18Apr 2020 by DS News Team
Holmenkollen Organizers Still Owe Prize Money To Karlsson, Bolshunov & Co

Holmenkollen Organizers Still Owe Prize Money To Karlsson, Bolshunov & Co

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The organizers of Holmenkollen Ski Festival are yet to send the latest winners of the storied race the checks they are entitled to. Last month Holmenkollen 30/50k produced some of the most exciting races of the last season with Frida Karlsson and Alexander Bolshunov beating the host nation stars in front of the traditional massive crowds. There was just one problem with that " crowds" definition: those were non-paying citizens exercising their free-access rights alongside the tracks in the forest. The terraces of the large Holmenkollen stadium remained empty on early coronavirus fears - likely rightly so from what we now know about how the disease spread. For the organizers, however, it was a nightmare: having to bear all the costs associated with holding a FIS World Cup event with…
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17Apr 2020 by DS News Team
Jennie Öberg From Team Sweden Hit By Coronavirus, Tells About Her Experiences

Jennie Öberg From Team Sweden Hit By Coronavirus, Tells About Her Experiences

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Jennie Öberg from Team Sweden became the first top-level skier to suffer from COVID-19. A 30 year old from Kalix, which is in Northern Sweden, almost on the border with Finland, describes how it felt in conversation with the Expressen newspaper: - I had around 40 degrees of fever for several days, and no matter how many painkillers I took it never went down. I couldn't eat or drink anything, felt so terrible that could barely leave my bed. It was so bad that at one point in time I was just caught myself thinking “ How long can one manage to endure all this? " https://www.expressen.se/sport/langdskidor/landslagsakaren-pa-sjukhus-for-corona/ In the end the 30 year old had to be taken to the hospital in nearby Luleå where she made a full recovery…
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16Apr 2020 by DS News Team
Russia Announces Its Squad Selection 2020/21

Russia Announces Its Squad Selection 2020/21

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The Russians have just announced their national team selection for 2020/21. -It's one skier smaller in total numbers compared to the last season yet remains by far the world's largest: 39 athletes in total. Wow! [caption id="attachment_15599" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Yuri Borodavko & Oleg Perevozchikov[/caption] -The unique structure of independently operating inner groups remain: those under Yuri Borodavko (10 skiers ) and Markus Cramer (9) have both men and women, the one under Oleg Perevozchikov is men-only. Egor Sorin's group is considered equal in status, but is composed primarily of U23 skiers of both sexes with two exceptions. [caption id="attachment_15595" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Sedova, Nepryaeva and Belorukova[/caption] Get used to two new names: Yulia Stupak and Anastasia Kuleshova. Those are Yulia Belorukova and Anastasia Sedova who both are back to the squad…
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15Apr 2020 by DS News Team
Alpina Gets Prestigious Design Award For Elite 3.0

Alpina Gets Prestigious Design Award For Elite 3.0

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The Alpine Elite 3.0 boots line just received arguably the world's highest appraisal in the field of industrial design: Red Dot Product Design Award. It's a big deal, the covered Red Dot is often seen gracing promo pictures of the winning models. To give you an idea: apart from Alpina 3.0s, the award this year also went to AirPods Pro and IPhone 11Pro to name but a few. To put it bluntly, the Red Dot is turning a product into a coveted symbol of its owner's ...coolness? taste? deep pockets ( it only goes to top-of-the-line products in range)? all of the above? Well you decide, but we are totally in support of that trend when you buy because you dearly want that thing, not just because you find it…
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14Apr 2020 by DS News Team
Swiss Team Announces Squad Selection 2020/21

Swiss Team Announces Squad Selection 2020/21

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The Swiss ski federation is traditionally among the first to announce the squad selection for the upcoming season - pretty much the moment the last one is over. Corona-crisis or not, the Swiss have decided to keep with traditions Only three athletes made it to the national team this time around: Dario Cologna, Nadine Fähndrich and Laurien van der Graaff. No surprises there - all three had strong last season. [caption id="attachment_15560" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Fähndrich/ van der Graaff duo is among the strongest in the world. Here they are captured right after the silver finish in Dresden, their second Team Sprint podium of the season[/caption] [caption id="attachment_15561" align="alignnone" width="1920"] 2019/20 wasn't the best season for the Olympic champion, only one individual podium - but, rumor has it, Cologna was experimenting…
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