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Season Finale: Diggins and Hagenbuch Crowned National Champions in 40 k Classic
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Season Finale: Diggins and Hagenbuch Crowned National Champions in 40 k Classic

John TeafordMarch 30, 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 World Cup season ended a week ago in Lahti, Finland where Jessie Diggins raced to a courageous ninth place in securing (by the narrowest of margins) the Distance World Cup Crystal Globe (to go along with her Overall Crystal Globe secured a week prior)....

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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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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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Three Wins for Klaebo—and Counting
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Three Wins for Klaebo—and Counting

John TeafordMarch 4, 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.  Trondheim’s changeable weather changed again as skiers awoke to snow swirling in the morning sky, filling the tracks of the 10 kilometer...

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In Norway, a Fossil Fuel Feud at a Celebration of the National Sport
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In Norway, a Fossil Fuel Feud at a Celebration of the National Sport

Nathaniel HerzMarch 4, 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 — The World Championships for cross-country skiing have so far gone off impeccably in this coastal city of 200,000. Epic duels between the top Norwegians and Swedes. Huge crowds lining the trails and packing into a city square for medals ceremonies. Steady bus service...

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Campfires, screaming crowds and flaming moonshine: A day of worship in Norway, where skiing is religion
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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: Tuning up for Trondheim with Gus Schumacher
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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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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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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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US Nationals Day 2: Jager stops chasing his friends and breaks through, while multi-sport Smith takes women’s title
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US Nationals Day 2: Jager stops chasing his friends and breaks through, while multi-sport Smith takes women’s title

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 4, 2025

ANCHORAGE — Luke Jager spent most of his cross-country ski career training and racing with a tight group of talented, up-and-coming American men — the first ever to win a gold medal in the relay at the World Junior Ski Championships. Two of Jager’s teammates on that relay squad, Gus Schumacher and Ben Ogden, have made the leap to the top-level, international World Cup, where both have collected podiums in the past two seasons —...

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

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Klaebo Controls Bonus-Heavy Toblach Mass Start, Schumacher Seventh
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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...

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

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