27Oct 2017 by DS News Team
Skiers’ Lawyer: Investigation Concludes There Was No Probe Tampering

Skiers’ Lawyer: Investigation Concludes There Was No Probe Tampering

Leaders, Newsfeed
Olympic champion of Sochi 2014 Alexander Legkov and silver medalist Evgeniy Belov are proven to be doping-free by Swiss scientists. That is according to a German lawyer for Legkov and Belov, Christof Wischemann, the interview with whom have appeared in the leading Russian media outlet Sport Express on Friday. As per Wischemann, the investigation revealed there was no scratch marks whatsoever on all the samples of one of "his" two skiers ( without naming which) , in case of the other there were scratches on one of the three sample containers which de-facto proves him innocent as well. Wischemann quotes hitherto unpublished findings of the University of Lausanne that was tasked with proving conclusively whether the samples were tampered with or not. The samples tampering was the key allegation against…
Read More
27Oct 2017 by DS News Team
Because It’s Friday – Here Come Your Dream Break-Away Skis

Because It’s Friday – Here Come Your Dream Break-Away Skis

Newsfeed
A prank or a glimpse into the bright future of cross country skiing? "The divisible cross country ski for easy transport and storing / Den delbara längdåkningsskidan" reads a caption under a video on which an attractive skier pulls pieces out of a trunk of Volvo and quickly assembles them into ready-to-go skis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fOYztvptx4 The august board of the DailySkier spent last three days arguing over the video. Prank? But not quite accomplished then – where are the close ups of faces of duped customers? Real attempt to innovate to which a good pair of Atomic Scintecs was sacrificed? You'd have to be featherlight not to break them. But hey, perhaps inventors found a way of reinforcing construction with some uber-graphene or whatever is the world's toughest material at the…
Read More