But the U.S. typically has been weak in Winter Olympics staples like ski jumping and cross-country skiing.
It is a misconception to think that cross-country skiing is confined purely to flat terrain.
Cross-country skiing also employs a second form, kick wax, which has the opposite effect.
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Norway took nine of its gold medals in cross-country skiing, the biathalon and alpine skiing.
Manufacturers will be pleased to hear that kick wax remains essential to cross-country skiing.
The 76-year-old suffered a fall while practising cross-country skiing during the Christmas holidays.
Dr. Chang says it requires a combination of cardiovascular endurance and leg strength and can be more strenuous than cross-country skiing.
The reason could be that American viewers don't care about cross-country skiing.
The only way to reach the restaurant is about an hour of cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, or a cold ride on a horse-drawn sleigh.
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Biathlon combines cross-country skiing with shooting at targets - with the threat of extra distance to ski or time penalties if a competitor misses.
Cross-country skiing is especially wonderful in the Bavarian Forest National Park.
PRAGELATO, Italy -- Giorgio di Centa gave hosts Italy a fairytale finish to the Games by winning the final cross-country skiing event in a thrilling sprint finish.
Now with his third wife, he is a fitness fanatic, with a penchant for cross-country skiing and also pilots gliders, helicopters, light aircraft and larger jets, including the Boeing 747.
This site part of a greater network of training and racing areas includes a track for luge, skeleton and bobsledding and facilities for the biathlon (a combination of cross-country skiing and target-range shooting).
If you are a beginner, the Methow Valley Ski School offers lessons in classic cross-country skiing and more technical skate-skiing at three locations, Winthrop, Mazama and the Sun Mountain Lodge.
The 1880s saw a shift from Nordic skiing (cross-country skiing), to Alpine skiing (downhill skiing), because the adrenaline rush of gliding down a mountainside had more mass appeal than skiing across level terrain.
Teichmann survived a photo finish to hold on to silver ahead of Russia, and make partner Tim Tscharnke the youngest ever male medallist in Olympic cross-country skiing, at 20 years and 71 days.
Practiced by humans since prehistoric times using wooden ski-shaped contraptions, cross-country skiing was popularised as a sport by the Norwegian military in the mid-1700s and was first imported to North America by Scandinavian immigrants in the 1850s.
There is also plenty of skiing, snowboarding and cross-country skiing to be done elsewhere in the country, where the mountains may not soar as high as the Alps, but assets include cheaper prices, smaller crowds and a less frenetic atmosphere.
When my husband and I arrived last December, the peaked roofs were blanketed in snow and hung with icicles, and the lodge's guests were embarked on winter sports: snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and skating on a private rink (complete with a warming hut serving Cognac and cigars).
We brought our cross-country skis and were rewarded with perfect skiing conditions.
When Twin Farms says all-inclusive they mean it because rates include all activities, summer (hiking, biking, fly fishing, canoeing, tennis) and winter (downhill skiing on private runs, cross country skiing and snowshoeing on private trails) plus world-class meals and fine wines.
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