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The Australian Team group training in Davos, Switzerland, headed towards the Italian side to Campra for the annual Swiss Cup races there. Campra is a favourite with many skiers on the team, not least due to the hospitality (read: food) they always receive. The courses have some decent hills, and never see the sun during [...]
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Australian World Cup cross-country skier Callum Watson has withdrawn his entry from the 2011-2012 FIS Tour de Ski. The 22-year-old from Sydney had been overseas training for the event since the start of November, however a collision during an interval session in early December disrupted his preparation. The FIS Tour de Ski is the premier [...]
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The trip to this event involved a rather interesting solo driving adventure for sole Aussie athlete Callum Watson, an amusing account of which can be read on Callum’s blog. But he did make it to the 15km mass start classic, managing to hold on to the pack for almost a third of the race, which [...]
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The weekend saw some impressive results from 20-year-old Mt Beauty athlete Phillip Bellingham, who achieved FIS points under 120 (twice in two days!) for the first time in his career. These results were a great improvement on Bellingham’s strong performance during the Australian season, particularly in the Australian Sprint Championship in August, and allow him [...]
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Exactly three years after making his World Cup debut in Davos, Switzerland, Callum Watson lined up this weekend to kick off the European racing season for 2011/2012. Early preparations for the 22-year-old athlete began in November in Anchorage, Alaska, before moving to one of Europe’s only pieces of (artificial) snow in Davos. The lack of [...]
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The 2011-2012 World Cup season kicked off on the weekend and Alex Almoukov made his cross country World Cup debut in Sjusjoen in Norway. Alex finished in 90th place, 14.2% behind the winner in the 15km Freestyle, a solid result in his first hitout against the world’s best cross country skiers. Read on below for [...]
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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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Further to the summary of Australian Team Selection Policies announced in May here are the full policy documents: National Team Selection Policy June 2011 World Cup Selection Policy June 2011 World Championships Selection Policy June 2011 Cross Country Appeals Policy June 2011
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Images taken from the National Team Training Camp at Falls Creek this week:
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The Ski & Snowboard Australia Cross Country Committee (SAXC) has just updated selection policies for National Teams for 2011-2012. The following National Teams will be selected for 2011-2012 following the 2011 Australian race season: World Cup Team Continental Cup Team National Squad Australian Junior Team The full selection policies will be posted soon on this [...]
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