Nordic World Ski Championships – The Winners and the Competitors in 2013

Last Sunday the 12 day Nordic World Ski Championships came to an end in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

The Championships were dominated by Norway winning 8 gold, 5 silver and 6 bronze medals. France and Russia followed in second and third places respectively.

The Swedish XC-skier Johan Olson won the glorious ski marathon race, which was the last race and grand finale of the games. Our ONE WAY athelete, Dario Cologna, finished the 50km marathon in second place BUT as a result of winning the 30km race a few days before, has claimed the title of World Champion. Well done to Dario and to ONE WAY!

The most successful individual participant was Marit Björgen. The Norwegian Ski star won four gold medals across the cross country-competitions.

In the ski jumping events the Austrian Team dominated and achieved the glory (which we are particularly thrilled about). Germany did well and came in second, with Poland coming in with third place.

As for the Australian cross country ski team, they competed well and gave their best but were no threat to the superior European Nations. (They also looked great decked out in their ONE WAY apparel). And as all good sports is about - it’s the taking part, courage, determination and effort that counts.

We are proud of our Aussies – well done to:

Male athletes: 
Callum Watson
Phillip Bellingham
Paul Kovacs
Mark van der Ploeg


Female athletes:
Esther Bottomley
Aimee Watson
Anna Trnka
Lescinska Grimmer

Mark van der Ploeg, 30km Skiathlon

To view more photos of our Aussies in action – go to the official Australian XC-Skiing website: http:// ausxc.com/

Vasaloppet 2013 – Norway takes both the mens and womens line honours

The Vasaloppet is over for another year, and as always the event saw many heroic efforts and finish line crossings.

14,706 people competed – including H.R.H Crown Prince Frederik from Denmark! Another special competitor was Bengt Eriksson who was the event’s oldest participant being  82 years of age – achieving his 60^th finish at Vasaloppet!

Our ONE WAY athlete, Daniel Tynell, and his compratiot Jens Eriksson, both from the local region of Dalarna, set the pace of the race very well and were part of the six men leading group just before the end of the race.

After a hard fight against each other in the last minutes, Jörgen Auckland (of Norway) had the best end performance and won the Vasaloppet 2013. It was his second victory. Daniel Tynell finished in second position, just two seconds behind the winning time of 3.50.48h.

In the womens  class, Laila Kveli (also a Norwegian) won the title. She crossed the line with a comfortable margin of more than one and a half minutes in front of the second place getter, Seraina Boner of Switzerland.

As with previous years, the Vasaloppet was a great success and showed off the excitement and beauty of cross country skiing as well as Sweden’s stunning nature and landscape. We look forward to next year’s event already!

Today is the day of THE big XC race - the Swedish Vasaloppet!

So, who will be doing the final waxing of their skis and donning their lycra and grabbing their poles for this year’s Vasaloppet? Well, despite the demanding physical fitness required it’s not just a race for professional cross country skiers - amateurs will also there by their thousands. For these participants though, along with the opportunity to test their courage and stamina to the max, they are also there to do some star gazing – looking out for the big names and personas of the Nordic Skiing scene.

One of the most famous  and most successful competitors of the Vasaloppet in the last 10 years is the local Swede: Daniel Tynell. Today, as the skiers converge on the Vasaloppet venue, we would like to pay homage to him as one of the event’s stars and (as you can see in the photo) a fan of ONE WAY’s poles!

Per Daniel Tynell was born in 1976. His hometown Grycksbo is located in the region where the Vasaloppet is based (which is handy to give him some degree of a good ‘homeside’ advantage).

He is a Cross Country skier who specializes in long-distance runs and has won the Vasaloppet an impressive three times (2002, 2006 and 2009).

He will be competing in the 2013 Vasaloppet so we wish him the very best!

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