Sunshine over the 7th Vasaloppet China
The conditions were great for the 7th Vasaloppet held in Jingyuetan Park on the morning of Jan 2, 2009. After an early breakfast, the skiers went by bus to Jingyuetan Park to warm up and make the final preparations.
At 9:30, the over 10.000 skiers set out to go either 50 or 16.7 km in the light sunshine and a temperature of about minus 17 degrees celsius. But the temperature rose q...[More]
Vasaloppet Skiing Exchange Conference in Changchun
Vasa loppet International Skiing Exchange Conference was held on New Years Day 2009. The exchange and cooperation between the Swedish, USA, Japanese and Chinese Vasaloppet has been very fruitful, and benefitted many young people in the host countries. Topics of this years conference was how to attract new target groups and non-skiers to become interested in cross country skiing.
This ye...[More]
Johan Edin won the sprint in Changchun
Changchun, China 2008.12.31
Johan Edin, competing for Kovlands SK outside of the Swedish City Sundsvall left a strong message when Tour de Ski Chinas 3rd stage was held on the morning of New Years Eve in Changchun. –This was great! I really value this victory, said Johan after passing the finish line and all interviews for Chinese TV.
After two days of competitions in Inner Mongoli...[More]
Skiers arriving in Changchun for Vasaloppet
Participants for Vasaloppet China arrived Tuesday 30th to Changchun. One of the groups who comes from Sweden and Norway had some time to first visit Beijing and climb the Great Wall.
Participants will experience some cold days in Changchun as the weather forecast predicts minus degrees aroung -11 to -16 throughout the week. But the weather should at least be quite su...[More]
Högberg took a new victory in Tour de Ski China
Anders Högberg, from IFK Umeå took his second stage victory on Monday 29th Dec.
Tour de Ski China is getting a lot of attention in China with reports on Chinese Central Television. The 5 km mass start for men and 3.6km for women was held in Xiwuqi under extreme weather conditions. The temperature was at minus 18 degrees centigrade (the international limit for competing is minus ...[More]
Two weeks to go to Vasaloppet China 2009
2008/12/18
Christmas is closing in on all of us, and so is the New Year with Vasaloppet in Changchun. Track preparations have begun as well as snow making for the sculpture in Jingyuetan Park which will be 16 m high, more than 120 m long and 14 m thick
On December 20th, the top final 20 girls competing in this years’ Vasa Snow Angel will be in the finals round of competition at Jili...[More]
Vasaloppet China gets seeding race status for Swedish Vasa
Vasaloppet China 50 KM is now an official seeding race for Vasaloppet Sweden which is held every year in Dalarna, Sweden. Races with a distance over 40 km and with more than 100 participants are counted as seeding races for Vasaloppet. The distance being 15 km for ”Girls Vasa”. If you want to use your result in Vasaloppet China as seed result for the 85th Swedish Vasaloppet on the 1st of M...[More]
Students in training for Vasaloppet China 09
With the coming of Vasaloppet China, the University students in Changchun began their XC ski training in Jingyuetan Park on the 25th of November, according to the plan. We predict there will be 70,000 student take part in this education project this winter season.
The 4th Jilin Province University Students Cross Country Ski Competition will be held on 24th of December 2008...[More]
Preparations underway for Vasaloppet China and Tour de Ski in Changchun
Winter has come to Changchun and ski track preparations have begun in Jingyuetan Park. It has already begun to snow in Jilin Province and the temperature is at -5 to –10 degrees. P...[More]
