After suffering a double hip fracture in October, Kristin Stoermer Steira (NOR) returns to the World Cup circuit, racing two of the three events in Rybinsk (RUS) this weekend. Steira broke her hip in two places after falling during a workout on the glacier during the Norwegian National team altitude camp this fall. […]
Working Hard on Getting Worse
- Jan 21 2015
Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg, a 2014 Olympic gold and silver medalist in Sochi, has worked hard at becoming worse. More specifically, the 24-year-old Norwegian national-team member says she’s less obsessed with perfection and more focused on the overall picture. “I’ve gotten a lot of training advice through the years, and a lot of it […]
Crushing the Competition
- Jan 19 2015
On Thursday, Emil Super-Svendsen served up a smoking anchor performance in the men’s 4×7.5km biathlon relay. Then Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg dominated the World Cup sprints from start to finish on Saturday and helped Norway to 2nd place in the team sprint on Sunday. In Saturday’s individual sprint in Tallin, Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg […]
Drama in La Diagonela
- Jan 18 2015
Madshus Marathon Team racer Oeystein Pettersen (NOR) won his first Ski Classics event on Saturday, but donates his prize money to the 84th finisher in the race. Pettersen bagged his first and unexpected Ski Classics victory after winning the sprint finish with Christoffer Callesen (NOR), while fellow Madshus racer John Kristian Dahl […]
Stepping up for Broken Teammate
- Jan 16 2015
Madshus racer Johan Kjoelstad (NOR), who was second in La Diagonela last year, will not be racing this weekend after slipping on the ice and breaking his ankle on his way to the Ski Classics race Jizerska 50 last weekend. But his teammates have promised to race their brains out in his honor […]
Tears of Joy
- Jan 12 2015
Cross-country skier Heidi Weng (NOR) finished on the podium every stage of the Tour de Ski, and in the end she cried. But she was far from the only Madshus racer on the podium this week. On Sunday, Weng fought her way into third place in the overall Tour de Ski […]
Moved in on the Tour de Ski Podium
- Jan 9 2015
Madshus cross-country skier Heidi Weng (NOR) has been on the podium in every stage of the 2015 Tour de Ski, landing her in a solid second place overall with only two stages to go. Stage by stage, Weng has been putting more time between her and the competitors, and with only […]
Gearing up for the Long Run
- Jan 8 2015
Madshus marathon team racer Johan Kjoelstad (NOR) won the overall Ski Classics title in 2014 and is second in the overall competition after the 15km Pro Team Prologue and the 35km La Sgambeda in Livigno, Italy, in December. Kjoelstad, who races with Team United Bakeries in the Ski Classics, is ahead of […]
Dream Start to Tour de Ski
- Jan 4 2015
Saturday, Heidi Weng (NOR) opened Tour de Ski 2015 with her best skate performance to date, placing second in the 3.3-kilometer prologue – only 10 seconds behind first place. Then Weng followed up with a second place in the 10km classic pursuit, where she beat Therese Johaug (NOR) in Johaug’s strongest event. […]
Tour de Ski 2015 – The Game is on
- Jan 2 2015
The ninth edition of Tour de Ski is hours away. Here is your cheat sheet to the venues, the stages, the times and the formats for the 2015 version. OBERSTDORF (GER) Stage 1: 3km women/4km men F Prologue – January 3rd – women start at 10:45 and men start at 12:45 (CET) […]
