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Old skis? No problem for Johannes Høsflot Klæbo at World Championship sprint

Nathaniel HerzMarch 3, 2025

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers. If you would like to see more articles like this one, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. TRONDHEIM, NORWAY — After winning Thursday’s world championships-opening sprint here, Norwegian superstar Johannes Høsflot Klæbo posed for photos with the new model of Speedmax cross-country skis recently unveiled by his sponsor, Fischer, the giant Austrian winter sports company. But if you looked carefully at Klæbo’s...

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World Championships Don’t Get Closer Than This—Andersson Nips Johaug in Skiathlon

John TeafordMarch 2, 2025

FasterSkier’s FIS World Championships coverage stands as a proud tribute to American Skiing Icon Marty Hall, who (with his wife, Kathy Hall, and their A Hall Mark of Excellence Award) has supported our coverage of international cross-country ski events. Learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award at info@fasterskier.com. We’ll miss you, Marty. It’s gonna be a soggy one . . . Norway in winter is not always what familiar postcard-images and pre-broadcast video-montages...

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Campfires, screaming crowds and flaming moonshine: A day of worship in Norway, where skiing is religion

Nathaniel HerzMarch 2, 2025

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers. If you would like to see more articles like this one, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. TRONDHEIM, NORWAY — A few minutes before 11 a.m. on the side of a ski trail Saturday, a Norwegian plumber named Sven has handed me a cup of karsk: hot coffee mixed with moonshine. Sven touches a lit match to the surface. It is now...

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The Devon Kershaw Show: It just keeps getting better in Trondheim

Nathaniel HerzMarch 2, 2025

Trondheim packs the stands and the trails for an epic men’s 20-kilometer skiathlon at World Championships. Here’s a full recap. We’ll be back Sunday or Monday with a recap of what we’re expecting to be an awesome women’s skiathlon, as well. Get at us at nat@fasterskier.com and devon@fasterskier.com.

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Klaebo Completes His Résumé with 20 k Skiathlon Victory

John TeafordMarch 1, 2025

FasterSkier’s FIS World Championships coverage stands as a proud tribute to American Skiing Icon Marty Hall, who (with his wife, Kathy Hall, and their A Hall Mark of Excellence Award) has supported our coverage of international cross-country ski events. Learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award at info@fasterskier.com. We’ll miss you, Marty. Simen Hegstad Krueger (NOR) has won this race before . . . but his victory in the 2023 World Championships was...

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Tracks Set For Generations of Skiers to Follow: The North American Nordic Community Celebrates the Life of Marty Hall

FasterSkierFebruary 28, 2025

As many of you know, we lost a vital ambassador and supporter of North American cross-country skiing earlier this week. For those of you who might not be aware, Marty Hall was a lot more than the person, along with his wife Kathy, who supported our World Cup coverage. Marty was a friend. As a younger man, Marty had been a football player, nordic skier, and track star at the University of New Hampshire before...

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The Devon Kershaw Show: Two legends stay gold

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 27, 2025

We’re off and running in Trondheim and launch into this episode with some local flavor, literally. Devon and Nat are back at the hotel to recap a glorious first day of World Championships racing. We promise, we really still are hoping to schedule a live show around our packed schedules here. Send us your notes, feedback and hate mail to devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.

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Sundling Reigns in World Championship Sprint, Kern Fifth

John TeafordFebruary 27, 2025

FasterSkier’s coverage of this week’s FIS World Championships stands as a proud tribute to American Skiing Icon Marty Hall, who (with his wife, Kathy Hall, and their A Hall Mark of Excellence Award) has generously supported our coverage of international cross-country ski events. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, please contact info@fasterskier.com. We’ll miss you, Marty. The Women’s Freestyle Sprint is Sweden’s race to lose, but it’s Norway’s home turf...

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Klaebo Thrills Hometown Crowd with World Sprint Title

John TeafordFebruary 27, 2025

FasterSkier’s coverage of this week’s FIS World Championships stands as a proud tribute to American Skiing Icon Marty Hall, who (with his wife, Kathy Hall, and their A Hall Mark of Excellence Award) has generously supported our coverage of international cross-country ski events. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, please contact info@fasterskier.com. We’ll miss you, Marty. Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo (NOR) won bronze in the Individual Sprint way back in 2017 in...

