26Nov 2021 by The Daily Skier Editorial
You know who won in Ruka today. Now meet their significant others

You know who won in Ruka today. Now meet their significant others

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Have you seen how convincingly Maja Dahlqvist and Alexander Terentyev won their respective FIS World Cup races on Friday? We don't claim to know how they were preparing for them - for the lack of specific coaching knowledge, clearly. What we do know however, is that both had their significant others present in Ruka, at the starting lane. And that's a significant factor, we are sure. [caption id="attachment_18787" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Maja and Kevin announced their relationship at the Oberstdorf world championships just a few months ago. They seem to be quite inseparable ever since, with Kevin moving to Sweden[/caption] [caption id="attachment_18786" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Anna and Alexander have a been a couple for years, throughout their junior careers. As of this season, Anna joined Alexander in the coaching group led by…
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17Nov 2021 by DS News Team
IOC recommends ignoring testosterone levels in female athletes. It is relevant- xcskiers often have very high ones

IOC recommends ignoring testosterone levels in female athletes. It is relevant- xcskiers often have very high ones

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has issued a new framework policy regarding allowing transgender athletes to compete. With that the IOC is basically saying goodbye to its old policy, that said transgender athletes would be allowed to compete only provided their testosterone levels were below a certain limit for at least 12 months before their first competition. It's a big move. The World Athletics, for instance, now has a set of rules for female athletes requiring them to have levels of testosterone in their blood under 5 nanomoles per liter of blood (5 nmol/L) - or lower it by taking medications. As of today it applies only on 400m to 1 mile - nonetheless, it's a harsh barrier and does have a relation to skiing: World's best female xcskiers routinely…
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11Nov 2021 by DS News Team
Natalia Nepryaeva & complete zen

Natalia Nepryaeva & complete zen

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In the last few weeks no top skier's name was mentioned more often in the media than that of the leader of Team Russia Natalia Nepryaeva. It all started with her long-time coach Yuri Borodavko mentioning in interview with the Russian media that Natalia needs to lose some weight. Top Scandinavian newspapers immediately reacted that no Norwegian or Swedish coach would say anything of a kind in 2021. Then young but feisty Veronika Stepanova from Team Russia got involved in discussion essentially telling the aforementioned papers to mind their own business - which caused a new round of discussions, naturally. Throughout all this one person didn't offer an opinion: Natalia herself. Remarkable zen for our day and age. This is Ms. Nepryaeva during her final preps in Finland on Thursday-…
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05Nov 2021 by DS News Team
Power of television: world’s best will go to Lygna

Power of television: world’s best will go to Lygna

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"....There were two good candidates in Toblach and Lygna that are both very experienced organizers. The agreement with NRK to produce the championship was what decided that it would be Lygna in Norway." That's Erik Røste, President of the Norwegian Ski Federation - quoted by the very same NRK We reported in October on Lygna and Toblach being two candidates to replace Zakopane as a host of the Junior World Ski Championships-2022. And added that the power of NRK, Norwegian public television, might be a decisive factor. NRK has experience, equipment and loyal ski-crazy audiences . What it does not have is enough money to buy media rights for top events - both the Olympics 2022 and the FIS World Cup 21/22 the Norwegian fans would have to watch elsewhere.…
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