China Goes Serious About XCSkiing, Enlists Marwe To Help ( Among Others)

China Goes Serious About XCSkiing, Enlists Marwe To Help ( Among Others)

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Hold your breath There will be 1500 ski resorts and ice rinks and 300 million people participating in winter sports in the People's Republic of China by the year of 2025 Aptly named Promotion Plan of Mass Winter Sports and The National Construction Plan of Winter Sports Infrastructure say so. And if it say so - it very likely will become just so. OK, not all - not even the largest chunk of it - will be about cross country skiing. But even if a fraction of 1 trillion yuan or circa 100 000 000 000 Euros ( yep, that's one hundred billion Euros) that the Chinese winter sport market is projected to generate by the year of 2025, will go towards the narrow skis - that will be Huge,…
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Nancy Okoro, Balkan Cup Winner: How Did I Get My Abs And Why Are They So Important

Nancy Okoro, Balkan Cup Winner: How Did I Get My Abs And Why Are They So Important

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Nancy Okoro just turned 19 She is a Balkan Cup overall winner of this year racing for Bulgaria. The Daily Skier profiled a Bulgarian cross country skiing talent last year More relevant to the story of today, Nancy is one extremely fit individual representing what is rapidly becoming a must-have for an elite cross country skier in order to succeed – a body with a very high ratio of muscles & a low fat count. Ms Okoro says that started to work on her core muscles some 4 years ago and works specifically on her abs some 2-3 hours each week. For statistical purposes, Nancy is 169cm and weighs some 55 kilograms. Her latest muscle mass measurentns gave her 48.7 % - basically, off the charts , half of her…
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Arne Idland: Blink Skifestival  Could Become Start Of  FIS World Cup Season

Arne Idland: Blink Skifestival Could Become Start Of FIS World Cup Season

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Arne Idland is a legend. It's under his stewardship that the Norwegian biathlon, featuring great Ole Einar Bjørndalen & Co, became the world's best. Twice Idland was in charge of the Norwegian team this century - and twice it was on top of the podiums. Last year a 49 year old native of Sandnes resigned his commission as a top coach of the Norwegian national biathlon team to concentrate at his other job - that of the Sports Director for Blink Skifestival ( Idland is also a coach for Figgjo IL, local sports club) International experience and energy of Idland is in no small part a reason why a summer sporting event in relatively "non-skiing" part of Norway have gradually became an absolute must-go for the world's best skiers and…
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Best Skiers:  What Eyewear Do They Prefer ( Part 1, Ladies Edition)

Best Skiers: What Eyewear Do They Prefer ( Part 1, Ladies Edition)

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Eyewear is important. For skiers spending umpteen hours on the glittering snow it is, quite simply, indispensable part of the equipment. Yet "shades" are more than working instrument - hardly anything is more fashionable and is better known to make a statement about its owner - and that's the fact. We ain't going to delve into differences between materials used, sponsorship deals and other important but need-proper-research trivia that may or may not be of interest to you. We just aim to educate "skiing masses", so to speak, as to what their favorite athlete prefers - whenever we managed to identify not just the brand, but the specific model too, it will be mentioned as well All photos for this piece were taken during the Lahti Games at the beginning…
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Why Upcoming Blink Skifestival Might Be World Most Exciting Ski Event

Why Upcoming Blink Skifestival Might Be World Most Exciting Ski Event

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For our money, Blink Skifestival is one the most exciting & anticipated ski-related events in the world. What makes us rank Blink on par and perhaps, higher than traditional “snow ski” events e.g. Tour de Ski? Let's see if you could convince you with the following arguments: a) It is the only event in the world featuring both the strongest skiers and bi-athletes starting in the same race. Last year Henrik L'Abée-Lund  beat both Martin Sundby and Sergei Ustiugov in the Lysebotn climb, for instance. As a result, there will be close to 40 ( your read it right – forty!) medal winners from the Olympics in Korea in February. Actually, it's easier to list those who will not be there, than who will be – sadly, Number One of…
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