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Australian World Cup Team member Callum Watson ended up in hospital on the weekend after a collision while training at Davos in Switzerland. Skiing on a congested loop of man-made snow Callum collided with another skier, scoring a blow to the head and some beat-up ribs in the process. Having ruled out more serious injuries [...]
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On December 2-3 Falls Creek will host a sport seminar featuring a number of Australia’s leading experts on altitude training. The presenters include physiologists from the Australian Institute of Sport, the NSW Institute of Sport and Victoria University, and coaches from triathlon, cross country skiing, and running legends Steve Moneghetti and Nic Bideau. Click on [...]
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The Ski & Snowboard Australia Cross Country Committee (SAXC) is seeking expressions of interest for a Sport Development Officer. The position will be part-time between December 2011 and June 2012 and will involve a range ofdevelopment projects to be completed within this time frame. Some projects will involve cooperation with the Cross Country Skiing National [...]
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National Rankings for 2011 have just been released: National Distance Rankings 2011 National Sprint Rankings 2011 The national rankings are calculated from the percentage behind the winner in designated selection races throughout the Australian winter. The average of the best two results have been used. Esther Bottomley topped the Open Women’s rankings for sprint and [...]
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The second SSA Futures Cross Country Development Camp for this Spring will be held in Sydney on November 12/13. Aimed at athletes who compete at the interschools and state championship level, the number of participants is limited to 15. The schedule for the weekend includes rollerskiing, strength training, video and information sessions with national team athletes [...]
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The 2011-2012 Cross Country Skiing National Teams have just been released by SAXC, the cross country committee for Ski & Snowboard Australia. Esther Bottomley and Callum Watson are the only two athletes named to the World Cup Team for 2011-2012, with Ewan Watson, Mark van der Ploeg and Alex Almoukov on the Continental Cup Team. [...]
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The following email update from the Kangaroo Hoppet includes information about On-line Results, Photos, Lost Property, Biathlon Rollerski World Championship and Hoppet Promotional Material for skiers heading overseas. Dear skiers, The results of this year’s event can be viewed on-line at the Hoppet website (www.hoppet.com.au)
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As part of Ski & Snowboard Australia’s SSA Futures program a number of cross country development camps will be held this spring. The first of these will be a weekend camp at Falls Creek on the weekend of September 24/25. This camp is aimed at Interschools and Club skiers aged 12-16, with coaching provided by [...]
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This article on cross country nominations for the Innsbruck 2012 WYOG was posted on the Australian Olympic Committee website earlier this week: Cross Country contenders dream of Innsbruck 31 August 2011 In the endurance sport of cross country skiing, athletes must be prepared to tackle the elements and face the unexpected. When Australia’s young cross [...]
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Australia’s international ski marathon the Kangaroo Hoppet was held on Saturday August 27 at Falls Creek in north-east Victoria. The first skier across the line in the premier 30km Freestyle event was Petr Novak from the Czech Republic, making it the third time in the event’s 21 year history that a Czech skier has won. [...]
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