LatestNews Archive - February, 2007 |
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Wednesday, February 28
McKeever 24th in Crazy World Champs Race<
- By: CCC
On any given day, being the top Canadian finisher in a World Championship race would be a proud accomplishment for any athlete. For blind skier Brian McKeever, breaking into the top-25 against the world’s best cross-country skiers<... [
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Wednesday, February 28
Biathlete Wins Snowy Men's 15K Freestyle<
- By: USSA
Biathlete Lars Berger of Norway was the surprise gold medalist Wednesday in the men's 15K freestyle at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships as a harder-than-expected snowstorm struck midway through the starting field. Lars Flora and James Southam<... [
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Tuesday, February 27
Weier Top US Skier in Worlds 10K<
- By: USSA
Czech Katerina Neumannova won her second consecutive 10K freestyle world championships Tuesday as the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships resumed after a day off. Top American was Northern Michigan University senior Lindsey Weier (Mahtomedi, MN) in 52nd place<... [
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Sunday, February 25
Gaiazova 46th, Betcherman 51st in World's Pursuit<
- By: CCC
It may have been four years since Russia’s Olga Savialova made her first trip to the top step of the podium at a World Championship race, but she was back in the familiar spot after winning Sunday’s 15-kilometre women’s pursuit race on Sunday in Sapporo, Japan<... [
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Sunday, February 25
Randall Earns Best Worlds Pursuit Finish<
- By: USSA
Russian Olga Savialova edged Czech Katerina Neumannova by a half-second Sunday in the women's 15K (7.5K CL+7.5K FR) pursuit at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, AK) was 41st and Lindsey Weier (Mahtomedi, MN) 52nd<... [
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Sunday, February 25
Whyte in Final European IPC World Cup of Season<
- By: CCC
It was a battle right to the finish for Canada’s Shauna Maria Whyte, in the women’s short distance sit-ski event Sunday, in Sweden. Whyte, a native of Hinton, Alta., finished the race in fourth-place, and found herself left off the podium, a position she is not very familiar with this season<... [
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Saturday, February 24
World Champs Team Sprint Video<
- By: Canmore Physical Therapy
Canadian Team physiotherapist Shane Munro has uploaded video from the men's sprint final at the World Championships on his website. Footage from the medal ceremony and Drew and Devon's trip the podium, as well as a few interviews, will be posted on the same link soon<... [
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Saturday, February 24
Grey 25th in World Champs Pursuit<
- By: CCC
The 27-year-old from Rossland, B.C. maintained pace with the frontrunners, finishing the pursuit race with a time of one hour 13 minutes 53.7 seconds. The pursuit race combines 15 kilometres of classic skiing with an additional 15 kilometres of skate skiing<... [
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Saturday, February 24
US Nordic Notes: Dyed Hair<
- By: USSA
Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, AK) will bring her pink-dyed hair to the women's 15K pursuit (7.5K CL+7.5K FR) Saturday and Lindsey Weier (Mahtomedi, MN), her teammate on the 2002 and '06 Olympic Team, will make her first start of the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships<... [
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Saturday, February 24
Freeman 19th in 30K Pursuit<
- By: USSA
Kris Freeman (Andover, NH) skied with the lead pack throughout the race and survived a late crash to finish 19th Saturday in the men's 30K pursuit (15K CL+15K FR) as cross country racing switched from sprints to distance at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships<... [
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Saturday, February 24
Lou Gibson Faces Tough Course in Sweden<
- By: CCC
Vancouver’s Lou Gibson faced a big challenge in the men’s middle distance sit-ski race at the IPC World Cup Saturday, in Sweden. Staring down the most difficult course of his rookie World Cup season, Gibson finished 11th, stopping the clock 19 minutes 22.5 seconds behind the winner from Russia<... [
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Friday, February 23
Men's Killer Piller Challenge, Women's Tchepalova Challenge<
- By: David Zylberberg
This event is being named in honour of Pietro Piller Cotterer and Julia Tchepalova for there impressive victories in the only other 10/15km skate races ever held on this course. As a result course records are 25:39 and 35:36. We would like to see someone challenge these times though it is understood that if they can break them without World Cup wax technicians they should probably be in Japan and not Canada that week<... [
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Friday, February 23
Randall, Valaas Just Miss Team Sprint Finals<
- By: USSA
Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, AK) and Laura Valaas (Wenatchee, WA) narrowly missed qualifying for the 1.2K team freestyle sprint final heats Friday, finishing 2.7 seconds out as Finland moved on to take women's gold on Day Two of the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. U.S. men finished 15th<... [
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Thursday, February 22
Rusty Start for Canadians in Sapporo<
- By: CCC
Canada’s elite cross-country ski athletes, who have not raced internationally in six weeks, got off to a rusty start on Thursday in the classic sprint race at the 2007 World Championships in Sapporo, Japan<... [
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Thursday, February 22
Newell Just Misses Worlds Medal in Sprint<
- By: USSA
Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT) earned the best U.S. sprint finish, men's or women's, at the Worlds or Olympic level Thursday night, finishing fifth in the1.4K classic technique sprint to open the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships<... [
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Monday, February 19
Stephen Hart Wins Keskinada<
The Free Style day, which took place on Sunday, was dominated by Canadians. In the 53 K, Stephan Hart of Thunder Bay finished the course in 2 hours 28:24.8, only nine one-hundredths of a second ahead of Alberta’s Erik Carleton, two-time bronze medal winner of the Canadian Championships. Cyrus Kangarloo, another skier from Alberta, climbed to the third step of the podium, finishing two minutes ahead of Ottawa’s Karla Saidla<... [
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Monday, February 19
INDi2010 Update: A Tribute to Coaches<
- By: Mark Doble
I think it is about time I pay my respects back to a few certain coaches. You know who you are! Those indefatigable coaches who seem to work tirelessly in the wax room, or the ones you can hear giving splits at the 6 km mark when you are in the stadium, or the ones that drive for 15 hours straight<... [
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Wednesday, February 14
Best Result in Three Years for Freeman<
- By: USSA
Kris Freeman (Andover, NH), continuing to build steam as a lead-up to the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships next week, was 10th Friday - his best World Cup result in three years - in a 15K freestyle race<... [
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Monday, February 12
INDi2010 Update: The Evolution of My Skating Technique<
- By: Karla Mika
Classical skiing has always come easily to me, but for the majority of my time as a senior I have struggled with Skating. Unlike classic, skating seems to be a foreign motion to my body, and there is a serious discrepancy between what I know I should look like and what my body is actually doing<... [
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Saturday, February 3
Best World Cup Since 2005 for Freeman<
- By: USSA
Kris Freeman (Andover, NH) turned-in his best result in nearly two years Saturday, finishing 15th in a 15K freestyle World Cup race as he began the final preparation period leading to the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships<... [
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Saturday, February 3
INDi2010 Update: Notebook Therapy<
- By: Gordon Jewett
Their eyes said it all. Every person I talked to after my races last weekend shared that same shadowed look that could only be described as pity. Keeping their gaze lowered, they tried not to meet my eyes. They spoke in hushed tones as if I was a dangerous beast just waiting to attack<... [
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Thursday, February 1
World Juniors/U23's Rescheduled<
The FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Championships have been rescheduled for March 12th-18th, 2007 in Tarvisio, Italy. The competitions were originally planned for early February but where moved because of a complete lack of snow<... [
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