03Mar 2020 by DS News Team
Wait, We Know You! Former Athletes At Juniors World In Oberwiesenthal

Wait, We Know You! Former Athletes At Juniors World In Oberwiesenthal

Leaders, Newsfeed
[caption id="attachment_15028" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Ida Ingemarsdotter works this season as squire or apprentice coach with the Swedish Juniors whileStefanie Boehler does media outreach for the German team[/caption] [caption id="attachment_15031" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Egor Sorin is Russia U23 coach - former Junior World Champion shows here while it is important for coaches to stay in best shape possible ;)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_15029" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Lukáš Bauer is now coaching male side of Team Poland....[/caption] [caption id="attachment_15026" align="alignnone" width="1920"] ...while Justyna Kowalczyk handles female side. Successfully - Izabela Marcisz has already won two medals in Oberwiesenthal [/caption] [caption id="attachment_15027" align="alignnone" width="1673"] Remi Andersen was one best skating style specialist in the Norwegian team back in 1990s. Now Dr.Andersen is in charge of athletes' health in Team Norge [/caption] [caption id="attachment_15036" align="alignnone" width="1920"] ...and, of…
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02Mar 2020 by DS News Team
Machine And Its Cogs

Machine And Its Cogs

Money & Finance, Newsfeed
Try to figure out what's going on on the photo above. Experienced readers would have no problem reading cues: since neither Fischer nor Salomon nor Rossi do not allow their sponsored athletes to use different brand boots (with a very few,disappearing exceptions), the correct answer is" two waxers are helping an athlete to choose best skis". It's not a photo from a "grownup" World Championships it's Juniors World, supposedly less fancy event. Gone forever are the days when talents from the countries like Romania could score victories and/ or podiums. To win these days is not only and, perhaps, not so much about having an actual talent. It's about the whole system. The other parts of which include a wide choice of most modern skis, a squad of highly advanced…
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29Feb 2020 by DS News Team
Juniors’ World As Top Entertainment On Skis

Juniors’ World As Top Entertainment On Skis

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[caption id="attachment_14984" align="alignnone" width="1920"] They celebrate by sticking tongue out to line-up of photographers ...[/caption] [caption id="attachment_14980" align="alignnone" width="1920"] ...they cheer their heart out for a teammate....[/caption] [caption id="attachment_14978" align="alignnone" width="1920"] ....nothing can stop them. Especially a No Entry sign ?...[/caption] [caption id="attachment_14983" align="alignnone" width="1920"] ...they cry when they lose...[/caption] [caption id="attachment_14977" align="alignnone" width="1920"] ...they know how to be effortlessly cool...[/caption] [caption id="attachment_14976" align="alignnone" width="1920"] ...occasionally they partake in races. That's also kinda cool[/caption] [caption id="attachment_14979" align="alignnone" width="1920"] ..yep, like that...[/caption] [caption id="attachment_14975" align="alignnone" width="1920"] ...and best of all, they know how to celebrate their youth. Gotta love it - and envy just a bit ![/caption]
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21Feb 2020 by DS News Team
Ski Tour 2020 – Round Up

Ski Tour 2020 – Round Up

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This is an effort to summarize impressions from the inaugural Ski Tour 2020. At least we hope it's inaugural and not a one-off event in the "gap year " when there are no Olympics or the world championships. We deliberately post this before the Tour's end as there is enough info to convey and the most novel races have happened already. Good: [caption id="attachment_14841" align="alignnone" width="1920"] The Tour is happening in the geographic area that could be described as "heartland of cross country skiing", at least one of them. That's what sets it apart from a better known cousin, Tour de Ski. It translates into spectators' stands packed and general atmosphere of the big event[/caption] [caption id="attachment_14832" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Ecology/ sustainability trend is not a fad - it's a fashion…
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03Feb 2020 by DS News Team
Elena Vyalbe Becomes New Chairperson Of Russian Ski Association

Elena Vyalbe Becomes New Chairperson Of Russian Ski Association

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Elena Vyalbe just got an important additional job. To her exisiting titles of the chairwoman of the Russian cross country ski federation (since 2010) and the senior coach of the national team (since 2012) she adds the one of a chairwoman of the whole Russian Ski Association (RSA). RSA is an umbrella organization that includes four sports federations that act rather independently: Alpine Skiing & Snowboard, Freestyle, Ski Jumping & Nordic Combined and, of course, Cross-Country Ski. This is a standard national organizational chart, in a way mimicking the FIS' own structure. National Association president title carries not just a lot of prestige, but quite a bit of weight as well - NA presidents are the ones who officially represent their countries in the International Ski Federation (FIS) . As…
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