FREEBIRD 4TH AT WORLD'S!!

Congratulations to America's best cross country skier, Kris Freeman, who finished 4th today in the 15k classic at the World Nordic Championships in Liberec, CZH. The 15k classic is one of the most traditional of all nordic events. The roots of the event date back nearly 100 years and the 18km was included at the first Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix in 1924 and was won by Thorleif Haug of Norway. Perhaps the greatest cross country race of all time was the 15km from Lake Placid in 1980 when Thomas Wassberg defeated Juha Mieto of Finland by 1/100th of a second. Since that day the cross country officials only time to the 1/10ths.