2008-01-04 Sweden and Aasarna IK took the top two podium places during the 6th Chinese Vasaloppet. Fredrik Persson won a tough sprint over the finish line against his team mate Gustaf Berglund. - It was a hard race and I am so happy, says Fredrik Persson directly after the race. Over one thousand competitors started the Chinese Vasaloppet with a distance of 50 km. The weather was cold and the co...[More]

The ski education program that gives university students the chance to learn cross country skiing on the Vasa tracks in the Jinyuetan National Forest Park has reached a record number of participants.   Kicked off in early November 2007 and continuing till early spring 2008 75000 students will take part in the education program!   The number is so high that new applications have to ...[More]

The fifth Vasaloppet China spectacularly took place on January 1st and 2nd, 2007, at Jingyuetan National Forest Park in Changchun. Cooperated by Nordic Ways Company, Changchun government and Chinese Ski Association, this event marked a new step with more than 16200 people taking part in it.   People from all over the world joined this event, especially from Norway and Sweden. The part...[More]

The Vasa Angel beauty contest for Vasaloppet China 2007 attracted more then 3000 contestants, from all around the Changchun area. On the 5th of December the 20 last finalists competed on such skills as English, culture, sports and Chinese history.   The 20 finalists would all attended a 10-day training program before the Vasa Angel final and they all received a great round of applause from ...[More]

In Nordic Europe children start skiing at an early age. It is not uncommon to see kids who just learnt how to walk skiing around as they had done so for years. Skiing is not only competing, it is about having fun together, and this is something important to communicate. When the participants in the Children’s Vasa line up at the start, they all wear number bibs just like in the adult races. Ther...[More]

Swedish Peter Myhlback  won the Volvo Ski Sprint in Changchun in the north of China. He won the final with two meters in front of Tian Ye.         Myhlback has been on the Swedish National Team a few seasons, but is best in classical style races. His luggage also went missing on the way to China, and he had to borrow skis. That evidently worked out well. In a few mont...[More]

This year’s Ridderrennet China saw great performances from the 58 participants as they fought their way through the 5 km and 10 km tracks in three categories; deaf, standing physically disabled and sitting physically disabled.   The winners include Fu Chunshan, Han Lixia and Ole Theodor Sponberg for the 10 km classes. Bjorn Wiseth, Zhang Peng and Wang Meng were the 5 km winners.    ...[More]