24Sep 2017 by DS News Team
In Case You Missed It: Ski Running Is A Thing This Season

In Case You Missed It: Ski Running Is A Thing This Season

Newsfeed, Trivia
10 km in 1h7m 37s might not impress you much – till you learn how this feat was accomplished. Over 30000 people took to the streets of the Russian capital last Sunday to run Moscow International Marathon – while most of them opted for time-tested style of Philippides of Athens, one participant was doing it...on skis https://www.instagram.com/p/BZbOFujHeCQ/ Aleksei Shcheglov, co-founder of Moscow ski club GoldFinch Team, chose that somewhat unusual running style to raise awareness of cross country skiing – and, presumably, to promote his club's colors. Enthusiastic social media commentators cheered and wanted to know what skis were up to task ( hint: Karjala Sorsu are all the rage this season in” asphalt ski racing” ) Others wanted to know whether the new “record holder” recommends scraping or waxing…
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21Sep 2017 by DS News Team
Aline Who Trains For PyeongChang And Who Never Gives Up

Aline Who Trains For PyeongChang And Who Never Gives Up

Leaders, Newsfeed
When you get tired, when you get bored, when you get too comfy in your bed in the morning to come out to train – think of Aline Rocha and how she deals with problems, frustrations and barriers in life. ....As a teenager, the 26-year-old Brazilian was not interested in sports. "I was always shy, I did not like physical activity." In 2006, when she was 15, a car accident left her paraplegic - but took her into the world of Parathletics Coming to the home Paralympics in Rio in 2016, Aline was already one of the top ranking marathoners in T54 class and was considered to be a real medal contender. The race didn't quite go her way – still, Aline finished in a respectable 10th Place. After that,…
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20Sep 2017 by DS News Team
Read This If You Are Skier With Love Handles Issue

Read This If You Are Skier With Love Handles Issue

Newsfeed, Trivia
Time to confess: how many an amateur Nordie have you come across sporting a bit of a stomach, spilling over that tight waistband of his Lycra-enhanced ski racing suit? And does that include the man you see every day in the mirror? If you are one of us, perennial “love handles” fighters – rejoice! Because the good scientists at the Columbia University Medical Center have just come up with a skin patch that dissolves the said 'love handles' – in overfed mice so far, but that's a start, ain't it? According to the story in Science Daily, quoting the authors of the research, “Microneedle skin patch that delivers fat-shrinking drug locally could be used to treat obesity and diabetes”. "Not all fat is equal," says Professor Alexander Pfeifer from the…
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17Sep 2017 by DS News Team
Birkebeinerrennet Travels China

Birkebeinerrennet Travels China

Travel & Mass Sport
Birken AS, the Norwegian company that owns rights to the storied Birkebeiner race has signed a deal with the Swedish company Nordic Ways AB, allowing the latter to market sporting events in the People's Republic of China using the brand 'Birken'. The press release indicates that “the Chinese Birkebeinerrennet can be arranged already this winter” - without disclosing possible location or any other details.Nordic Ways ,owned and led by  Niclas  Hellqvist together with Chinese partners, already holds the rights to Vasaloppet China ski marathon, that is held annually at the beginning of the year in Changchun. China's declared goal is to bring a staggering 300 million of its people to take part in winter sports as part of the ramp-up to the Winter Olympic games in Beijing in 2022. The country…
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16Sep 2017 by DS News Team
Justina Kowalczyk Signed By Revamped Team Robinson

Justina Kowalczyk Signed By Revamped Team Robinson

Leaders
“My new Italian long-distance lifestyle” that's how Justina Kowalczyk broke the news of her joining Team Robinson for the upcoming season. https://twitter.com/JuiceKowalczyk/status/909046176955150336 Previously known as Team Robinson Petshop Trainer , it is reborn this season as Team Trentino Robinson Trainer and will be lead by a veteran of the world ski circuit Bruno Debertolis At the unveiling on Saturday in Ziano di Fiemme at the heart of the famous Fiemme valley, it was announced that Team Robinson will enter the Visma Ski Classics series where it intends to “take on Norwegian monsters” who were/are running the show for the last decade. https://twitter.com/denis_kabanen/status/909054887597608960 The team will list, apart from Kowalczyk, a well known Finnish ski marathoner Heli Heiskanen plus some of the best homegrown talents, such as Nicolas and Thomas Bormolini…
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