http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/196934-nordic-skiing.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/196934-nordic-skiing.html http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2097270-russian-oligarchs-foot-2014-sochi-olympics.html SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business powerhouses. Other countries that have hosted the Olympics have overwhelmingly used pub... Mon, 20 May 2013 15:51:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2097270-russian-oligarchs-foot-2014-sochi-olympics.html 2013-05-20T15:51:45Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2071884-olympic-ski-jump-champ-widhoelzl-returns-coach.html VIENNA (AP) — Former Olympic and world ski jumping champion Andreas Widhoelzl of Austria will return to the World Cup circuit as a coach, five years after ending his career as a jumper. Widhoelzl has been appointed assistant to Austria men's coach Alexander Pointner and will be responsible for all equipment matters, the Austrian ski federation said on Wed... Wed, 08 May 2013 17:52:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2071884-olympic-ski-jump-champ-widhoelzl-returns-coach.html 2013-05-08T17:52:36Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2047686-putin-sochi-games-prep-will-completed.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is certain that the Winter Olympics next year in Sochi will be successful despite concerns about construction delays and huge cost overruns. Asked in a nationally televised question-and-answer session on Thursday to comment on media reports of corruption and quality problems in building the Olympic fa... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:23:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2047686-putin-sochi-games-prep-will-completed.html 2013-04-26T20:23:13Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2010462-russia-charges-olympic-committee-official.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russian prosecutors filed abuse of office charges against the former deputy head of the Russian Olympic Committee on Wednesday. The move against Akhmed Bilalov came after he was criticized by President Vladimir Putin for delays and cost overruns in building the ski jump complex for the Sochi Olympics. Its cost soared from $40 million to $265... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:39:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2010462-russia-charges-olympic-committee-official.html 2013-04-10T14:39:23Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1982676-wada-backs-hgh-test-extremist-nfl-union.html LONDON (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency defended its test for human growth hormone on Wednesday and accused the NFL players union of being "extremist" for questioning its validity. WADA director general David Howman said the union was acting "the way they've operated the last few years" in trying to block the introduction of HGH testing in the National... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:54:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1982676-wada-backs-hgh-test-extremist-nfl-union.html 2013-03-27T18:54:19Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1976654-jurij-tepes-wins-season-ending-ski-flying-event.html PLANICA, Slovenia (AP) — Jurij Tepes of Slovenia earned his first individual ski jump World Cup victory in the final event of the season Sunday, winning a ski flying competition in front of a home crowd. Tepes landed jumps of 217 and 214 meters for a total of 425.5 points, beating Rune Velta of Norway by 1.8 points. Another Slovenian, Peter Prevc, was thr... Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:21:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1976654-jurij-tepes-wins-season-ending-ski-flying-event.html 2013-03-24T18:21:30Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1976360-northug-clinches-cross-country-wcup-title.html FALUN, Sweden (AP) — Petter Northug of Norway clinched the overall cross-country World Cup title Sunday with a convincing victory in the final race of the season. Northug had a big lead over his main competitors going into the concluding 15-kilometer freestyle pursuit race at the three-day World Cup finals, and won the race in 35 minutes, 48.3 seconds. In... Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:32:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1976360-northug-clinches-cross-country-wcup-title.html 2013-03-24T16:32:49Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1975346-slovenia-wins-team-ski-flying-event-world-cup.html PLANICA, Slovenia (AP) — Jurij Tepes helped host Slovenia win a team ski flying event Saturday at the final ski jump World Cup meet of the season. Tepes had his team's longest jump of the day with 223 meters in the first round as Slovenia finished with 1,561.8 points, beating Norway by 10.7 points. Norway's Anders Bardal had the longest jump of all compet... Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:48:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1975346-slovenia-wins-team-ski-flying-event-world-cup.html 2013-03-23T16:48:17Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1975234-northug-closes-cross-country-world-cup-title.html FALUN, Sweden (AP) — Petter Northug closed in on the overall cross-country World Cup title Saturday by finishing fourth in a 15-kilometer mass start race won by fellow Norwegian Eldar Roenning. Northug made sure to stay ahead of his closest competitors — Alexander Legkov of Russia and defending overall champion Dario Cologna of Switzerland — and seemed co... Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:24:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1975234-northug-closes-cross-country-world-cup-title.html 2013-03-23T16:24:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1973548-northug-bjoergen-win-cross-country-world-cup.html FALUN, Sweden (AP) — Norway dominated at the cross-country skiing World Cup finals on Friday, with Petter Northug winning the men's 2.5-kilometer freestyle prologue and Marit Bjoergen capturing the women's race. Northug finished in 5 five minutes, 20.7 seconds on a course shortened from 3.75 kilometers to close in on overall World Cup leader Dario Cologna... