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08Nov 2019 by DS News Team

Östersund Superstadium To Host Inaugural World Supersprint Series Race

Traditionalists would shake their heads. Purists gonna scowl. But the shortest skiing distance competition is here and it now has its own series. The race in Swedish Östersund on Saturday kicks off the World Sprint Series by the end of which next April the planet will know the name of its fastest skier on a 100 meter supersprint. [caption id="attachment_13624" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Ludvig " Ludde" Jensen is a man who probably did the most to popularize ski supersrint by developing distinct skiing technique on the tracks and being overall charmer outside of them[/caption] ..we sit at the race office of possibly the world's swankiest ski & biathlon stadium with the event organizer Ante Andersson. Totally rebuilt for this year's IBU Biathlon Championships, Östersund Skidstadion is to host the first ever…

05Nov 2019 by DS News Team

Swedes Get Massive Hike In Individual Salaries, But Team Achievement Bonus Is Gone

Money & Finance, Newsfeed

Base salary of the national team athletes was hiked quite a bit in a recent decision by the Swedish ski federation, DN reports Charlotte Kalla, Stina Nilsson, Ebba Andersson & Co will from now on get SEK 200000/ year or around 18.700 Euros. Not exactly what country's top football or ice hockey players are used to but much better than previous SEK 120000/ year Apart from the base salary raise, there are also more bonuses: a winner of a FIS World Cup stage would take home SEK 50000, second place would bring 30 and third 20K. Previously only winners were paid. What's gone is a peculiar collective same-for-all bonus Swedish skiers were previously paid if they took 30 World Cup podiums between them. Not so much jämlikhet any longer?

29Oct 2019 by DS News Team

Norwegians Love News About Klaebo and Johaug. And About Iversen And Oestberg Too

Newsfeed

Everything about life and career of world leaders of cross country skiing is of great interest to the good people of Norway. Otherwise, why would the Norwegian media constantly report about Johannes Klaebo and Therese Johaug? In the latest survey, published by NTB via Nettavisen Klaebo and Johaug take 2d and 3d place respectively in the ratings of most mentioned athlete in the media this year so far. First place goes to the Man United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær - naturally. Emil Iversen (5) and Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (9) are also in top 10. Martin Johnsrud Sundby is 11th and Petter Northug is 13th despite finishing his career last year. Interesting to note, that the leader of the international biathlon Johannes Thingnes Bø is only 17th. Looks like top football…

28Oct 2019 by DS News Team

Review: Best Poles Money Could Buy, Part 2

Gear News, Newsfeed

This is continuation of Review: Best Poles part I We follow an alphabetic order and continue to present you the very best poles, used by the very best of skiers. Some poles manufacturers ( we are talking about you, Rex, Start, RCS, SixTen and USSPC ) do produce quality 100% UHM carbon fiber poles - but do not sponsor any World Cup athletes. Whether they are not good enough for the very best or their respective owners have other ideas as to how to advertize, we simply would not know. The matter is, we can't show them for the lack of self-taken photos at the top events, sorry. But even without aforementioned, the field of the World Cup club pole makers is rather crowded with at least 11 companies vying…

26Oct 2019 by DS News Team

Finnish Riddle

Money & Finance, Newsfeed

World-class athletes running in the races broadcast on the national television with massive ratings and ever increasing interest from sponsors.... Sounds like an ideal Nordic skiing competition? Well, not so fast. Painstakingly, year after year, the Finnish Ski Association, working togeher with the country's national public broadcaster YLE, built a seemingly very local event, the Finnish Cup , into a television blockbuster , watched on TV by over half a million Finns. That's more than 10% of all adult population - massive ratings for cross country skiing! However, with the first stage of the Cup less than three weeks away, it's still totally unclear whether the popular event will be shown this year, Ilta-Sanomat reports A bone of contention is television rights. The Finnish Ski Association sold those rights to…

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