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The cream of the crop. The best in the world compete all winter long on the World Cup. We follow them at every stop with article and results. We also post occasional reports from North America’s best as they travel the globe.
Klaebo Thrills Hometown Crowd with World Sprint Title
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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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A ‘huge party’ of a World Championships is ready to kick off in Norway
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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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2025 FIS World Cross-Country Ski Championships Coverage Schedule
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2025 FIS World Cross-Country Ski Championships Coverage Schedule

FasterSkierFebruary 17, 2025

We still receive daily emails asking how to watch the races, so we’re going to explain everything for you. Where to watch in the United States: Ski and Snowboard Live The Nordic pass for the World Championship costs $19.99 – this is in addition to your subscription for the regular World Cup season.  If you want to watch the Alpine World Championship as well, that will cost an extra $10.   2025 FIS World Ski...

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Mass Start Masterclass: Diggins Outsprints Three in Final Meters
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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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Klaebo, Valnes, Vike—Red Sprint Podium in Falun
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Klaebo, Valnes, Vike—Red Sprint Podium in Falun

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. Erik Valnes (NOR) might be the most durable skier of his generation: seemingly never sick, hardly ever injured, lined up at just about every World Cup event on every available weekend, and always in...

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The Devon Kershaw: Back from the Dead with a Cogne Recap, and Looking Ahead
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The Devon Kershaw: Back from the Dead with a Cogne Recap, and Looking Ahead

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 13, 2025

We’re sorry. Life intervened, and this podcast is nearly two weeks late. But it’s here, and we had a fun session breaking down a weekend of World Cup racing in Italy where Devon was present in the flesh. We’ll be back after Falun and on scene, both of us, in Trondheim. Reach us at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.

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Diggins Dominates Cogne 10 k Freestyle
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Diggins Dominates Cogne 10 k Freestyle

Kennedy LangeFebruary 2, 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 first thing viewers might have wondered going into today’s race was, “Is this the same World Cup I’ve been watching all season? Where are all the racers?” With 59 women starting the...

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Amundsen Returns to the Top, Schumacher 10th in Cogne 10 k
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Amundsen Returns to the Top, Schumacher 10th in Cogne 10 k

John TeafordFebruary 2, 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. 10 k Freestyle is a speed race . . . and so much faster than the fastest runner in my home town can RUN a 10 k that it’s not even funny. Age grouper...

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Dahlqvist is Back! Diggins Grateful for “Miracle”
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Dahlqvist is Back! Diggins Grateful for “Miracle”

John TeafordFebruary 1, 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. Two weeks ago, Jessie Diggins—hampered by a lingering injury (plantar fasciitis)—was compelled to double pole her Classic Sprint qualifyier, leaving her in 40th that day. Since then, Diggins has been spotted a time or...

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Norway Sweeps Cogne Sprint, Schoonmaker 9th, Ogden 12th
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Norway Sweeps Cogne Sprint, Schoonmaker 9th, Ogden 12th

John TeafordFebruary 1, 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. It’s rumored that World Cup Sprint (and Overall) leader, Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo will return to action next week in Falun, Sweden, leaving room at the top for a host of contenders to battle for...

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