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Feature News Racing Tour de Ski World Cup

Amundsen Controls Tour de Ski Classic Pursuit as Klaebo Retains Overall Lead

Kennedy LangeJanuary 1, 2025

The Tour de Ski is the ultimate test of endurance, pushing athletes to their physical and mental limits, with few other events demanding such frequent back-to-back competitions. Yesterday’s individual start 20 kilometer freestyle competition was a grueling marathon effort, with racers battling for the climb leader position at the 10 kilometer checkpoint while navigating a course that offered little opportunity for recovery. To follow that up today, the challenge continued with a 15 kilometer classic...

Feature News Racing World Cup

Toblach 20 k—Amundsen Goes All In

John TeafordDecember 31, 2024

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. In an earlier age of cross-country skiing, nearly all races were against the clock (not mass start events). One-by-one, skiers disappeared into thick forests, there to battle conditions and strategies and personal demons on...

Feature News The Devon Kershaw Show US Ski Team World Cup

The Devon Kershaw Show: RIP OG Tour de Ski — stages 1 and 2 recap

Nathaniel HerzDecember 30, 2024

It’s the most wonderful time of the year — or is it? The Tour de Ski has returned, but Devon has some beef with this year’s watered down format. Plus, recaps of the four races we’ve been through so far, including Jessie Diggins sprint win from heat five. Send feedback, hate mail and love letters to devon@fasterskier.com. You can send love letters to nat@fasterskier.com. See you in a couple of days. `

Juniors News Racing US Ski Team

STIFEL U.S. Cross Country Ski Team Announces Staff for World Junior & U23 Championships

FasterSkierDecember 29, 2024

The STIFEL U.S. Cross Country Ski Team announced their coaching and support staff for the World Junior & U23 Championships to be held in Bergamo-Schilpario, Italy (February 3-9, 2025). Cross Country Coaches: Trip Leader & Head Coach: Greta Anderson, US Ski Team Coach: Bryan Fish, US Ski Team Coach: Matt Boobar, Stratton Mountain School Coach: Julia Hayes Cross Country Service Staff: Head of Service: August Teague, Aspen Valley Ski Club Service: Peter...

Feature News Racing World Cup

Klaebo Controls Bonus-Heavy Toblach Mass Start, Schumacher Seventh

John TeafordDecember 29, 2024

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. Mass Start Nordic racing ain’t fair—it just can’t be. The Classic track in Toblach, Italy is only four skiers wide, so many mass-start racers will find themselves off the back as soon as the...

Feature News Racing World Cup

Diggins Electric in Tour de Ski Opener. Wins Freestyle Sprint

Ken RothDecember 28, 2024

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. Today marks the opening round of the 19th edition of the Tour de Ski, and this year it will be an all Italy based event with races in Toblach and Val Di...

Feature News Racing Tour de Ski World Cup

Ogden Battles Through Broken Pole in Final As Klaebo Wins Tour de Ski Stage 1

Kennedy LangeDecember 28, 2024

The 19th edition of the Tour de Ski is here once again! While many athletes have taken a conservative start to the season, skipping early races to focus on preparations for the World Championships in Trondheim later this winter, the excitement for the Tour remains high. With seven stages packed into just nine days — and rest days on Monday and Thursday — the Tour has historically seen relatively few skiers complete the entire event....

Feature News World Cup

How do you solve a problem like Johannes? The World Cup weighs in on how to dethrone him.

Nathaniel HerzDecember 25, 2024

In cross-country skiing, sprinting is a notoriously inconsistent discipline for a single competitor to dominate. The short distance leaves little time for racers to recover from even small mistakes; sharp corners and tight spaces often produce race-ending crashes. Which makes the track record of Norway’s Johannes Høsflot Klæbo almost impossible to comprehend. Klæbo, a five-time Olympic gold medalist, has won the last 10 straight sprint races he’s entered on the World Cup — the highest...

News Racing Tour de Ski US Ski Team World Cup

U.S. Ski Team Announces Tour de Ski Team

Chris GroverDecember 23, 2024

Dear Cross Country Community, We are pleased to announce the Team for Period 2 of the 2024-25 World Cup season – the Tour de Ski: 2024-25 Tour de Ski Men John Hagenbuch Objective 24-25 Overall SuperTour Leader Gus Schumacher Objective 9th 24-25 Distance World Cup Ben Ogden Objective 10th 24-24 Sprint World Cup Zanden McMullen Objective 19th 24-25 Distance World Cup Jack Young Objective 24th 24-24 Sprint World Cup JC Schoonmaker Objective 31st 24-24 Sprint...

