Sentences with phrase «cross-country ski races»

As the World Cup cross-country ski races wrap up in Falun, Sweden this weekend, it's hard not to wonder what separates the very best skiers from across the globe from the winners.

Not exact matches

When the team was put together, Day had never skied in an official cross-country race, and the Olympic subcommittee governing the selection of the U.S. Nordic team did not see how it could possibly make an exception to the rules for him and still discharge its duties with responsibility.

SIXTEN JERNBERG SWEDEN CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING Gold - medal winner in the 1956 50 - kilometer race, Sixten rates as the Games» fastest long - distance man.

Cedric Sherrer of Lyndon, Vt. won annual Jackson ski club eight - mile cross-country race.

Lawyer Peter Lekisch, 59, a former offensive and defensive end at Ohio Wesleyan and a national masters champion in cross-country skiing, looked at this as a dry run: If it went well, he might do the 2001 solo race as a 60th birthday present to himself.

SKIING — JIM PAGE, a Dartmouth junior, finished first in the cross-country race and made a strong enough showing in the three other events to win the NCAA championship's skimeister title in Squaw Valley, Calif..

Kikkan Randall and Jessie Diggins won the women's team sprint freestyle race at the Pyeongchang Games, outsprinting more heralded teams from Sweden and Norway to become the first Americans to win an Olympic gold medal in cross-country skiing.

In the wheelchair races, David Weir is attempting to win a record seventh title in front of his home crowd, while Tatyana McFadden of the United States is going for gold in the women's race after recently winning silver in the cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics.

I received my Bachelor's degree in Exercise Physiology and became involved with athletics at a young age — first as a competitive cross-country skier and later as a junior ski racing coach.

Pita Taufatofua of Tonga — who grabbed attention by marching shirtless as his country's flag - bearer in the Olympics opening ceremony — comes in 114th on Friday in the men's cross-country skiing 15 - kilometer race.