Houghton, MI – Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT) and Torin Koos (Leavenworth, WA), victimized a year ago by equipment problems, made up for it Sunday as they won the team sprint gold medal at the U.S. Cross Country Championships. Lindsey Dehlin (Mahtomedi, MN) and Lindsay Williams (Hastings, MN) won the women’s team sprint in a big … Continue reading Newell-Koos, Williams-Dehlin Win Team Gold at U.S. Cross Country Skiing Champs →

Schonach, Germany – Bill Demong (Vermontville, NY) finished fifth Sunday in a windy and rain-soaked World Cup nordic combined individual event, holding onto third place in the overall World Cup standings. He had the fourth-fastest 15K race to move up five spots after the ski jumping round. nNorwegian Petter Tande, second in jumping, took the … Continue reading Demong 5th in Rain-soaked Schonach →

Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic – Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) moved up six places with a strong second run Sunday to finish ninth in a World Cup slalom, topping the U.S. field. Defending World Cup SL champ Marlies Schild of Austria won while Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) went out four gates from the end while … Continue reading Austrian Schild Wins Czech World Cup Slalom →

Adelboden, Switzerland – Jimmy Cochran (Keene, NH), having the best season of his World Cup ski racing career, grabbed his third top-10 of the season Sunday, finishing eighth in a slalom. World champion Mario Matt of Austria won with World Cup leader and teammate Benjamin Raich second. n”I thought I was out up there a … Continue reading Cochran 8th in World Cup SL, Leads U.S. Ski Racers Again →

Steamboat Springs, CO – Benjamin Fairchild (Kirkland, WA) rose from second place in Friday’s snowboarding parallel giant slalom to win the men’s parallel slalom in Saturday’s Race to the Cup. Fairchild led a U.S. men’s sweep of the podium spots in the race on Steamboat’s Howelsen Hill. n”It’s nice to be back on the top … Continue reading U.S. Men Sweep Snowboarding’s Race To The Cup Podium →

Houghton, MI – Defending champions Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT) and Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, AK) led every heat Saturday en route to winning the men’s and women’s freestyle sprint titles at the U.S. Cross Country Championships at Michigan Tech Nordic Ski Center. Randall, the first U.S. woman to win a World Cup cross country race, won … Continue reading U.S. Cross Country Skiing Championships: Randall, Newell Win Again →

Graz, Austria – Austrian snowboarder Stefan Gimpl celebrated back-to-back World Cup Big Air wins on Sunday, winning the season’s fourth of six such events in Graz topping the field at the season’s third Big Air in Sofia, Bulgaria in December. It was Gimpl’s third career World Cup win, earned in front of more than 7,000 … Continue reading Gimpl Wins Another World Cup Snowboarding Big Air in Graz →