. Top North American was USA’s Rachel Steer in 35th while Canada’s Zina Kocher placed 62nd.1 BAVEREL-ROBERT Florence FRA 22:31.42 OLOFSSON Anna Carin SWE 22:33.83 EFREMOVA … READ MORE →

February 16, 2006 – Today’s 10K classic race saw difficult conditions, with plus 4 temperatures and rain on the lower part of the course, and some snow falling in the … READ MORE →

February 15, 2006 (Hayward, Wisconsin) – The countdown is on for 9,000 skiers, 2,000 volunteers, 15,000 spectators and organizers of the 33rd annual American Birkebeiner cross-country ski race. They’ll all descend on the 4,100 residents … READ MORE →

February 15, 2006 (Quebec) – On Saturday April 29, 2006 synchronised swimming gold and silver medallist Sylvie Fréchette, cycling silver and double-bronze medallist Curt Harnett, and Pierre Harvey, the first Canadian male athlete to participate … READ MORE →

February 15, 2006 (Cesana San Sicario, Italy) – Olympic “rookies” Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) in 37th place and Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, NY) in 48th place, topped veteran biathletes Jeremy Teela (Anchorage, AK), and … READ MORE →

February 14, 2006 – Beckie Scott gets to stand on the podium with her real Olympic medal today, along with teammate Sara Renner, but it was a day of bad breaks as a busted … READ MORE →

February 13, 2006 (Cesana San Sicario, Italy) – On February 11, Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof) stamped his name in US Olympic History one more time as he finished 10th in the 20K Individual competition, erasing his … READ MORE →

February 11, 2006 – Germany’s Michael Greis won the men’s 20K Biathlon Individual at the Torino Olympics today. Norwegian star Ole Einar Bjoerndalen took the silver while Norway’s Halvard Hanevold won bronze. Top North American … READ MORE →

February 13, 2005 (Pragelato, Italy) – Russia’s Eugeni Dementiev won the men’s 30K pursuit yesterday at the Torino Olympics edging out Norway’s Frode Estil who won silver and Italy’s Pietro Piller Cottrer the … READ MORE →

February 13, 2005 (Pragelato, Italy) – It wasn’t Canadian Beckie Scott’s day yesterday as she finished 6th yesterday in and was unable to defend her gold medal in the women’s 15K pursuit. … READ MORE →

February 11, 2006 (Pragelato, Italy) – U.S. ski jumpers Alan Alborn (Anchorage, AK) and Clint Jones (Steamboat Springs, CO) jumped well enough Saturday to qualify for Sunday’s Olympic NH Individual event in Pragelato.A total of … READ MORE →

February 11, 2006 (Pragelato, Italy) – U.S. Nordic Combined skier Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO), in 13th place after the jumping portion of the Olympic Individual NH Gundersen, finished eighth overall following the 15k Cross … READ MORE →

February 10, 2006 – Sean Crooks, a member of the Canadian Olympic Cross-Country Team, was issued a five-day start prohibition on Thursday after pre-competition blood testing carried out by the FIS revealed a haemoglobin level … READ MORE →

February 10, 2006 – Armed with several new high-performance initiatives designed to help Canada’s athletes achieve optimum success on the international stage and coming off a 2005-06 pre-Olympic World Cup season in which Canada recorded … READ MORE →

February 11, 2006 (Pragelato, Italy) – Two U.S. Olympic cross country skiers were among eight athletes who will not be permitted to participate in competitions for five days as a result of high hemoglobin levels … READ MORE →

February 9, 2006 – The Holland Heineken House was today officially opened by Theo Fledderus, Secretary General of NOC*NSF and Ed Verheijen, Chef de Mission of NOC*NSF. Conveniently located close to the Olympic Oval, the … READ MORE →

February 9, 2006 – March 3 – 5, 2006 at The Bethel Inn’s Nordic Center and Gould Academy Bethel, Maine Sponsor event/venue hours: Friday, March 3, 2004 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Saturday, March 4, … READ MORE →

February 9, 2006 – As the SIA.06 SnowSports Show culminated on Thursday, January 26th, excitement filled the aisles marking the conclusion of yet another successful year for attendees at the SIA (SnowSports Industries America) SnowSports … READ MORE →

February 8, 2006 – NOTE: Following are posted official venue training times. Actual training times of U.S. athletes will vary.Wednesday, February 8Cross Country: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., PragelatoNordic Combined: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., … READ MORE →

February 8, 2006 – The Yellowknife Jackrabbits hosted an Olympic Kickoff and Choclate Bar Ski Day this past weekend. NWT’s Olympic ski stars Sharon and Shirley Firth were honored as part of the special Jackrabbit … READ MORE →

February 8, 2006 – Team X-C.com is wrapping up their first block of western Salomon Marathon Cup Series (MCS) events in preparation for the Eastern MCS events. Here’s a recap of the team’s activities … READ MORE →

February 7, 2006 – The Streets of Uptown were brimming with thousands of spectators anticipating the short intense bursts of speedster sprinters as they dashed over the artificially snow covered Minneapolis boulevards.The morning qualifiers were … READ MORE →

February 7, 2006 – Just a reminder to everyone skiing at Canmore Nordic Centre (or any other Nordic Facility where day pass purchase is required):Make sure you purchase and wear your Day passes when skiing … READ MORE →

February 7, 2006 – “The 2005-06 World Cup season has been an unequivocal success for Canadian winter high-performance sport,” said COC Director of International Performance, Alex Gardiner. “Heading into the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, the … READ MORE →

February 7, 2006 – The Olympic Winter Games on CBC Country CanadaCBC COUNTRY CANADA is Canada’s digital home for celebrating this country; our land, our people, our regions and passions. It’s a crowded digital universe, … READ MORE →

February 6, 2006 – The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) welcomed today’s announcement by the new Federal Government of a senior Minister responsible for sport, and applauded its’ appointment of Michael D. Chong as Minister for … READ MORE →