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Norway’s Depth Rules Holmenkollen 10 k Freestyle
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Norway’s Depth Rules Holmenkollen 10 k Freestyle

John TeafordMarch 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. Holmenkollen has traditionally been the site of the season’s most significant 50 k race, and many in Norway are fairly grumpy to have it removed from the schedule. For the racers in today’s substitute...

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Holmenkollen 20 k Classic—Nyenget’s Revenge, Schumacher Seventh
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Holmenkollen 20 k Classic—Nyenget’s Revenge, Schumacher Seventh

John TeafordMarch 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. Holmenkollen is the home of Norwegian cross country skiing. It’s their Yankee Stadium, their Churchill Downs, their Wimbledon Centre Court, their Indianapolis Speedway. It’s the place where the Kingdom of Norway would usually crown...

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Just like Old Times—Johaug’s 20 k Win at Holmenkollen
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Just like Old Times—Johaug’s 20 k Win at Holmenkollen

John TeafordMarch 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. In the weeks closely following the conclusion of each year’s Tour de France (the world’s preeminent bicycle stage race), the winners and contenders undertake a tour of “criterium” events, races staged in those European...

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U.S. Ski Team Announces Starters for Period 4
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U.S. Ski Team Announces Starters for Period 4

Chris GroverMarch 12, 2025

Dear Cross Country Community,   We are pleased to announce the Team for Period 4 of the 2024-25 World Cup season: Oslo 20 km C Individual Men John Hagenbuch                       Objective          24-25 Overall SuperTour Leader Gus Schumacher                       Objective          13th World Cup Distance Standings Ben Ogden                                Objective          24th World Cup Distance Standings Zanden McMullen                     Objective          27th World Cup Distance Standings Luke Jager                                Discretion         21st Les Rousses 20 km C JC Schoonmaker                        Discretion         23rd Falun 10 km C...

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Let the Wild Cheering & Glitter Continue
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Let the Wild Cheering & Glitter Continue

Lumi ExperiencesMarch 12, 2025

“The crowd was cheering so loudly I couldn’t even hear myself breathe” – Johannes Klaebo If you’ve been to a cross-country ski race in Norway, you know exactly what Klaebo means. At the World Championships in Trondheim this week, the Granåsen Ski Center grandstands and course are packed with over 25,000 raucous fans – their cheering deafening. In Norway, the fans are so dedicated, they’ll stand for hours in the pouring rain to see their...

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Sovereign 2 SilverStar Ski Marathon: FIRST TIMERS and SPRINTERS, we’re looking for you!
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Sovereign 2 SilverStar Ski Marathon: FIRST TIMERS and SPRINTERS, we’re looking for you!

Sovereign 2 SilverStarMarch 12, 2025

Registration closes Sunday March 30th 6pm Pacific Time. Q&A with a First Timer in S2S 2024: Don’t let these unknowns keep you away from the start line! FIRST TIMERS: Have you not done a Loppet before? Or the S2S? But know (deep down!) you want to give it a try? At S2S, Finishing is Winning, and signing up is a win too, especially if it’s your first event. An S2S first-time participant in 2024 shares...

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USCSA Kicks Off Its Collegiate National Championship
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USCSA Kicks Off Its Collegiate National Championship

FasterSkierMarch 12, 2025

The U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) kicked off its 5-day long annual Collegiate National Championship today with the women’s Snowboard and Freeski Rail Jam, men’s Skier and Snowboard Cross, women’s Alpine Ski Giant Slalom, and a 7.5k Freestyle Nordic race under beautiful sunny skies. Mt. Bachelor is serving as host for all events over the five days of exciting competition. A record-breaking 685 Collegiate athletes representing 75 universities across 6 regions will compete...

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Bogus Basin Nordic Team Seeks Comp Coach
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Bogus Basin Nordic Team Seeks Comp Coach

FasterSkierMarch 12, 2025

Comp Coach Details: Reports to BBNT Head Coach & Program Director, and Executive Director Flexible start date (May – September) Part-time May-September and full-time October-March ○ Would consider a candidate for winter only Pay is dependent on experience and availability Due to the seasonal nature of this job (much more is required during winter than in summer), we can build this position/schedule around the right candidate. The Bogus Basin Nordic Team (BBNT) in Boise, ID,...

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Is Norway’s Monopoly on Gold Hurting the Sport?
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Is Norway’s Monopoly on Gold Hurting the Sport?

Stuart HardenMarch 12, 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.   The Norwegian men are in a league of their own—but when a league is contested by just one team, will fans still watch? TRONDHEIM, NORWAY – As the morning gales gave way during last Thursday’s men’s 4×7.5 kilometre relay, the crowds at the Trondheim World...

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The University of Utah Claims the 2025 NCAA Championship
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The University of Utah Claims the 2025 NCAA Championship

Keely LevinsMarch 11, 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.   The sun came out on Saturday at Dartmouth’s Oak Hill Ski Center in Hanover, New Hampshire. The best collegiate skiers in the country gathered in Hanover, New Hampshire, for a week of racing at the NCAA Championships. The final races of the week were the...

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Inside — okay, actually, outside — Johannes Høsflot Klæbo’s Trondheim victory party
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Inside — okay, actually, outside — Johannes Høsflot Klæbo’s Trondheim victory party

Nathaniel HerzMarch 10, 2025

TRONDHEIM, NORWAY — Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, the Norwegian gold-medal winner of all six competitions at this year’s World Championships here, was refreshingly blunt when asked about his plans to celebrate. “You need to remember that I’m allergic to gluten, so I don’t drink much beer,” he told an audience of reporters at a news conference following his last race. But, he added: “If you ask me about vodka-Red Bull, it’s a little bit different.” The 28-year-old...

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The Devon Kershaw Show: A hundred kilometers of highs and lows to wrap Trondheim
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The Devon Kershaw Show: A hundred kilometers of highs and lows to wrap Trondheim

Nathaniel HerzMarch 9, 2025

Sorry we missed yesterday, but Nat had to stop by the Klæbo victory party and Devon was busy. Not to fear: We’ve got recaps of both the men’s and women’s 50-kilometer races in Trondheim. We made it to the end; we’re going to take a few days off from podcasting, but feel free to send us love notes only to devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com. See you soon.

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Karlsson Glides to Victory in World Championship 50 k
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Karlsson Glides to Victory in World Championship 50 k

John TeafordMarch 9, 2025

FasterSkier’s coverage of this week’s FIS World Championships stands as a proud tribute to an icon of American Skiing, Marty Hall who has generously supported our coverage of international cross country ski events. To learn more about Marty and Kathy Hall’s A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, please contact info@fasterskier.com. We’ll miss you, Marty.  In 2021, in the prime of her career, Therese Johaug (NOR) won four races at the World Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany—Skiathlon, 10...

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How Olympic athletes teamed with climate advocates to save a World Championships race from disruption
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How Olympic athletes teamed with climate advocates to save a World Championships race from disruption

Nathaniel HerzMarch 8, 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 — At 9 p.m. on the evening before she would vie for a relay medal at the cross-country skiing World Championships here, American Julia Kern was not sleeping. Instead, she was sending phone messages — announcing that competitors had reached an agreement with climate...

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