 2003-04-05
Bjervig's Difficult Decision.
Espen Bjervig has not made up his mind yet whether or not to retire after this season. - In a couple of weeks I'll make my decision, says Bjervig to XC-skiing.com.
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 2003-03-29
Why Bente Skari Retires.
Yesterday's news of Bente Skari's retirement shocked and surprised fans of cross-country skiing all over the world. What they did not know, however, is that Bente made her difficult decision a year ago. The question everybody wants to know the answer of is: Why retire?
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 2003-03-25
Hilde G. Pedersen Looks Ahead.
According to news agency NTB, Hilde G. Pedersen is not ready to retire yet. The veteran has chosen to be a bit vague on the matter of retirement, but from what she told journalist Atle Teksum in NTB yesterday, there is every indication that her career continues also next year.
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2003-02-16 World Championships in Val di Fiemme.
Skari's Golden Plans.
Bente Skari's goal for the forthcoming World Championships in Val di Fiemme, Italy, is to win at least two individual gold medals and a relay gold. According to Per Angell Berntsen in yesterday's edtion of the Norwegian daily, Dagbladet, the Queen of XC-skiing has planned everything down to the smallest detail.
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2003-01-21 World Junior Championships in Sweden.
Norwegian Hopeful at World Junior Champs.
XC-skiing.com has the pleasure of presenting Chris Jespersen, Norway's perhaps brightest hope in the forthcoming World Championships for juniors. The 18 year-old from Skånevik in Western Norway has been dominating the junior ranks this season, especially in free technique.
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2003-01-17
Espen H. Bjerke: A Man to Watch!
Espen Harald Bjerke achieved his best World Cup result ever in Otepää last Sunday, where he finished 16th. This coming weekend, the promising 22 year-old gets another chance to race against the world elite in Nove Mesto, the Czech Republic.
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 2003-01-15
Skofterud Still Optimistic.
Vibeke Skofterud has had a very disappointing start to her season, except for a couple of respectable sprint results. Despite finishing 29th in Otepää last Sunday, she still finds reason to be optimistic about forthcoming races.
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 2003-01-10
Aukland Had More Fun Last Year.
Compared to last year's success, Anders Aukland's results so far this season have been rather modest. Stein Erik Kirkebøen in today's edition of the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, Aukland's situation is symptomatic of the problems experienced by most Norwegian skiers this winter.
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 2003-01-08
Anita Moen is Fit for Fight.
A cold forced Anita Moen to skip the latest World Cup competitions. The Norwegian veteran has recovered, however, and plans to participate in next weekend's World Cup races in Otepää.
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 2003-01-01 World Cup in Kavgolovo, Russia.
Illness Forces Estil and Alsgaard to Skip Kavgolovo.
Frode Estil and Thomas Alsgaard will not be competing in next weekend's World Cup races in Kavgolovo, Russia, due to illness.
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 2002-12-27
Skjeldal Sums Up Season So Far.
Norway's national team for men has not been able to repeat its splendid early season results from recent years. Kristen Skjeldal shares his thoughts about the team's slow season start with XC-skiing.com's readers.
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 2002-12-26
Bjørgen Heads Home for Xmas Celebrations.
Everything is going Marit Bjørgen's way these days. After two months with very little snow in Trøndelag, the weather gods have decided to give this season's revelation in international XC-skiing a white Christmas. Below, Marit shares her experiences so far this season with XC-skiing.com's readers.
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 2002-12-10
Skari Gives Coach Credit.
Bente Skari gives assistant coach Egil Kristiansen most of the credit for the huge technical improvement she has made in skating this year. - He's been very patient, says Skari, who explains XC-skiing.com's readers how she has become a complete cross-country skier.
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2002-11-25
Skari: - A Step In The Right Direction!
Bente Skari delivered two solid races in Kiruna last weekend; placing 8th in the individual km skate on Saturday and a relay win with her team mates yesterday. These results, and the fact that she produced the fastest classic leg of the day, makes Bente very satisfied with her World Cup start.
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 2002-11-15
Bjerkeli Stronger Than Before.
Last years winner of the Norwegian season opener at Beitostølen, Håvard Bjerkeli, claims he is stronger than last year.
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2002-11-14
Ruud Hofstad Needs Time.
Tore Ruud Hofstad made a name for himself last winter by finshing third in the World Cup in Lahti. He is not particularly optimistic, however, about his chances in the Norwegian season opener at Beitostølen.
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 2002-11-13
Gjermundshaug Pedersen Receives Award.
Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen has been awarded Norways most prestigious sports award, Egebergs Prize of Honour.
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 2002-11-07
Sprint Less Important for Estil.
Frode Estil feels fit and optimistic a week and a half before the season starts in Norway. But, do not expect to see much of him in sprint competitions.
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 2002-11-07
Hjelmeset Out With Illness.
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset has fallen ill a week and a half before the Norwegian season opener.
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2002-11-05
Skari Benefits from Rest.
Bente Skari decided against competing in the season opener in Düsseldorf because she a little bit under the weather. She feels that her surplus energy is back, however, after having spent a few days at home in Nittedal in peace and quiet.
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 2002-11-01
Bente Skari's Priorities.
Bente Skari has always been a much better classic skier than a free technique skier. As concerns the forthcoming season she has decided to skip the longest freestyle races.
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2002-10-25
Sprint Ace from the Fjords.
Ingrid Narum from Sogndal in Western Norway is the youngest member on Norway's World Cup team which is to compete in the sprint in Düsseldorf tomorrow.
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2002-10-24
Skari Skips World Cup Opener.
Bente Skari has felt out of shape during the national team's camp in Italy. Consequently, she has decided not to take part in the World Cup races in Düsseldorf this coming weekend.
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2002-10-21
Bjørndalen's New "Weapon".
Olympic biathlon gold medallist from Salt Lake City, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, is to challenge the specialists in cross-country skiing in the Norwegian season opener. In VG's Saturday edition, Bjørndalen reveals that he has something up his sleeve this year - an improved technique in the uphill sections. The eminent technique of biathlon colleague Frode Andresen has been the model to emulate, he admits.
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 2002-10-18
Aukland Picks up Another Duathlon Title.
The Norwegian duathlon (running + cycling + running) championships, which were held a few weeks ago in Sørkedalen close to Oslo, showed that Anders Aukland has preserved his good form from last winter.
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2002-10-17
Rønnaug Schei Calls it Quits.
Rønnaug Schei has decided to retire from cross-country skiing after only two years on the national A-team. Her best World Cup result is a fourth place from a sprint competition in Kitzbuehel.
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2002-10-17
Skjeldal Has Not Given up Hope of Olympic Bronze Medal.
13 months after he finished fourth in the 30 km freestyle at the Salt Lake City Games, Kristen Skjeldal may hope to receive the bronze medal which many people think he deserves. In yesterday's edition of VG, the 35 year old skier from Bulken admits that he would happily accept a delayed bronze medal.
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 2002-10-16
Hjelmeset's Recipe for Good Health.
A diet of fish and home-made bread makes it possible for Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset to keep his food intolerance problem in check. So far this year, he has been able to prepare the way he wanted.
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2002-10-15
Alsgaard Feels Like an Apprentice.
VG's Rolf Arne Odiin has interviewed Thomas Alsgaard in Val Senales less than two weeks before the World Cup opner in Düsseldorf.
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 2002-10-15
Hetland's Double Ambition.
The reigning World Champion and Olympic Champion in the sprint event, Tor Arne Hetland, wants to qualify for the Norwegian 50 km squad for the World Championships in Val di Fiemme. In today's edition of the Norwegian daily, Verdens Gang (VG), he reveals his double ambition.
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2002-10-14
Sensational Test Result by B-team Member!
One of the new members on the Norwegian B-team for women, Jannike Østby, has produced some stunning test this autumn and impressed everybody. At the age of 24, she may be ready for an international breakthrough.
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 2002-10-10
Alsgaard Recovers from Bicycle Accident.
The hand Thomas Alsgaard fractured in a dramatic bicycle accident this summer appears to be healed again. - At least I'm able to work out the way I want and with the right quality, says Norway's most accomplished cross-country skier to XC-skiing.com.
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2002-04-24 Greetings from Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset.
The preparations have started.
After a quiet period, I've now set my eyes on the 2002-2003 season. Etter en roligere periode, har jeg nå vendt blikket mot en ny sesong. I've just started my preparations for the coming season.
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2002-03-12 Doping in cross-country skiing.
Cheating Makes Skjeldal Frusterated.
- Although I have only been competing internationally for a little more than a decade, I feel convinced that blood doping and other kinds of cheating have existed in cross-country skiing for at least 30 years, Kristen Skjeldal told Nils Petter Stenberg in the Norwegian daily Aftenposten yesterday.
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2002-03-11
Alsgaard's Dilemma.