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The Devon Kershaw Show: It’s go time in Trondheim

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 26, 2025

The eagles have landed in Trondheim: Devon and Nat are both on the ground (emphasis on ground, not snow) for World Championships. Here’s a quick dispatch from the scene before racing kicks off here. We’ll be back after the sprint tomorrow. We are definitely aiming to do a live show at some point during the championships though, semi-seriously, we need an event planner to help us pull it off, not to mention still a venue....

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A ‘huge party’ of a World Championships is ready to kick off in Norway

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 26, 2025

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers. If you would like to see more articles like this one, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. TRONDHEIM — It’s back. It’s been 14 years since Norway hosted a cross-country skiing World Championships, with the 2011 event going off along Oslo trails mobbed with Scandinavian fans. The championships return to the skiing-mad nation again Thursday, with the first of six medal races,...

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Legends of the Birkebeiner (not the ones you think)

John TeafordFebruary 24, 2025

We’d been promised powdered sugar donuts. We’d need them . . . it was a long, long way to the finish line. A bit over 50 kilometers (the original race-distance, before it got shortened to a nicely rounded 50 k), plenty far enough to test the will, the patience, and the endurance of even the hardiest skiers. It’s as far (so we’re told) as the original Birkebeiners carried the young Prince Haakon across the mountains...

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A Glove Solution for Skiers with Raynaud’s Syndrome

Matthew VoisinFebruary 21, 2025

Heading out for a cross-country ski on a late winter day when the air is still, and the sun is warm is one of life’s true gifts; in fact, if you are reading this, these words probably evoke some memory that is making you smile right now. On the contrary, bundling up to head out on a dark morning in early January when the wind is hollowing so hard you worry any of the large...

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Bringing a Community Together Around Nordic Skiing: Oak Hill Prepares to Host NCAAs 2025

Kennedy LangeFebruary 19, 2025

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers. If you would like to see more articles like this one, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. As Dartmouth prepares to host the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Ski Championships, Oak Hill Outdoor Center in Hanover, New Hampshire, has been transformed from a rustic trail system to one of the premier cross-country ski venues in the East. As preparations for NCAAs...

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The Devon Kershaw Show: Tuning up for Trondheim with Gus Schumacher

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 18, 2025

We’re gearing up for our on-site coverage of the World Championships in Trondheim, Norway, with a recap of last weekend’s racing in Sweden. Top U.S. distance skier Gus Schumacher joins us to break down his podium finish. We’ll be back soon with a Trondheim preview episode, if not more than one. Get at us at nat@fasterskier.com and devon@fasterskier.com. Thanks for listening.

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Mass Start Masterclass: Diggins Outsprints Three in Final Meters

Luke DykowskiFebruary 16, 2025

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. The final race before the 2025 Trondheim World Championships treated viewers at home and a sparse crowd Falun, Sweden to the very best of Mass Start skiing. After over fifty minutes of tactical pacing,...

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Schumacher Animates Falun Mass Start, Claims Second

John TeafordFebruary 16, 2025

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. Perhaps more than any other season, the 2024-2025 World cup has been marked by the comings and goings of numerous contending skiers. Iivo Niskanen (FIN) got a late start to the season, but has...

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Andersson Thrills Swedish Crowd in Falun 10 k Classic, Diggins Fourth

John TeafordFebruary 15, 2025

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. World Cup Nordic racing is a funny thing: so many of the race venues provide large grandstands at the finish lines, though almost no fans fill those seats. It’s not because too few fans...

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Niskanen Rules the Classic Tracks in Falun

John TeafordFebruary 15, 2025

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. Team Norway arrived in Falun, Sweden, with its roster fully loaded: Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, Harald Oestberg Amundsen, Paal Golberg, Erik Valnes, Martin Loewstroem Nyenget, and Simen Hegstad Krueger (the current FIS Distance leader). But...

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Falun Classic Sprint—Linn Svahn is Back!

John TeafordFebruary 14, 2025

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. As followers of cross country skiing, we may be some of the most spoiled fans in the entire sports world. Nordic skiing is incredibly taxing and exhausting, and the World Cup tour is a...

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