Sled dog racer conquers Finnmark
March 18, 2013 ·
Thomas Wærner, a 40-year-old musher from the mountains of Synnfjell in Oppland County, relished weekend celebrations after he logged what commentators called a decisive victory in this year’s 1,000-kilometer...
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Global party at Holmenkollen
March 17, 2013 ·
PHOTO FEATURE: They came from all over the world: Thousands of ski jumping fans, and probably lots of folks who may never have seen ski jumping in their lives before, gathered at Holmenkollen in the hills...
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Sun finally shone on sporty weekend
March 17, 2013 ·
Norwegian sports fans were torn during the weekend among the annual Birkebeiner ski race in Lillehammer, World Cup competition at Holmenkollen in Oslo and even the launch of the football season. After...
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Cold race awaited Birkebeiner fans
March 15, 2013 ·
Thousands of eager skiers were ready once again to race their way over the mountains of southeastern Norway during the weekend, and they faced an especially cold ordeal. This year’s famed “Birkebeinerrennet”...
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Sports officials clear themselves
March 14, 2013 ·
Norway’s national skiing federation (Norges Skiforbund) has released what information its officials said they could about former top skiers’ blood tests from the 1990s, and contended they...
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Holmenkollen tries to lure back fans
March 13, 2013 ·
World Cup ski jumping and ski racing are set to return to Holmenkollen in Oslo this weekend, and organizers are hoping that cheering crowds will return as well. Grandstands were embarrassingly empty last...
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Acrobats took over Holmenkollen
March 8, 2013 ·
UPDATED: The best snowboarders in the world, along with thousands of children, took over winter sports areas around Holmenkollen during the weekend, just days after the world’s best freestyle skiers...
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Oslo rolls out its Olympic plans
March 7, 2013 ·
City officials have rolled out prospects for a Winter Olympics in Oslo in 2022 that would cost at least NOK 2o billion (USD 3.6 billion) and spur major redevelopment of the city’s semi-industrial...
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Blood tests aim to prove innocence
March 7, 2013 ·
Norwegian and Swedish skiing federations have started to gather blood test results from top skiers in the 1990s, in an attempt to remove speculation about blood doping after a Swedish documentary cast...
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More debate over skiing supremacy
March 4, 2013 ·
NEWS ANALYSIS: While many Norwegians simply enjoy some skiing on winter weekends, there’s no question the country now ranks firmly as a skiing powerhouse internationally. Norway’s impressive...
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Sports fans cheer sensational skiing
March 3, 2013 ·
Sweden won gold in the end, but Norwegian winter sports fans were already cheering over their own pile of medals at the Nordic World Championships in Italy as they headed into the weekend – and then...
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Fewer Norwegians compete in Swedes’ ‘Vasaloppet’
March 1, 2013 ·
A total of 1,674 Norwegians were registered to compete in the major, and lengthy, ski race across the border in Sweden over the weekend known as Vasaloppet. That’s down from nearly 2,200 in 2009...
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A new skiing star is born
March 1, 2013 ·
Heidi Weng, age 21, was getting lots of attention in Norwegian media after some strong performances at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Italy this week. She was part of the relay team that won...
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Jacobsen does it again
March 1, 2013 ·
The comeback of ski jumper Anders Jacobsen kept rolling this week when he wound up on the winners’ platform at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Italy, after securing a bronze medal in the...
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1990s ski heroes in doping storm
February 28, 2013 ·
Norwegian skiing legend Bjørn Dæhlie is among former winter sports stars caught in a storm of speculation this week over their performance in the 1990s. A Swedish documentary called ‘Blood race in...
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