Despite of last weekend's success in Falun, Thomas Alsgaard is still not sure whether he will retire or not after this season: - I cannot endure another season like this one, he told journalist Geir Olsen in yesterday's issue of Verdens Gang (VG).
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2002-03-06
Hjelmeset in Bed with Bronchitis.
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset has not skied since he finished the Olympic 50 km. The bronze medalist has been bedridden with bronchitis for the past few days.
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 2002-02-28 Frode Estil on the Olympic Games.
- An Amazing Experience!
Frode Estil was greeted by a cheering crowd and music when he returned to Norway last Tuesday. In his suitcase were two silver medals and one gold medal, which is a much larger medal haul than Estil had hoped for before the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City started.
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 2002-02-28
Bjerkeli Hungry for Revenge.
Håvard Bjerkeli has recovered from his disappointing Olympic experience when he failed to advance from the quarterfinals. It is the future which is on my mind now. The season is not over yet, and Id love to redeem myself, says the 25 year-old cross-country skier to XC-skiing.com.
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2002-02-13 XC-skiing.com talks to the stars.
Hjelmeset Unable to Handle the Pressure.
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset failed to do himself justice in yesterday's 15 km for men. Instead of fighting for gold, he faded to a very disappointing 20th place. I was too eager, Hjelmeset tells XC-skiing.com.
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2002-02-10 30 km mass start for men.
Thomas Short of Breath.
Norways Thomas Alsgaard had to let the leaders go early in the 30 km mass start for men and wound up a distant 13th, beaten by Johann Mühlegg by four minutes. This result was far from what Alsgaard had hoped for.
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 2002-02-07 And a new secret hairdo...
Bentes Recipe for Success.
- My fate is now in the hands of our ski vaxers. Neither I nor my coaches can do more now, says Bente Skari in yesterdays issue of the Norwegian daily Verdens Gang.
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2002-02-06
Bjørndalen is up for the Challenge.
Ole Einar Bjørndalen thinks the Olympic cross-country opener, the 30 km mass start, will be settled in the last 100 metres. Bertil Valderhaug in the Norwegian daily Afteposten has met the gifted biathlete/cross-country skier from Simostranda for a pre-Olympic chat.
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2002-02-06 Norwegian skiers in test race.
Hjelmeset Best in Test.
Five skiers are competing about four berths on the Norwegian 15 km classic team. Yesterday, four of them participated in a test race over 10 km in Sun Valley, reports the Norwegian daily Verdens Gang (VG) today. And the race was won by Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset...
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2002-02-05 Letter from Anders Aukland in Sun Valley.
Aukland Fully Recovered.
Im back in training after having been sidelined by illness for quite some time. What is more, the Olympics are right around the corner!
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 2002-02-04 Norwegians believes in gold for Bente Skari.
Great Expectations.
The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten reports today that 40 per cent of all Norwegians believe that Bente Skari will win an Olympic gold medal in Salt Lake City. The Norwegian peoples faith in her is overwhelming, and no other Norwegian athlete comes anywhere near this result. The survey is carried out by Feedback Research on behalf of the news agency NTB.
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 2002-02-04
Auklands Fashion Tip: Sideburns!
With a few exceptions, Norways cross-country men and women turned up at last years World Championships in Lahti with their hair dyed golden. This year Anders Aukland has come up with an even better (?) idea for his team-mates: grow sideburns à la Elvis Presley!
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2002-02-04 Letter from Thomas Alsgaard in Sun Valley.
- Im looking forward to get going.
After two weeks with lots of tough workouts, Ive finally started to ease up on my training. Im looking forward to get going...
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2002-02-03
Skari may become historic.
Anne Jahren, Anette Bøe, Berit Aunli, Grete I. Nykkelmo, and Trude Dybendahl all have become world champions. No female cross-country from Norway has ever won an individual gold medal at the Winter Olympics, though. According to VG journalist Knut Espen Svegaarden, Bente Skari may be the one to do something about this in Salt Lake City.
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2002-02-02 Growing discontent in Sun Valley?
Alsgaard does not want to skip any races.
The Norwegian daily, Verdens Gang (VG), reports today that Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset thinks he deserves the fourth spot on Norways 15 km classic team at the Olympics. Thomas Alsgaard, on the other hand, is not willing to give up his berth. In fact, he wishes to participate in all the individual event at the Olympics.
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 2002-01-31 Letter from Espen Bjervig.
Bjervig to Watch the Olympics on TV.
