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02Nov 2017 by The Daily Skier Editorial

Upshot Of Decision To Ban Legkov/Belov

Yesterday's verdict of The IOC Disciplinary Commission, handing out a lifetime Olympic ban and stripping medals off the Russian skiers Alexander Legkov and Evgeniy Belov will go down in history. Regardless of which side of the argument you're on, the history is made because for the first time ever in sport a doping ban is given in the case where there is no direct evidence of actual doping, no evidence of sportsmen being involved and still no clear understanding of what had actually happened. The formula under which international sports bureaucrats judge sportsmen is notoriously vague and deserves to be quoted in full: “...The standard of proof shall be whether the IOC has established an anti-doping rule violation to the comfortable satisfaction of the hearing panel bearing in mind the…

27Oct 2017 by DS News Team

Skiers’ Lawyer: Investigation Concludes There Was No Probe Tampering

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Olympic champion of Sochi 2014 Alexander Legkov and silver medalist Evgeniy Belov are proven to be doping-free by Swiss scientists. That is according to a German lawyer for Legkov and Belov, Christof Wischemann, the interview with whom have appeared in the leading Russian media outlet Sport Express on Friday. As per Wischemann, the investigation revealed there was no scratch marks whatsoever on all the samples of one of "his" two skiers ( without naming which) , in case of the other there were scratches on one of the three sample containers which de-facto proves him innocent as well. Wischemann quotes hitherto unpublished findings of the University of Lausanne that was tasked with proving conclusively whether the samples were tampered with or not. The samples tampering was the key allegation against…

26Oct 2017 by DS News Team

Ski Season Kicks Off With SuperSprint Cup In Östersund, Sweden This Weekend

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The wait is over. The snow skiing season starts this weekend in Östersund, Sweden True, there were already FIS races in the South America and Australia/New Zealand – and there was a traditional Livigno race. But the Swedes got the timing superbly right: end of October, just when millions of skiers the world over start sensing that snow in the air and look longingly at their own stashed away narrow skis. What you need to know about the Östersund Winter Festival: - Will take place 27 to 29 October and culminate with the Sunday's finals - Will be live-televised/streamed by home broadcaster SVT - Stands for 8,000 ( you heard it right – eight thousand! ) spectators were built - "Only” 500 cubic meters of snowfarmed snow will be need…

17Oct 2017 by DS News Team

Gällivare Premiere Is First Meet Of Season For Top Skiers. We Effort To Understand Why Is It So Popular

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The wait is almost over – just one month & a change before the start of the competition season. The World Cup this year kicks of in Ruka, Finland on November 24th But before the WC first stage, some of the world's strongest skiers will meet, as it is their custom, on the tracks of the Swedish Gällivare – first for training and then to compete at the famed Gällivare Premiere. Nothing beats the first face-to-face race, World Cup or not. Apart from A-team from the home side, Sergey Ustiugov of Russia, Alex Harvey of Canada, Dario Cologna of Switzerland, Kikkan Randall of Team USA are all expected – and so will their teammates. The icing on the cake from the media & publicity point would come in a shape…

13Oct 2017 by DS News Team

Brilliantly Blunt Yelena Välbe Does Not Mince Her Words In Recent Interview

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Yelena Välbe was always known for her bold, no compromise performance on the ski tracks - the one that earned her 3 Olympic champion titles and incredible fourteen golds at the FIS World Championships. Now, running the Russian Cross Country Ski Federation and being the member of FIS cross country skiing Executive Board, she seem to have lost none of her fiery style. In interview with the Russian R-Sport new agency, she totally doesn't shy away from calling a spade a spade – the quality that earned her both admiration and scorn from ski fans. Here are some of the choicer excerpts: On the future of Skiathlon: "It's the smaller ski nations that are interested in kicking the skiathlon out of the World Championships' program. It's both complicated and expensive…

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