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Norway Unstoppable for the win in Women’s 4 x 5 k Relay; U.S. 5th

For Norway, relays are often tallied not by wins, but how many wins have been missed. Back in 2009, Team Norway watched on as Team Sweden took the top spot of the podium for the women’s 4 x 5-kilometer relay event in...

Norway Holds Off Russia for Another Relay Win; Americans in 12th

As Emil Iversen took command of the field from the gun during the men's relay in Beitostølen, Norway, striding smoothly up the first climb in the lead, the question quickly became, can anyone take down Norway? The...

Sunday Rundown: Beitostølen, Pokljuka (Biathlon), and Sovereign Lake (Update 4x)

FIS World Cup Beitostølen, Norway 4 x 5 k / 4 x 7.5 k Relay Sunday in Beitostølen, Norway the women raced a 4 x 5-kilometer relay on firm tracks and under partly cloudy skies — Saturday’s races featured fresh...

Røthe Beats Sundby in Beitostølen; Harvey 13th

It snowed continuously throughout today’s 30-kilometer freestyle individual Start in Beitostølen, Norway. There was already a great deal of accumulation on the race course by the time the men started. This made the...

Johaug Wins in Beitostølen; Diggins Eighth, Bjornsen 13th, Brennan 15th

“I feel like the shape was really good today,” Norway’s Therese Johaug told the International Ski Federation (FIS) after Saturday’s 15-kilometer freestyle individual start race in Beitostølen, Norway. ...

Saturday Rundown: Beitostølen, Pokljuka (Biathlon), and Sovereign Lake (Updated 4 x)

FIS World Cup Beitostolen, Norway 15 k/30k Freestyle Individual Start Women's Race Report | Men's Race Report With snow falling and trees covered with fresh snow, Beitostølen, Norway’s wintery essence was on...

Tønseth Bests Røthe to Lock Up Lillehammer Pursuit Win; Harvey 16th

In sport, there’s the win and then there’s the story behind the win. In the sport of nordic skiing, some of these stories seem all too familiar, such as Sunday’s Norwegian victory in the men’s 15-kilometer classic...

Johaug’s Wins Lillehammer Overall; Bjornsen 10th

Here’s a sentence we might see routinely this season as the World Cup distance races transpire. Norway’s Therese Johaug wins again! In Sunday’s 10-kilometer classic pursuit race in Lillehammer, Norway, Johaug...

Sunday Rundown: From Lillehammer to West Yellowstone to Pokljuka (Updated 2x)

FIS Cross-Country World Cup in Lillehammer Norway: 10 k/ 15 k Classic Pursuit On Sunday, the third and final day of racing in Lillehammer, Norway concluded with a 10-kilometer classic pursuit for the women. A win...

Norway’s Røthe and Tønseth Gap the Field; Difficult Day for North Americans

Norway shined on their home course in Lillehammer, Norway with Sjur Røthe posting the fastest time of 36:3.0 minutes in the 15-kilometer individual start freestyle, followed closely by teammate Didrik Tønseth (+6.0)....

Johaug Takes Lillehammer 10 k Skate; Bjornsen in 9th leads Four U.S. Women in the Points

If thirty-year-old Therese Johaug of Norway is trying to scotch the dismay of the past two years, she’s doing it with her trademark high-turnover skiing and her top-step podium ways. In April of 2018, Johaug’s...

Saturday Rundown: From Lillehammer to West Yellowstone (Updated)

FIS Cross-Country World Cup in Lillehammer Norway: 10 k/ 15 k Freestyle Individual Start Women's Report | Men's Report On Saturday, the second day of World Cup cross-country racing ensued in Lillehammer, Norway with...

Sweden’s Sundling Scores First World Cup Win; Sadie Bjornsen Podiums in Lillehammer Skate Sprint

With the two big climbs over 1.3-kilometer freestyle sprint course, the women’s World Cup freestyle sprint course in Lillehammer, Norway packs a quad-burning punch. With lungs then legs poaching any extra oxygen, the...

Friday Rundown: World Cup Cross-Country Sprint in Lillehammer, Norway

FIS Cross-Country World Cup in Lillehammer Norway: Freestyle Sprint Women's Report | Men's Report In Friday’s women’s 1.3-kilometer freestyle sprint in Lillehammer, Norway, the first day of three successive...

Bolshunov atop the Podium Again in Ruka; North Americans Feel Encouraged About the Season Ahead

“I have no secrets,” Alexander Bolshunov told FIS in regard to his back-to-back wins in Kuusamo, Finland. On Saturday, the Russian had won a drag race with Norway's superstar Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo during...

World Cup Distance Race #1 in the Books: Johaug Wins, Bjornsen in Eighth

The most important story within the story was the fight within Sunday’s aerobic fight during the women’s World Cup 10-kilometer classic in Kuusamo, Finland. Each of the seventy starters in the women’s field wore...

Sunday Rundown: Johaug and Bolshunov win in Kuusamo

FIS Cross-Country World Cup in Kuusamo, Finland: 10 k/ 15 k Classic Sunday in Kuusamo brought closure to the World Cup’s opening weekend. The women contested a 10-kilometer interval start classic race. In her first...

Belorukova Stuns in Kuusamo Classic Sprint; Bjornsen 11th

If there is anything Russia’s Yulia Belorukova, took away from the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Winter Games, besides an individual bronze medal in the classic sprint, it’s that she is capable of sprinting with the best...

Bolshunov Bests Klæbo in Ruka Classic Sprint Opener; Harvey 8th

From an outsider’s perspective, it seemed Johannes Høsflot Klæbo of Norway would open his World Cup 2018/2019 season with the familiarity of a win. The first FIS cross-country race of the year, a 1.4-kilometer classic...

Saturday Rundown: World Cup Ruka Classic Sprint

FIS Cross-Country World Cup in Kussamo, Finland: Classic sprint Men's Report | Women's Report On Saturday in Kussamo, Finland the 2018/2019 World Cup season began with a 1.4-kilometer classic sprint. ...

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