CALENDAR: Cross-country skiing World Cup calendar (EARTHtimes.org)
Hamburg - Calendar for the cross-country skiing World Cup season 2008-2009 (C denotes classic style, F freestyle, MS mass start, TDS Tour de Ski)....
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Austrian cross-country skier banned for four years for Turin scandal (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The Court of Arbitration of Sport banned Austrian cross-country skier Juergen Pinter from the sport for four years on Friday for his part in a doping scandal at the Turin Olympics.
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Blueberry Ridge opens for season (The Mining Journal)
MARQUETTE - Get those cross-country skis out of storage and hit the trails. "It's really good skiing," said Sten Fjeldheim, cross-country ski coach at Northern Michigan University. Fjeldheim has been skiing at Blueberry Ridge Pathway in Sands Township with his ski team for the past few days. About a foot of snow covered the trails Thursday morning with more snow falling throughout the day.
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Cross country skiing: Bjoergen on schedule (The Norway Post)
Cross country ace Marit Bjoergen won both the women's cross country 10km freestyle and the 5km classic style in this weekend's season opener. She had to put up a fight, however, and sees this as a good sign that she has not reached the top of her form too early.
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Anchorage ski season starts this weekend (Anchorage Daily News)
The sixth annual Wooden Ski Classic starts Sunday at the Russian Jack Chalet and kicks off a season of community cross-country skiing races.
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