My goal was to qualify for the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, but I failed. As a result, I have to make do with watching the broadcasts from the Games on TV. Although Id met the formal criteria for Olympic participation, there are simply too many strong cross-country skiers in Norway for me to be included the team. Its quite telling about the situation in cross-country for men in my country that several skiers with potential to win medals have to stay at home.
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 2002-01-30 XC-skiing.com talks to Erling Jevne.
Happy in Davos
Erling Jevne is currently staying in Davos, Switzerland, where he is preparing for the Olympic Games. The conditions here are great, says Jevne to XC-skiing.com.
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2002-01-30
Nilsen is Contemplating Retirement.
Elin Nilsen has not made up her mind yet whether to retire or continue skiing for one more year. Im not giving the future much thought right now, says Nilsen to XC-skiing.com.
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 2002-01-27 A talk with Trond Einar Elden.
The Transformation.
Last Friday, Trond Einar Elden left for the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. The former world champion in Nordic Combined is for the first time going to try to secure a medal in cross-country skiing.
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 2002-01-25 Letter from Bente Skari.
First workout in Park City for Skari & Co.
Norways Olympic XC team for women is currently training in Park City. Yesterday, the skiers tested the course for the first time. Bente Skari shares her own and her team-mates' experiences in the USA with XC-skiing.coms readers.
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 2002-01-23 Report from Alsgaards camp in Sun Valley.
Solitude for Alsgaard, but not for long...
Journalist Per Olav Ødegård in the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang (VG) has visited Thomas Alsgaard in Sun Valley, Idaho. At the moment, Alsgaard has the fantastic cross-country trails all to himself, but in a few days he will be joined by his team-mates.
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 2002-01-21 Reports from the Norwegian XC Championships.
Verdenius wants more medals.
So far in the Norwegian XC Championships in Høydalsmo, Jan Jacob Verdenius has collected three medals in three races. In tomorrows 30K classic he may capture his fourth. Im hungry for more, says Verdenius to XC-skiing.com.
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2002-01-20 Norwegian Championships!
Hjelmeset rounding into shape.
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset is finally recapturing the good shape he showed at the start of this season. In yesterdays classic 15K pursuit in the Norwegian Championships, he captured the silver medal after having recorded the fastest time of the day. Hjelmeset went on to win the first leg for his team, Fjellhug/Vereide-Hyen, in todays relay over 3x10 km.
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2002-01-19 Results from the Norwegian Championships.
Another title for grateful Skjeldal.
- Id like to thank all of you who helped to keep the track free of snow today. Thanks to you I won the gold medal, says Kristen Skjeldal to XC-skiing.com after his victory in todays pursuit in the Norwegian Championships. Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeseth was the runner-up, while Jan Jacob Verdenius edged Frode Estil for the bronze medal.
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 2002-01-17 Full results from the Norwegian championships.
Skjeldals Fifth National Title.
Kristen Skjeldal (34) won todays 10K freestyle in the Norwegian championships ahead of Jan Jacob Verdenius and Tore Bjoneviken. Though Skjeldal has been an elite XC skier for years, he is not ruling out the possibility of continuing his career after this season.
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 2002-01-17 Results from the Norwegian championships.
- A huge improvement
Bente Skari won the 5K skate in the Norwegian championships today after a hard fight with Hilde G. Pedersen. Anita Moen, who was in the lead at the 2 kilometre mark, finished third. Including todays victory, Skari has captured a total of 12 national titles.
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2002-01-16 Feelings running high after Olympic selection.
Disappointment and joy!
Trond Iversen and Trond Einar Elden (picture) have been picked to compete for Norway in the sprint event in Salt Lake City. Jan Jacob Verdenius, on the other hand, has to watch the competition on TV.
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 2002-01-16
Skofterud forced out of the nationals?
Vibeke Skofterud (21) may have to skip the Norwegian Championships due to illness. She is currently being treated with penicilin.
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2002-01-14
Alsgaard skips National Championships.
The Norwegian daily Dagbladet writes in today's issue that Thomas Alsgaard is not to compete in the Norwegian nationals which start Thursday.
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2002-01-14 Openhearted interview with Thomas Alsgaard.
Alsgaard: - Honesty has its price.
Thomas Alsgaard skipped the mass start in Nove Mesto last Tuesday. Instead, he he let himself be interviewed by Stein Erik Kirkebøen, journalist in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten. The interview was conducted in Franco Nones cottage in Italy, prior to the WC competitions in Nove Mesto.
