Cheery little Zlodej here is the mascot of the upcoming World Cup races in Rogla, Slovenia. The World Cup has only visited Slovenia proper once before, for a men’s 15k skate race at Bohinj in January 1993. (The podium: Smirnov, Mogren, Daehlie.) Before that, the World Cup had staged a few other events at Bohinj and at Sarajevo in the 1980s and 1990s, back when both places were located in
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