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Vision of a Birkie: Photos of The 38th Annual American Birkebeiner
Swix Sport USA’s Andy Canniff captured some great moments in the 2011 American Birkebeiner with his camera. Here is a selection for you to enjoy.
Tore Martin Gundersen (NOR) celebrates his 2011 American Birkebeiner victory.
Caitlin Compton (CXC) holding off Morgan Smyth (APU).
Caitlin Compton (CXC) charges down the final stretch.
Main Street in Hayward welcomes home the top men in the skate race.
Tore Martin Gundersen pumps the air in celebration.
Caitlin Compton (CXC) comes to the line to please the Birkie crowd.
Caitlin Compton (CXC) raises her arms as Birkie skate champion.
Jennie Bender celebrating her Birkie classic victory. Photo: Andy Canniff.
Tore Martin Gundersen in post race interviews.
Women’s Podium: Morgan Smyth (USA/APU, 2nd place), Caitlin Compton (USA/CXC) and Evelyn Dong (USA/XC Oregon).
The 2011 American Birkebeiner men’s podium (from left to right): with France’s Benoit Chauvet in second, Norway’s Tore Martin Gundersen in first and Russia’s Andrey Tyuterev in third. (Photo: Andy Caniff/Swix Sport USA)
2011 American Birkebeiner champion, Tore Martin Gundersen, poses for pictures.
You can be cold and still feel good, as seen here at the 2011 American Birkebeiner.
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