24May 2020 by DS News Team
Team Russia Manager Turns 80!

Team Russia Manager Turns 80!

Leaders, Newsfeed
Yuri Charkovsky most likely is the busiest man in the international cross-country skiing world. [caption id="attachment_15861" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Yelena Vyalbe and Yuri Charkovsky form a rock-solid team. Charkovsky is used to be Vyalbe's coach in 1990s and for the last decade is Vyalbe's closest partner and confidant [/caption] As a manager of the world largest team (the Russians have 40 skiers in the national squad plus roughly equal amount of coaches & support personel) he is in charge of all the logistics. As the de-facto team captain he's present on most of the race-related meetings with the FIS & local organizers. As a coach with decades on international experience ,he is involved in mentoring athletes. And when all of the above is said and done, he's doing media interviews (Charkovsky's…
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20May 2020 by DS News Team
Ola Vigen Hattestad Will Work With Johaug & Co

Ola Vigen Hattestad Will Work With Johaug & Co

Leaders, Newsfeed
Ola Vigen Hattestad is a surprise late addition to the Team Norway coaching staff who's appointment was announced on Wednesday. Just a few months ago Hattestad sounded very content at his job with Team Slovenia. There he was coaching among the others, his wife Katja Višnar as well as Janez Lampic, Anamarija Lampic's younger brother and Eva Urevc, who is returning to competitive skiing in the upcoming season, . Katja won the surprising silver medal at the World Championships last year (together with Anamarija in team sprint) while Eva and Janez are considered to be huge talents. [caption id="attachment_15834" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Hattestad trains with Janez Lampic [/caption] But when Team Norway calls - it's hard to say no. At his new job Hattestad will work together (or under? It wasn't…
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16May 2020 by DS News Team
Skier And Skin Impurities . Candid Talk About Long Battle, Won

Skier And Skin Impurities . Candid Talk About Long Battle, Won

Leaders, Newsfeed, Travel & Mass Sport
Anna Zherebyateva is a trailblazer. She opted to speak about things others don't. In that conservative world of cross country skiing you often enough hear athletes talking about that last race final climb or ski glide or any such subjects. Which is probably of interest to some audience - no need to be dismissive about that. However, the skiing is a part of the larger world. And in that larger world the XXI century gave rise to influencers. It ain't easy to be one if you are a skier. Pro-influencers can concentrate on the their looks - athletes are also expected to train hard. Wind, cold, constant change of climate and diet - welcome to the world of pro-skier! You are constantly in focus of video and photo cameras. Which…
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15May 2020 by DS News Team
Talking To Mysterious Kings Of Ski Memes, Fondisti Sensa Gloria

Talking To Mysterious Kings Of Ski Memes, Fondisti Sensa Gloria

Newsfeed, Trivia
Sorry wasting your time with stating the obvious, but the language of Generation Z is one of a meme. Those kids don't tell each other lengthy jokes or wax on about injustices of life - they just send each other a fitting meme. Meet and greet the world's top Instagram page about cross country skiing that speaks to the young audiences in their own language - and no, it's not The Daily Skier,sadly. We dig the concept but lack in specific talents. ....We chat today with the leader of the mysterious FSG group who, being an active skier of some considerable prowess, wants to keep his name out of limelight - all we could tell you is that he himself and three other members of his informal collective are perfectly…
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11May 2020 by DS News Team
Most Intricate Braids In XCSkiing

Most Intricate Braids In XCSkiing

Newsfeed, Trivia
... French,Dutch, Twist and even something called Waterfall.... We know zilch about what it takes to make those. But in appreciation of what surely is a supreme effort will publish the best photos featuring them braids: [caption id="attachment_15780" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Kateřina Janatová[/caption] [caption id="attachment_15771" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Anamarija Lampič[/caption] [caption id="attachment_15777" align="alignnone" width="1842"] Hailey Swirbul[/caption] [caption id="attachment_15768" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Linn Svahn[/caption] [caption id="attachment_15773" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Krista Pärmäkoski[/caption] [caption id="attachment_15769" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Sandra Schützová[/caption] [caption id="attachment_15772" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Dahria Beatty[/caption] [caption id="attachment_15775" align="alignnone" width="1920"] and, finally, the owner/maker of the most intricate braids in cross country skiing , Kristine Skistad[/caption]
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