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:46:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1973548-northug-bjoergen-win-cross-country-world-cup.html 2013-03-22T18:46:27Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1972950-bjoergen-wins-prologue-x-country-world-cup.html FALUN, Sweden (AP) — Marit Bjoergen of Norway won the 2.5-kilometer freestyle prologue at the cross-country skiing World Cup finals on Friday. The prologue and a sprint on Wednesday set the time differences for the start of the 10K classic mass start on Saturday. Bjoergen will go out 17 seconds ahead of Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland, and 24 seconds ahead of... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:50:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1972950-bjoergen-wins-prologue-x-country-world-cup.html 2013-03-22T14:50:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/1967226-apnewsbreak-ioc-to-retest-turin-olympic-samples.html LONDON (AP) — With the eight-year deadline approaching, the IOC will retest doping samples from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin in a bid to catch any drug cheats who escaped detection at the time. IOC medical commission chairman Arne Ljungqvist told The Associated Press on Wednesday that samples will be retested with more advanced techniques to search f... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:33:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/1967226-apnewsbreak-ioc-to-retest-turin-olympic-samples.html 2013-03-20T13:33:16Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1961040-hendrickson-edges-takanashi-to-win-wcup-meet.html OSLO, Norway (AP) — American Sarah Hendrickson edged Japan's Sara Takanashi on Sunday to win the season's last women's ski jumping World Cup meet on the large hill at Holmenkollen. The 18-year-old Hendrickson led by 1.9 points after the first round and won the second by 0.1 points for a total of 262.8 from jumps of 135.5 and 129 meters. The 16-year-old Ta... Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:46:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1961040-hendrickson-edges-takanashi-to-win-wcup-meet.html 2013-03-17T22:46:39Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1960780-norways-johaug-wins-30k-mass-start.html OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norway's Therese Johaug won a women's 30-kilometer mass start freestyle World Cup race before a delirious home crowd on Sunday. Johaug, 24, finished in a time of 1 hour, 21 minutes and 17.7 seconds in a dominating performance. The home favorite pushed her leading margin from 27 seconds to 48 seconds between the 10k and 12k marks, and t... Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:20:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1960780-norways-johaug-wins-30k-mass-start.html 2013-03-17T13:20:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1959672-legkov-wins-50k-to-take-cross-country-wcup-lead.html OSLO, Norway (AP) — Alexander Legkov of Russia had enough strength for a strong sprint finish to win the grueling 50-kilometer race at Holmenkollen on Saturday and take the overall lead in the cross-country World Cup. Legkov beat Martin Johnsrud Sundby of Norway and fellow Russian Ilya Chernousov on the final straight to win in 2 hours, 7 minutes, 32.9 se... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:51:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1959672-legkov-wins-50k-to-take-cross-country-wcup-lead.html 2013-03-16T16:51:43Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1959482-lamy-chappuis-edges-frenzel-nordic-combined.html ARE, Sweden (AP) — Jason Lamy Chappuis of France won the last Nordic combined World Cup of the season when he out-dueled Eric Frenzel of Germany by 0.4 seconds at Holmenkollen on Saturday. Little separated the sport's two outstanding skiers after two jumps off the large hill and a 15-kilometer cross-country race. After three straight years as the overall ... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:17:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1959482-lamy-chappuis-edges-frenzel-nordic-combined.html 2013-03-16T13:17:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1957878-world-champs-stoch-hendrickson-win-world-cup.html TRONDHEIM, Norway (AP) — World champion Kamil Stoch of Poland hit the 140-meter mark to rise from third and win the ski jumping World Cup on Friday. Stoch overtook Richard Freitag to beat the German by 1.7 points, and third-placed Daiki Ito of Japan by 8.3 points. First-round leader Richard Kranjec of Slovenia slumped to fifth. Gregor Schlierenzauer of Au... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:51:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1957878-world-champs-stoch-hendrickson-win-world-cup.html 2013-03-15T18:51:47Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1957350-eric-frenzel-clinches-nordic-combined-title.html OSLO, Norway (AP) — Eric Frenzel won the Nordic combined World Cup title Friday, winning a race for the sixth time this season. The German outsprinted Akiro Watabe of Japan in the 10-kilometer cross-country portion of the race to win and increase his season total to 954 points. Defending champion Jason Lamy Chappuis of France is second with 718. ... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:59:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1957350-eric-frenzel-clinches-nordic-combined-title.html 2013-03-15T15:59:43Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1952084-kowalczyk-clinches-4th-cross-country-wcup-title.html DRAMMEN, Norway (AP) — Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland clinched her fourth overall cross-country World Cup title on Wednesday by winning a classical sprint, while Petter Northug of Norway also won to tighten the race for the men's trophy. Kowalczyk beat two Norwegians in the final with Heidi Weng 0.90 seconds back in second and Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg 2.03 ... