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Sunday in Slovenia

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       Sunday’s Rogla Race Report

         By Fiona Hughes

 

 

Today was the final day of racing in Rogla, Slovenia, which marked the end of the OPA for the 2009-2010 season.
 
Both Fiona Hughes (19) and Posy Musgrave (23) competed in 10km handicapped start races, in the junior women’s and senior women’s fields respectively. The skier with the lowest cumulative time from the past two days of...

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Oslo World Cup Sprints

 

 Young gains World class experience

Oslo World Cup Sprints, Sunday 14th March

British Nordic Ski Team represented by Andrew Young (18, Huntly)

Andrew Young, at 18, was the youngest of an experienced World Cup Sprint field by two years. He came in 72nd from 74 starters in the 1.5 k sprint prologue.  A good ski,  particularly in the second half of the race where he closed down the skier in front of him.  This also...

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Musgrave's Courageous 50k

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Musgrave overcomes broken ski to achieve top 50 in World Cup.

In his first ever 50km race Andrew Musgrave achieved a top 50 World Cup placing in Oslo today, despite breaking a ski! Andrew broke one ski after about 3.5km and had to struggle on for over 4km back to the stadium before he could change his skis. As a result he lost contact with the pack and had to ski almost the entire 50km race on his own. He finally...

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Fiona Hughes reports on Slovenia race weekend

OPA Cup Rogla, Slovenia

Friday 12th March – Sunday 14th March

Race Reports by Fiona Hughes

British Nordic Ski Team represented by Posy Musgrave (23), Sarah Young (20) and Fiona Hughes (19).


Friday’s Race Report

The final weekend of racing in the OPA calendar started today in Rogla, Slovenia, with a 2.3km prologue for women as the first event of a 3 day long “tour”. After 1.5m of snow had fallen in the...

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Musgrave First in Norwegian Junior Champs.

altMusgrave’s Birthday Win Shocks Norwegian Skiers

 

Cross-country skier Andrew Musgrave(20) of Aberdeenshire, newly returned from the Vancouver Olympics, claimed the biggest prize of his career yesterday when he won the men’s Norwegian Junior Championship 10km Free technique race….on his 20th birthday!

This is a stunning result for Andrew and the first time a British skier has outperformed the Norwegians at their...

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