Collegiate Feature News Racing

Weinberger and Her Defending NCAA Champion Colorado Buffaloes Prepare for a New Season

Marika Massey-BiermanDecember 17, 2024

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 the collegiate racing season approaches, FasterSkier chatted with Jana Weinberger, Director of Skiing and Head Nordic Coach of the Colorado University Buffaloes. The Boulder-based team returns to racing after a decisive win at NCAAs last season on their home course. FasterSkier: NCAAs...

Feature News Racing World Cup

Slind Claims First-Ever World Cup Victory – Diggins and Brennan Finish Seventh and Eighth

Kennedy LangeDecember 15, 2024

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 cowbells and horn music echoed through the course, the women’s 20 k classic marked the final competition before athletes enjoy a brief rest ahead of the Tour de Ski later this month....

Feature News Racing World Cup

Nyenget Tops International Podium in Davos 20 k Classic

John TeafordDecember 15, 2024

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 skiing can seem like it’s become fairly predictable: the Swedish team dominates the Women’s Sprints, Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo (NOR) is unbeatable in the Men’s Sprints, and Therese Johaug (NOR)...

Feature News Racing World Cup

Klaebo wins again in Davos while Ogden, Schumacher and Young lead the way for Team USA

Kennedy LangeDecember 14, 2024

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. With the winter solstice approaching, much of Period 1 racing takes place under the cover of darkness, and tonight was no exception. Stadium lights illuminated the snow-covered tracks while fiery bursts from barrels...

Feature News Racing World Cup

Short-handed Sweden Still Dominates in Davos Sprint. Diggins Sixth

Ken RothDecember 14, 2024

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 U.S. women’s cross-country team really likes the site of today’s Freestyle Sprints, Davos, Switzerland. Last season in Davos, Jessie Diggins (USA) claimed the podium twice including third place in today’s event, the Freestyle...

Feature News Racing World Cup

Davos Team Sprint: Could It Be Anyone But Norway?

Luke DykowskiDecember 13, 2024

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. Friday night in Davos: A fast course, fireballs, and a remarkably flexible field for the Men’s Team Sprint Finals. After qualifying, the evening’s would-be winner was uncharacteristically unclear, with four nations represented in...

Feature News Racing World Cup

Sweden’s Sundling and Ribom Rule Davos Team Sprint

John TeafordDecember 13, 2024

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. FIS may call it “sprinting,” but a Team Sprint is not sprinting . . . a Team Sprint consists of a max-effort qualifying round, a max+ effort final round, all these laps for each...

Job Postings News

The Methow Valley Nordic Ski Educational Foundation seeks an Executive Director

FasterSkierDecember 13, 2024

The Methow Valley Nordic Ski Educational Foundation (MVNSEF), based in the beautiful Methow Valley of North Central Washington state, seeks its next Executive Director to share the magic of Nordic skiing with our members and community. Our next Executive Director will help champion our mission to nurture athletes of all age groups and levels, lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive fundraising strategy, and ensure a strong, connected, and vibrant Nordic ski community in...

Feature News Racing World Cup

Not a “Comeback” Anymore: Johaug Smashes Skiathlon, Diggins Third

John TeafordDecember 8, 2024

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. It’s weird . . . Skiathlon is hardly ever contested on the World Cup Tour, but is always on Olympic and World Championship event rosters. That means that Olympic and World Championship...

Feature News Racing World Cup

Schumacher Fifth in 20-K Skiathlon–Norwegians Sweep Podium

Ken RothDecember 8, 2024

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. Today’s race—the 20 kilometer Skiathlon— marks the last day of competition in Lillehammer, Norway. On the men’s side of the racing there has been complete dominance of the weekend by Norway, with only...

Feature News Racing World Cup

Ogden Top Qualifier in Lillehammer Sprint, Klaebo Remains Wondrously Predictable

John TeafordDecember 7, 2024

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 World Cup cross country season is a long and winding road—few athletes experience seasons that end the way they began. American, Ben Ogden, had his 2024 World Cup campaign interrupted by...

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