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Musgrave shocks Norwegians

On Thursday (26th January) Andrew Musgrave stunned the Norwegian skiing world when he came second in their National Championships.

The 15km freestyle timetrial was the opening race of the Championships and took place in very difficult conditions with gusts of wind sometimes bringing skiers to a standstill.  Perhaps the conditions felt more Scottish than Norwegian, but Andrew had one of the best races of his career...

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British Championships, British rain

As the forecast rain fell, day 2 of the British Championships carried on regardless, with the freestyle mass start races.

First race out was the combined start of the Ladies and Boys and Girls 7.5 km.  For most of the first lap Fiona Hughes, Posy Musgrave and Sarah Young formed the lead group until Fiona and Posy pulled away from Sarah.  Behind them Stuart Gray, Harry Nicholls and others zig-zagged their way through the...

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British Championships, Day 1

altThe British Championships got underway today in Ruhpolding, in tricky conditions - half a metre of wet snow had fallen overnight and it continued to snow all day.  This year several of the British senior team had managed to escape university commitments for a few days to take part and the BNDS development group was there in good numbers too.

The opening race was the classic timetrial, and with the prevailing snow...

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British record result at Youth Olympics

At the freestyle sprint races at the World Youth Olympic Games yesterday (19th January), Sarah Hale achieved Britain's best ever result in cross-country skiing at a Youth Olympics when she finished 16th.  In the boy's event Scott Dixon finished 33rd.

The weather in Seefeld had warmed up, the blue skies had given way to clouds and light rain meant the tracks were fast and glazed.  Sarah coped well with the conditions and...

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Britain at the Youth Olympics

 Roger Homyer has just sent a report from the Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck :

The cross-country ski races at the first winter Youth Olympic Games have seen Sarah Hale (Mora) and Scott Dixon (Aviemore) represent GBR in world class fields. In the classic time trials held today (17th January), Sarah put in a solid performance in the 5km race. The course was fast with good classic skiing conditions. Sarah stormed the...

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