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Wednesday, March 30
Anti-drug Committee Recruits Scott<
- By: CBC Sports
Cross-country skier Beckie Scott has aligned herself with the World Anti-Doping Agency in her continuing crusade against drug use in sport<... [ click to read more ] |
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Wednesday, March 30
Haywood National Team Report: Stuck in the Grid<
- By: Drew Goldsack
Let me explain- A small mix up with my flight bookings from Amsterdam to Calgary meant that I had to say goodbye to George, Devon, Sara and Beckie as they headed home and spend an extra two days stranded in Amsterdam<... [ click to read more ] |
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Monday, March 28
More pictures from the 2005 Lappe 24hr Relay<
- By: Jim Cameron
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Sunday, March 27
24 Hours of Lappe Results and Photos<
- By: Jim Cameron
The 2005 24 Hours of Lappe saw several records fall with both the men's and women's records falling to new champions. Werner Schwar set a new North American 24 hour ski endurance record of 407.8Km at this year's event. He broke Jussi Piirainen's mark<... [ click to read more ] |
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Sunday, March 27
Kris Freeman and Abigail Larson Win Colorado Spring Series Pursuit<
The 2005 Colorado International Spring Series opened up with the Devil's Thumb Ranch Duathlon under perfect conditions today. It was the final individual event of the 2005 North American Continental Cup Super Tour<... [ click to read more ] |
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Sunday, March 27
Canadian Men 17th in World Juniors Relay<
Canada’s cross-country men’s relay team struggled to keep up with the world’s best, finishing in 17th place at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland on Saturday<... [ click to read more ] |
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Friday, March 25
Silver Star 75 Photos and results.<
The inaugural Silver Star 75 Cross Country Ski Challenge at Silver Start Mountian Resort saw 160 compeditors compete in distances ranging from 7.5 to 75km. There were 54 solo athletes and 18 teams tackling the 7.5km loop. The top 3 solo<... [ click to read more ] |
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Friday, March 25
Canada's Perianne Jones Leads Young Canucks into Top-15 at World Juniors<
Perianne Jones posted one of the strongest distance race results in nearly a decade for a Canadian junior cross-country skier at the at the Nordic Junior World Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland on Friday.<... [ click to read more ] |
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Thursday, March 24
Kokanee NewUnion NordicX Is Ready to Rock!!<
With fresh snow on the ground the Kokanee NewUnion NordicX is ready to become the first major Nordic X race in North America. The course design team has put together a race course<... [ click to read more ] |
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Wednesday, March 23
Jones 15th in World Junior Championships Sprint<
Canada's Perianne Jones bounced back after a difficult opening day earlier this week at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland to finish 15th in the women's sprint<... [ click to read more ] |
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Monday, March 21
Perianne Jones Leads Canadians with 27th at World Juniors<
Canada’s Perianne Jones ignited her junior cross-country skiing world championships campaign with a top-30 finish in the women’s 10-kilometre pursuit in Rovaniemi, Finland on Monday<... [ click to read more ] |
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Saturday, March 19
Scott 7th in Final World Cup of the Season<
Canada's Beckie Scott skied to her third consecutive seventh place finish in a World Cup pursuit race in Falun, Sweden on Saturday, marking then end of the 2004-05 season<... [ click to read more ] |
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Friday, March 18
McKeever Unbeatable at Disabled Worlds<
Canada's Brian McKeever struck gold for the second straight day after climbing to the top of the podium at the Disabled Nordic Skiing World Championships in Fort Kent, Maine on Thursday<... [ click to read more ] |
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Friday, March 18
Excitment at the Colorado International Spring Series<
This year's Colorado International Spring Series (CISS), Mar. 26 - Apr. 2, 2005, means excitement for elite and recreational racers as well as spectators<... [ click to read more ] |
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Thursday, March 17
Skifaster.net Logo Design Contest<
Skifaster.net encourages those with graphic design skills to submit entries to the Skifaster.net Logo Design Contest. As part of a long overdue site upgrade, we would also like to rebrand our logo. If your logo is used by Skifaster.net you'll win<... [ click to read more ] |
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Wednesday, March 16
Strong Canadian Team Set for World Junior Championships in Finland<
Canada's reigning junior women's cross-country ski champion, Perianne Jones of Almonte, Ont., will lead a solid group of seven elite athletes when they compete with the world's best at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships<... [ click to read more ] |
