It is well known that athletes from a specific region or country are dominating certain sports disciplines such as marathon running or Ironman triathlon; however, little relevant information exists on cross-country skiing. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the aspect of region and nationality in one of the largest cross-country skiing marathons in Europe, the "Engadin S...

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of 30-minute duration submaximal running and roller skiing exercises, which are among the most important aerobic exercise models in cross-country skiers, on lactic acid levels. The study group comprised 6 female and 4 male athletes (age: 16.87 +/- 1.87 years, body height: 168.35 +/- 5.66 cm, body weight: 56.83 +/- 7.1 kg) who competed in cross-...

purpose to assess the anthropometric characteristics and dietary intake of the greek national cross-country skiing team. methods thirty-three athletes (10 females aged 20 ± 5 years; 23 males aged 20 ± 6 years old) participated in the study. all athletes were members of the greek national ski team, and they had been selected to take part in the winter olympics, world ski championships, european ...

The purpose of our study was to characterise the diagonal stride locomotion during a new short sprint race in cross-country skiing. Thirty male cross-country skiers were sagittaly filmed on an uphill portion of the 1.2-km classic race of the world cup (2004) using a digital camera. The main body joints, skis and poles were digitised frame by frame. Results indicated higher SV and SR for similar...

The purpose of this study is to clarify the advantages and disadvantages of acceleration measurements in cross country skiing using a body mounted kinematical inertial measurement system. A high profile world cup athlete performed two test-runs in diagonal stride technique on skis and roller skies equipped with an inertial measurement system. In particular the acceleration of the athlete’s cent...

Cross-country ski racing has evolved rapidly in recent years. Of particular interest has been the development and proliferation of the faster freestyle or skating techniques. In spite of changes in technique and equipment, the fact that elite cross-country ski racers have some of the highest aerobic power values reported for endurance athletes has not changed. Successful ski racers have higher ...

Purpose. recreational cross-country skiers can benefit from a performance diagnostic when planning a training program. The aim of this study was to establish a simple test protocol to measure endurance capacity and provide training recommendations. Methods. The relationship between endurance performance and cross-country skiing technique was assessed using two tests. First, a lactate threshold ...

Aims: Experience morphology of acceleration signals, extract useful information and classify time periods into defined techniques during cross-country skiing. Method: Three Norwegian cross-country skiers ski skated one lap in the 2011 world championship sprint track as fast as possible with 5 accelerometers attached to their body and equipment. Algorithms for detecting ski/pole hits and leaves ...

Cross-country skiing is a rare example of how humans can efficiently use all four limbs for propulsion. Effectively becoming a quadruped, a skate cross-country skier uses skis in a skating motion while the arms are fixed to poles which are pushed into the snow for propulsion. Cross-country skiers use the 2-skate technique (similar to a galloping horse) when going slow, switch to the 1-skate tec...