Ranskan maajoukkue on parhaillaan leirillä Savoijassa, ja se osallistuu tiistaina 19. elokuuta Bessansin Biathlon Contest -tapahtumaan. Joukkue kohtasi myös suomalaiset, jotka harjoittelevat myös Haute-Mauriennessa.
Blink Festivalen Norjan Sandnesissä päättyi eilen sprinttikisoihin. Norjalaiset veivät palkintopallisijat sekä miehissä ja naisissa. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo näytti jälleen, että hän on kiistaton sprinttikuningas. Helene Marie Fossesholm otti jo toisen voittonsa Blink Festivalenilla vieden myös sprintin.
Blink Festivalen jatkui tänään ampumahiihdon supersprintillä ja maastohiihdon miesten 15 kilometrin ja naisten 10 kilometrin yhteislähtökisoilla vapaalla hiihtovalla. Itävallan Mika Vermeulen sai arvokkaan voiton.
Teemu Pasanen, the head coach of the Finnish cross-country ski team, says that the high-altitude camp that ended last week went well. Pasanen follows the development of young male skiers with particular interest.
Max Novak finished fourth in the 48-kilometer long distance roller-ski race Alliansloppet in Trollhättan, Sweden, this Saturday, and he was beaten by Calle Halfvarsson, a Swedish National Team member. Yesterday, Max got even with Calle when he managed to win the 15-kilometer Alliance race.
Last season, 27-year-old Isac Holmström from Åland was responsible for Finland’s best finish on the men’s side at Vasaloppet, 34th, and in Ski Classics, 49th in the Champion competition. The Team Edux skier, who is now working in Ostrobothnia, is ready to raise the bar when the new season kicks off.
The Swedish cross-country ski star Charlotte Kalla, who retired after this winter, becomes part of a popular TV show in her home country.
Double-poling and long-distance skiing have become synonymous over the past decade. Practically, there is no other technique used in today’s world, but in 1994, Staffan Larsson’s double-poling endeavor at Vasaloppet was considered “pure madness”. In this article, Larsson talks about his decision to go without kick wax.
The last weekend in August is tight, to say the least, in the roller-skiing competition agenda. In addition to the major races Alliansloppet in Sweden and Toppidrottsvecka in Norway, the World Cup competitions (with the World Junior Championships) also await in Latvia. Swedish roller-ski star Linn Sömskar is ready to face the heat.
This past weekend, a 34-kilometer roller-ski race called Horsehill Race took place in Teerijärvi, Finland. Team Edux, one of the Finnish Pro Teams, performed well.
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