The SuperTour has finally made it to Telemark and we’re enjoying warming temps and new snow! Lars, Kristina Stranberg, Mikey, Fabien and I (Kristina T-S) are happy to be out in Wisconsin, and Mikey, Fabien and I are enjoying the wonderful hospitality of Dennis Kruse (thanks Dennis!). The sprint races went off yesterday without any glitches. 10-15 degrees, hardpack conditions, and a small but strong field of racers. The 1.5 km course was surprisingly difficult, comprised of 2 long, grueling uphills and fast, sweeping downhill turns. The small field size called for a modification of standard sprint protocol, and only the top 8 advanced to the heats. Our team had a solid day–I won the women’s qualification, Strandberg came in 5th, and Mikey was 7th for men. Lars is resting up and cheered us on.

The heat were smaller than normal- four skiers in a heat and we only had to do Semis and then A/B Finals. The awesome grooming made for wide trails and crashes were minimal, making for fairly clean heats. Fast skis proved to be critical, and there were many upsets on the final downhill coming into the stadium. Mikey finished 2 in his B final, and Strandberg and I finished 3rd and 1st in the women’s A final. Thanks to Fabien, our skis were consistently fast and we had an awesome day. And thanks to all the volunteers for all your work! We’re psyched for the weekend distance races….

More to come….

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