Norwegians Jorgen Aukland and Laila Kveli win Vasaloppet ski marathon in Sweden
MORA, Sweden - Norway's Jorgen Aukland and Laila Kveli won the 56-mile Vasaloppet cross-country ski marathon on Sunday.
View ArticleMontana Western adding cross-country starting with 2014-15 school year
DILLON, Montana - The University of Montana Western athletic department has announced the school is adding cross country as a sport starting with the 2014-15 school year.
View ArticleBjoergen wins 2.5K prologue, sets up 17-second gap before 10K Saturday
FALUN, Sweden - Norwegians Petter Northug and Marit Bjoergen won the 2.5-kilometer freestyle prologues at the cross-country skiing World Cup finals on Friday.
View ArticleNorthug closes in on overall cross-country World Cup title; Bjoergen wins...
FALUN, Sweden - Petter Northug closed in on the overall cross-country World Cup title by finishing fourth Saturday in a 15-kilometer mass start race won by fellow Norwegian Eldar Roenning.
View ArticleNorwegian Dahl wins Vasaloppet ski marathon after sprint finish
MORA, Sweden - Norwegian John Kristian Dahl won the cross-country ski marathon Vasaloppet in Sweden after a dramatic sprint.
View ArticleNorwegians Bjoergen and Sundby win World Cup races in Finland
LAHTI, Finland - Norway's triple Olympic gold medalist Marit Bjoergen and Olympic bronze medalist Martin Johnsrud Sundby dominated cross-country skiing World Cup races on Sunday.
View ArticleJohaug takes women's WCup cross-country title in Norwegian triple victory,...
HELSINKI - Therese Johaug took the women's World Cup cross-country title by winning Sunday's 10-kilometer pursuit in a triple victory for Norway, while fellow Norwegian Martin Johnsrud Sundby won the...
View ArticleTwo-time Olympic cross-country skiing champion Petter Northug admits to drunk...
OSLO, Norway - Two-time Olympic cross-country skiing champion Petter Northug has admitted to drunk driving after he crashed his car into a road barrier in his native Norway in the early hours of...
View ArticleFinnish cross-country skier Tero Simila tests positive for EPO
HELSINKI - The Finnish Ski Association says cross-country skier Tero Simila has tested positive for the banned blood booster EPO.
View ArticleSwitzerland's Cologna, Norway's Jacobsen win cross-country ski World Cups in...
RYBINSK, Russia - Switzerland's Dario Cologna and Norway's Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen won men's and women's cross-country skiing World Cup races on Friday.
View ArticlePellegrino, Oeberg win cross-country skiing World Cup sprints in Russia
RYBINSK, Russia - Italy's Federico Pellegrino and Sweden's Jennie Oeberg took advantage of a weakened field to win freestyle sprint races Saturday at a cross-country skiing World Cup meet.
View ArticleRussia's Vylegzhanin wins World Cup cross-country skiathlon
RYBINSK, Russia - Maxim Vylegzhanin became the first Russian to win a cross-country skiing World Cup race this season with victory in a 30-kilometer skiathlon on Sunday.
View ArticleNorwegians dominate cross-country World Cup races as Krogh, Bjoergen win...
OSTERSUND, Sweden - Norwegians dominated Saturday's cross-country World Cup events, with Finn Haagen Krogh winning the men's 1.2-kilometer classic sprint and Marit Bjoergen taking the women's race.
View ArticleMarit Bjoergen secures overall cross-country WCup title as Krogh, Kalla win...
OSTERSUND, Sweden - Norway's Marit Bjoergen won the overall cross-country World Cup title with four races to go when she finished second in the women's 10-kilometer race Sunday, while her compatriot...
View ArticleGoing into world championships, Norway's cross-country skiing domination...
Even by cross-country skiing standards, there may be an unusually high number of Norwegians climbing the podium in the coming two weeks.
View ArticleUS cross-country skiing team makes dance video to get fans fired up for world...
FALUN, Sweden - The U.S. cross-country skiers are showing off some funky dance moves to get fans back home excited about the world championships.
View ArticleBjoergen wins women's cross-country sprint for 13th career world championship...
FALUN, Sweden - Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjoergen earned her 13th world championship title on Thursday by holding off Swedish rival Stina Nilsson to win the women's classical-style sprint.
View ArticlePetter Northug beats Alex Harvey in photo finish to win men's sprint at...
FALUN, Sweden - Petter Northug of Norway stretched out his ski to beat Alex Harvey of Canada in a photo finish and win the men's cross-country sprint final Thursday at the Nordic skiing world...
View ArticleNorthug, Bjoergen give Norway double gold by winning cross-country sprints at...
FALUN, Sweden - Petter Northug and Marit Bjoergen gave Norway a perfect start to the Nordic skiing world championships Thursday by winning the men's and women's cross-country sprints.
View ArticleTherese Johaug leads Norwegian 1-2 in women's cross-country skiathlon at worlds
FALUN, Sweden - Therese Johaug led a Norwegian 1-2 finish in the women's cross-country skiathlon race Saturday at the Nordic skiing world championships.
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