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30May 2019 by DS News Team

Holmenkollen Changes Back To Individual Start

Hello, yesterday! From 2021 Holmenkollen 30/50k race, the only long-distance competition on the World Cup roster, is going back to being an individual start race. It was that in the past but since 2009 it's a mass start, alternating between classic and freestyle. Let us guess: ski purists will love it, less discerning/younger crowd - not so much. TV bosses - even less so. Pictured: start of 30k C at Holmenkollen-2019

30May 2019 by DS News Team

Summerski Project Is Taking Shape – And Needs Your Help

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Remember the Summerski Project, a valiant effort by Lars Englund from Bollnäs, Sweden to develop & promote plastic surface that feels exactly like snow? It's moving forward - here you see the first Summerski track taking shape: [caption id="attachment_11550" align="alignnone" width="1280"] the first Summerski track is being built on the property of Bollegården Sports Hotel that Lars Englund owns[/caption] Mr. Englund and his partner & adviser in the project, none else but all-time-great Thomas Wassberg ( yes, the Olympic champion of Lace Placid, Sarajevo and Calgary) hope to have the track finished early summer and already plan the first competition, scheduled for late August. [caption id="attachment_11549" align="alignnone" width="1280"] the track is going to run some 400 meteres on the loop and have a few ( gentle) climbs. The profile actually…

27May 2019 by DS News Team

Vidar Løfshus, ex Boss Of Team Norway, Got New Job – And It Might Surprise You

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Vidar Løfshus did not go to work for the Chinese as many predicted after he resigned his commission earlier this year - instead he went to insurance company. Løfshus was the boss of the Norwegian cross-country national team from 2011 to 2019, and during his reign the team won 12 Olympic and 23 World Championships gold medal, possibly the best period in the history of the Norwegian xcskiing ever. His new employer is Fremtind Forsikring, newly formed insurance company, owned by SpareBank 1 and DNB - both of which were/are major sponsors of Team Norway. A 49-year old Løfshus, who has business administration degree, will be responsible for culture and performance development atthe company.

25May 2019 by DS News Team

Charlotte Kalla: Tour de Ski Prize Money Now Is Less Than What I Got 11 Years Ago.

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Almost half, actually. When Charlotte Kalla herself triumphed in the second edition of Tour de Ski, spectacularly overtaking then-leader Virpi Kuitinen on the final Alpe Cermis climb, she took home almost 100.000 Swiss franks as the series winner. TdS Winner-2019, Ingvild Flugstad Östberg, was rewarded with CHF 55,000 - almost half. "The TdS prize money needs to be raised because it is less for a victory in the tour now than when I won eleven years ago.... I think the money is definitely important factor" triple Olymoic champion told Swedish TT news agency Quite a few top skiers, including hot favorite Therese Johaug, season's sensation Ebba Andersson and, indeed, Kalla herself chose to skip TdS 2018/19.

14May 2019 by DS News Team

Egor Sorin Comments On Lysebotn Doublepoling

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At 33 Egor Sorin is one of the youngest national team coaches. And an old hand at Blink Festival that he started to attend as assistant coach to Markus Cramer [caption id="attachment_11329" align="alignnone" width="747"] Sorin and Sergey Ustiugov at Lysebotn in 2017. [/caption] We had a quick chat about new Lysebotn Doublepoling race that debuts this year [caption id="attachment_11324" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Interesting race. It would be useful to check my athletes' abilities in doublepoling uphill.It's actually more effective to use DP uphill than diagonal stride on many tracks.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_11327" align="alignnone" width="1920"] The technique of uphill doublepoling as well as tempo and rhythm of the movements are very different from those used in more common doublepoling on flat portions of the track.The strength endurance of very different muscle groups is…

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