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2002-01-11
Hjelmeset is not worried.
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset is keeping up his spirits, despite his recent lack of form. He believes he is bound to get into shape again sooner or later - maybe in time for the National Championships in Høydalsmo...
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 2002-01-09
Aukland did it again.
Judging from the broadcast from Val di Fiemme, Anders Aukland appeared to control yesterdays 30K mass start. Always in contention, he did not make his move until the very end of the race.
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 2002-01-05
Aukland now also to be reckoned with in free technique.
Anders Aukland was exulted at his third place in todays pursuit in Val di Fiemme his third top three result in a World Cup race this season. This result indicates that he may be a factor also in the skate events in Salt Lake City.
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2002-01-04
Skofterud ready to fly again.
Fast-improving Vibeke Skofterud is reported off the sick list after having been ill for the past week and a half. Tomorrow she is ready for action again in Val di Fiemme, Italy.
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 2002-01-04 Letter from Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset.
Hjelmeset in tense expectancy.
It feels good to be back to normal. After two weeks in the sick bed Im a bit nervous before the races in Val di Fiemme this coming weekend.
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2002-01-03
Hetland and Estil receive awards.
Tor Arne Hetland and Frode Estil have received awards from their respective regional
newspapers, Stavanger Aftenblad and Trønder-Avisa, for their accomplishments in
cross-country skiing last year.
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2002-01-02 Frode Estil is ready for Val di Fiemme.
Estil back in business!
After having been sidelined by illness for ten days, Frode Estil has now finally made a full recovery. He is ready to participate in this coming weekends World Cup race in Val di Fiemme, Italy.
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2001-12-20
Estil is looking forward to Christmas
After an intense period of competitions and extensive travelling in Central Europe, I chose to return home after Davos. Now, I am looking forward to a relaxing festive season and lots of distance training.
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 2001-12-18
Letter from Bente Skari.
These are busy times for Norwegian skiers on tour in Central Europe. In this letter, Bente Skari describes the mood and atmosphere in the Norwegian team a few days before Christmas. The skiers live a life far removed from traditional Norwegian Christmas preparations.
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 2001-12-17 Thomas Alsgaard is unable to get into top shape.
Alsgaard troubled by allergy.
So far this season, Thomas Alsgaard has not won a single World Cup race. According to an article in todays issue of the Norwegian newspaper Romerikes Blad, the explanation may be that Alsgaard is suffering from allergy.
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 2001-12-16
Bjervig needs antibiotics treatment.
Espen Bjervig was disappointed after a modest 27th place in todays 15K classic in Davos. Now he has to prepare himself for a few days on antibiotics.
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 2001-12-13
Hjelmeset is struggling.
In his hotel room in Davos, a somewhat reduced Odd-Bjørn Hjelmset watched the broadcast from yesterday's World Cup race in Brusson. - I'm struggling. My stomach is not functioning the way it is supposed to, says Hjelmeset to Xc-skiing.com.
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2001-12-10
Estil returns home in-between races.
Frode Estil has had an encouraging start to his season. In order to preserve his good shape, he has decided to return to Norway after the upcoming race in Davos, Saturday. This way Estil hopes to recharge his batteries in time for the December 22 mass start in Ramsau.
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2001-12-05 Greetings from Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset.
- Business as usual!
Hi folks! Here we are in Central Europe, covering miles and miles. Saturday, its time to get ready for a new race again, this time over 10 hard kilometres.
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 2001-12-04
Icy tracks in Davos.
The Norwegian National Teams for men and women have arrived in Davos, Switzerland.
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 2001-12-02
Alsgaard to participate in next year's Rally World Champs.
Aftenposten writes in its November 26 issue that rally amateur, Thomas Alsgaard, has accepted an offer to take part in the Rally World Championship round in Finland next year.
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2001-11-22 Frode Estil on his early season form.
- Acceptable start to the season.
The season is on, and in a few days things will become more serious as the first World Cup races start. As for myself, the season opener at Beito was acceptable enough. I was not up to my best in the classic race Saturday, and my opening speed was on level with Prokurorov's...
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2001-11-10 Letter from Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
Hjelmeset in a new role.
Last weekend, I had the honour of conducting the official opening of a new local road at Euro Route 39.
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2001-11-10
Elofsson hit by the overtraining syndrome
VG Nett wrote yesterday that all the best Swedish skiers, with the exception of Per Elofsson, are to take part in the opening race of the season in Kiruna today.
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2001-11-06 World Junior champ Kristian Horntvedt is eager to get going!