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Wednesday, March 16
Beckie Scott 7th in Goteborg Sprint<
Beckie Scott sprinted into seventh place for the second consecutive race at a World Cup in Goteborg, Sweden on Wednesday<... [ click to read more ] |
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Tuesday, March 15
Canadians All Over the Podium at World Disabled Champs<
Two Canadian athletes, Brian McKeever and Shauna Maria Whyte, kicked-off the opening day of cross-country ski events with two podium performances at the Disabled Nordic Skiing World Championships<... [ click to read more ] |
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Tuesday, March 15
Salomon Marathon Cup Series Notice<
- By: Phil Villeneuve
The cancellation of the Salomon Marathon Cup Series Races #1,2, 4 and 5 in Western Canada due to poor weather/snow conditions has resulted in the addition of 2 races to be used as eligible points races for competitors out West<... [ click to read more ] |
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Tuesday, March 15
Haywood World Championship Video<
- By: Dan Roycroft
This is a compilation of footage of Sara, George and Devon's amazing races from the World Championships in Oberstdorf<... [ click to read more ] |
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Tuesday, March 15
Race Video from Le Blizzard Ski Club Night Sprints<
- By: Mathieu Lavoie
Another race video by Mathieu Lavoie from Le Blizzard Ski Club in Val-Bélair, near Quebec City of the night sprint races they have been organizing. Video footage is from the races on February 16th<... [ click to read more ] |
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Saturday, March 12
Thunder Bay Springs Series Cup Announced<
- By: Timo Puiras
Info on the Thunder Bay Spring Series Cup.<... [ click to read more ] |
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Saturday, March 12
Renner Scores 25th, George Grey 38th at Holmenkollen<
Canada's Sara Renner woke up this morning with the willingness to put her body through the ultimate mental and physical test - a 30 kilometre classic World Cup cross-country ski race on the Holmenkollen trails<... [ click to read more ] |
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Tuesday, March 8
Silver Star 75 Set with $8500 in Cash and Prizes<
Silver Star 75 km event is set to go! The snow conditions are excellent and people are registering in the solo and team categories<... [ click to read more ] |
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Monday, March 7
Canada Names World Junior Squad<
At the final award ceremonies of the curtailed 2005 Canadian Championships Cross Country Canada announced the team that will represent Canada at the World Junior Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland<... [ click to read more ] |
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Sunday, March 6
Scott 5th in Lahti World Cup Skate<
It has been four years since Beckie Scott completed a World Cup season without making at least one trip to the international podium. The Vermilion, Alta. native came another stride closer to extending her streak into 2005 when she finished fifth<... [ click to read more ] |
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Sunday, March 6
Last Race at Canadian Champs Cancelled<
Weeks of warm weather finally overcame organizers of the 2005 Canadian Championship in Prince George, BC, forcing the cancellation for today's long distance mass start skate races<... [ click to read more ] |
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Saturday, March 5
Scott 9th, Kershaw Strong Again in Sprint World Cup<
Beckie Scott led the Canadian Cross-Country Ski Team into the final period of the World Cup circuit after finishing ninth in a sprint race in Lahti, Finland on Saturday. But perhaps the real story of the day was yet another stellar spring from rising star Devon Kershaw<... [ click to read more ] |
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Friday, March 4
Crawford and 'Fifty-Sprint' Take Canadian Sprint Titles<
There weren't many surprises at the Canadian National Championships in Prince George, BC today, as perennial sprint favorites Sean Crooks and Chandra Crawford both dominated<... [ click to read more ] |
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Wednesday, March 2
Babikov and Gaiazova Repeat in Nationals Pursuit<
Warm conditions continued today in Prince George, BC for the skate pursuit races at the Canadian National Championships. The overnight pursuit leaders, Ivan Babikov and Dasha Gaiazova, put in dominant performances<... [ click to read more ] |
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Wednesday, March 2
Cross Country Ski Lecturer/Coaching Position at University of Maine<
The University of Maine at Presque Isle announces a 3-year fixed-length Cross-Country Ski Lecturer/Coaching position beginning September 1, 2005<... [ click to read more ] |
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Tuesday, March 1
Gaiazova and Babikov Take Canadian Classic Titles<
The Caledonia Ski Club in Prince George, BC hasn't had many breaks over the past month. The usually snowy Otway Nordic Center, home of the club, has been hit with just about everything but snow<... [ click to read more ] |
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