February 15, 2011 (Madison, WI) – The seventh annual Madison Winter Festival will be held on the 19th and 20th of February 2011 in downtown Madison on the Capitol Square. The festival will be a series of events encouraging winter athletic and festive activities highlighted by the Capitol Square Sprints and Criterium. These races will pit some of the United State’s fastest skiers against the best the world has to offer in exciting race formats on the city streets around Wisconsin’s capitol building.

“The Madison Capitol Sqaure Sprints will feature several of America’s most talented racers including CXC’s own 2010 US Olympians Garrott Kuzzy and Caitlin Compton. These races will have one of the greatest collections of the greatest ski talent to ever set foot in North America,” said Gus Kaeding Head CXC Development Coach

Cross-country ski races on the Capitol Square will future skiers from four foreign ski powers including Norway, Switzerland, Russia, and Canada.

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