Soon, very soon!!!
It won't take long now until it'll be possible to go skiing again.
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 2001-11-01
No mercy for Bjervig!
Espen Bjervig is intent on competing in Salt Lake City. To secure a berth on Norway's Olympic team, he has to race at his very best in the season opener at Beitostølen in mid-November.
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2001-10-23
The skiers are training HARD at altitude!
- I've never been to a camp where the skiers have trained more or harder. Things are looking very promising for the skiers on the National Team for Men, says Espen Bjervig to xc-skiing.com.
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2001-10-13
- Most of the work is now done!
The autumn is a long and dark season with a lot of hard training. But, the bulk of the preparations for the coming season have now been made. Very soon, it's competition time again!
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2001-10-12
Alsgaard loses bet with Bjervig
Espen Bjervig defeated Thomas Alsgaard in a bicycle race over 30 kilometres yesterday. Thereby, he won the bet he and Thomas Alsgaard made last spring.
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2001-10-08
Hjelmeset sidelined by sinusitis
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset has not been training for the past week. He promises, however, to be ready for the National Team's departure for Val Senales this coming Friday.
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2001-10-03 Bente Skari shares her experiences with Langrenn.com's readers.
Hello everybody!
On the 25th of September, the National Cross Country Team for women returned to Norway after their altitude camp in the USA. This is what Bente Skari wrote to Langrenn.com's readers:
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2001-10-03 Alsgaard pulls out halfway
Bad luck for Alsgaard in his first bicycle race
Thomas Alsgaard's debut in a bicycle race last weekend did not quite turn out the way he expected. He had to step off the bicycle and give up after 60 kilometres.
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2001-10-03
Thomas: Ladies and Gangsters 1
This is a brief summary of my summer activities. After a couple of relaxing weeks, I am now back in full training. From now on you can may expect regular updates to appear on my homepage. In two comprehensive articles I will present my own reflections on the previous season as well as the up-coming season.
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 2001-10-03 Alsgaard reflects on his pre-Olympic preparations
Thomas: Ladies and Gangsters 2
We have already had our first training camp this summer (in June), and I have been preoccupied with making plans for the Olympic season. Last spring I spent a lot of time evaluating my own status as a skier. In this letter you can read my reflections on the up-coming Olympic season.
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2001-10-03
Three workouts a day for Skari
Bente Skari is in the middle of a period with a lot of training. Yesterday, she completed no less than three (!) sessions.
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2001-10-03 Skari in good shape
Skari with new personal best
Bente Skari's preparations for Olympic season are going according to schedule. On the 22nd of August, she cut 17 seconds off her previous best in her usual trial-course.
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2001-10-03
All set for the Birkebeinerløpet
Life is good to us cross country skiers here in St.Moritz, Switzerland. We are returning to Norway tonight. Tomorrow I will make my debut in the Birkebeinerløpet.
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2001-10-03
Training camp - at home
While my team mates are at a training camp in Lierne, I will stay at home. However, I will be going through with the camp programme even though I am at home. The reason is that my wife, Elizabeth, is due to give birth soon.
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2001-10-03 Back in business
Hjelmeset recovers from a bad back
A Wednesday early in July everything went black for Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset as he was about to lift a few objects in his home. - I suffered a severe crick in the back, and had to lie down, Odd-Bjørn explains to Langrenn.com.
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2001-10-03
A lot of pasta!
We have been staying in the Italian Alps for almost two weeks now, and I have to admit that I am beginning to miss Norwegian food.
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2001-10-03
Estil and Veerpalu to meet in summer duel
In August Frode Estil is going to Ottepaa i Estonia, to participate in a rollerski competition. The stage is set for re-match between the 50K gold and silver medalists at last season's World Championships in Lahti.
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2001-10-03
Recharging the batteries!
This summer the Norwegian Cross Country Skiing Team for men has been through altitude training in the USA and a dryland camp in Lierne, Norway. Tor Arne Hetland thinks it is important for the skiers to recharge their batteries before the next training camp in Central Europe starts.
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2001-10-03 Hetland is ready for the National Team's July camp in the USA
All set for the USA
Read about Tor Arne Hetland's summer activites before the National Team's July camp in the USA. This is what he told Langrenn.com a few days before the departure:
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2001-10-02
Top skiers in NBC's spotlight
The preparations of Thomas Alsgaard, Johann Mühlegg, Per Elofsson, and Bente Skari prior to the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City have caught the attention of NBC.
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