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:18:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1952084-kowalczyk-clinches-4th-cross-country-wcup-title.html 2013-03-13T18:18:38Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1949640-schlierenzauer-wins-ski-jump-world-cup.html KUOPIO, Finland (AP) — Austrian ski jumper Gregor Schlierenzauer won his second World Cup overall title with four races to spare after finishing fifth in Kuopio, Finland, on Tuesday. His first overall title was four years ago. Schlierenzauer rebounded from his worst performance of the season — 15th at the Lahti Ski Games on Sunday — with jumps of 128.5 an... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:57:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1949640-schlierenzauer-wins-ski-jump-world-cup.html 2013-03-12T19:57:45Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1944506-freitag-wins-ski-jump-world-cup-event-finland.html LAHTI, Finland (AP) — Richard Freitag of Germany won a large hill event on the ski jump World Cup on Sunday, while Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria failed to clinch the overall title after only finishing 15th. Freitag led after the first round and sailed 128.5 meters with the day's longest jump in the second to claim his third career victory with 274.2 po... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:46:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1944506-freitag-wins-ski-jump-world-cup-event-finland.html 2013-03-10T15:46:47Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1944160-northug-kowalczyk-win-cross-country-races.html LAHTI, Finland (AP) — Petter Northug of Norway dominated a men's 15-kilometer classical race Sunday to gain ground in the overall cross-country World Cup standings, while Justyna Kowalczyk all but sealed the women's season title with another victory. Northug led from the start to win in 34 minutes, 35.6 seconds. Alexey Poltoranin of Kazakhstan was second,... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:41:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1944160-northug-kowalczyk-win-cross-country-races.html 2013-03-10T12:41:34Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1942898-randall-clinches-cross-country-wcup-sprint-title.html LAHTI, Finland (AP) — Kikkan Randall of the United States clinched the cross-country World Cup sprint title on Saturday by beating Norwegian world champion Marit Bjoergen to the line in a close finish at the Lahti Ski Games. Randall and Bjoergen were in a two-day duel on the final stretch of the 1.55-kilometer freestyle race, and the American managed to t... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:35:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1942898-randall-clinches-cross-country-wcup-sprint-title.html 2013-03-09T13:35:30Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1941042-frenzel-wins-nordic-combined-world-cup-event.html LAHTI, Finland (AP) — LAHTI, Finland (AP) — Germany's Eric Frenzel took a big step towards his first overall World Cup title in Nordic combined by winning Friday's event at the Lahti Ski Games. Frenzel finished fourth in the ski jumping, and his 16th place in the 10-kilometer cross country skiing was enough for victory in a combined time of 24 minutes, 48... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:47:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1941042-frenzel-wins-nordic-combined-world-cup-event.html 2013-03-08T18:47:14Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1941424-nordic-combined-world-cup.html LAHTI, Finland (AP) — LAHTI, Finland (AP) — Results Friday from a Nordic combined World Cup event at the Lahti Ski Games: (Ski jumping, and 10 kilometers cross country skiing placings in parentheses): 1. Eric Frenzel, Germany, 24 minutes, 48.2 seconds (4-16). 2. Akito Watabe, Japan, 10.1 seconds behind (8-8). ... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:45:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1941424-nordic-combined-world-cup.html 2013-03-08T18:45:38Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1938096-russia-probing-olympic-committee-official.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's prosecutor-general is asking its investigators to look into whether to file misuse-of-funds charges against the former deputy head of the Russian Olympic Committee who came under fire from President Vladimir Putin for delays and cost overruns in building the ski jump complex for the Sochi Olympics. Prosecutor's office spokeswoman Ma... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:12:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1938096-russia-probing-olympic-committee-official.html 2013-03-07T16:12:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1928188-olsson-dominates-to-win-50k-nordic-worlds.html VAL DI FIEMME (AP) — Johan Olsson dominated to win the individual 50-kilometer classic on Sunday and capture Sweden's first gold medal with a brilliant solo performance on the last day of the Nordic World Championships. Olsson attacked early and was sole leader for an astonishing 30 kilometers, winning in 2 hours, 10 minutes, 41.4 seconds. The 32-year-old... Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:47:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1928188-olsson-dominates-to-win-50k-nordic-worlds.html 2013-03-03T20:47:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1928088-norways-aukland-kveli-win-swedish-ski-marathon.html MORA, Sweden (AP) — Norway's Jorgen Aukland and Laila Kveli won the 56-mile Vasaloppet cross-country ski marathon on Sunday. Aukland outsprinted Swede Daniel Tynell and his brother on the finishing stretch to win his second Vasaloppet title in 3 hours and 50.48 minutes. Tynell was second, 2 seconds behind and Anders Aukland third, 3 seconds back. ... Sun, 03 Mar 2013 11:46:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1928088-norways-aukland-kveli-win-swedish-ski-marathon.html 2013-03-03T11:46:12Z