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FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Champs

Monday 25 January 2010, saw the start of a busy week of racing for the GB Nordic Team with 8 team members competing in World Juniors (U20) Sprints and World Under 23 events near Hinterzarten in the Black Forest in Germany, against representatives from around 35 nations.

After some great training sessions in good weather on well prepared  tracks last week the team woke this morning to temperatures close to freezing...

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GB Champs update from Ruhpolding

Ruhpolding is a small town in Southern Bavaria, very near the border with Austria. It is an international biathlon centre and a world cup course.

The BNDS team here consists of 5 athletes and 2 coaches Peter Gurney and Angharad Evans.

In Ruhpolding today it was -5C for the races with blue skies. However snow conditions were difficult as a mixture of man made and natural snow, also 200 racers before our athletes set off...

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Olympics & BNDS

The British Nordic Ski Team, run on behalf of SnowSportGB by BNDS, has fulfilled the first part of its ambition by producing a group of young athletes who have reached British Olympic qualification standard.  It now looks forward to the second part of the challenge -  competing well in the 2010 Winter Olympics at Whistler, Vancouver.

Following an excellent 2009/10 competition tour of Northern Europe, BNDS can...

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Marbach Races - latest news

 



Young claims second Swiss crown for Britain.

In the second day of Cross-country ski racing at Marbach, Switzerland, Andrew Young (17, Huntly) of the British Nordic Ski Team has added another Swiss championship to his list of wins.  In the 15k Junior Pursuit race on Saturday he took the U18 title and came 4th in the Junior (U20) race. 

Pursuit racing involves a change of skiing style (and thus a change of skis)...

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Swiss Timing

SWISS TIMING FOR GB SKIERS

With the final selection for the GB Cross Country Olympic team just days away, Callum Smith (17, Inverurie) of the British Nordic Ski Team has added his name to the list of potential candidates. The 10km classic race at Swiss National Championship, Marbach, on Thursday 14th January provided Callum with his chance to push his racing season’s average FIS points below the selection barrier. He...

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