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25Aug 2017 by DS News Team

Is World’s Best Ski Marathoner Preparing Comeback?

The anticipation of the CAS verdict on Therese Johaug case have eclipsed another event of note in Norwegian skiing: Petter Eliassen is back! Well, kind of. For those of our readers, who are not following the ski marathons as closely as they deserve to be followed, a quick reminder: Eliassen is, arguably, the strongest long distance skier of the last five seasons. Won Vasaloppet, Jizerska and overall Visma Ski Classic titles. Many a skier the world over are still rewatching his Birkebeinerrennet 2015 duel with Martin Jonsrud Sundby, that the former won. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIdcf3a9qeo Eliassen was particularly popular for his distinct racing style: not a strong finisher, he's known to kick the tempo into the high gear mid-distance and run to victory. Lots of times it worked – other times strong…

22Aug 2017 by DS News Team

URGENT: Johaug Banned From Olympics ( Adds Full Text Of CAS Ruling)

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Therese Johaug will miss the 2018 Olympic games in PyeongChang This is the verdict made public today by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne — Johaug is to be banned from all competitions for 18 months, starting from October 2016. "...the Panel noted that Ms Johaug failed to conduct a basic check of the packaging, which not only listed a prohibited substance as an ingredient but also included clear doping cautionary warning. Such omissions resulted in an anti-doping rule violation inconsistent with her otherwise clean anti-doping record. Nevertheless, in order to ensure equality in applying antidoping rules, the Panel highlighted that it was obliged to apply a proportionate sanction, consistent with the level of fault. For this reason, the Panel noted that, in such a situation of…

21Aug 2017 by DS News Team

Meet Nancy Okoro, Bulgarian Skier You Will See More And More In Upcoming Seasons

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Things to know about Nancy Okoro - At 17 Nancy was the youngest in the ladies' 10 km classic race at the World Ski Championships in Lahti this year. To qualify for that race Nancy had to beat 30+ other contenders in the 5km preliminary. - Nancy is skiing for Bulgaria. Her mother, Kamelia Antova was the country's champion in luge, her father, Godson Okoroh, played football in his younger days. - She prefers classic style to FT ( and her results show that). Doublepoling? “good for training but I like competing the “normal” classic way”. https://www.instagram.com/p/BX0tzUsh4ZxubAHoEt16u498O13JyMcZD9XHNY0 - Nancy's last name is Okoroh, but “people tend to mispronounce it, so I shortened it to 'Okoro' “ - As a kid she auditioned with a model agency – but “but it…

10Aug 2017 by The Daily Skier Editorial

Poll: Majority Of Norwegians No Longer Believe In Doping-Free Skiing

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Only 49 percent of Norwegians believe that domestic cross-country skiers are completely doping-free according to the latest poll conducted by Ipsos for the Norway's Dagbladet newspaper This is a marked decrease of trust since the similar survey was done in 2014 by Ipsos MMI/ Dagbladet when 65 percent say that doping in domestic cross country skiing occurs "vary rarely or never". There is no big mystery as to why the public attitude in the world's most skiing country gone decidedly more sour – in the wake of asthma case against Martin Johnsrud Sundby and the doping case against Therese Johaug it would be expected. Just a quick reminder - neither admitted to taking certain medications to enhance performance, both claimed "innocence of intent" - whether the public believed them or…

26Jul 2017 by The Daily Skier Editorial

Blink: What Makes It So Special And What Could Be Learned From It

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The Blink Skifestival kicked off in Norway – four days of rollersking & summer biathlon that bring together world stars in either sports You won't find race results here ( Martin Jonsrud Sundby won - again. And so did Astrid Øyre Slind in female race) What we are after instead, is to try to analyze what could be gleaned from the success of Blink. Let's face it – as of today only the Norwegians could organize and stage a rollerskiing event of this magnitude and size. How do they do it then? - The area is Sandnes where the Blink is held is anything but a natural cross country skiing stronghold. It's located close the seashore which makes snowfalls scarce. - Blink was not always big – it's grown steady…

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