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The Devon Kershaw Show: The post-Olympic hangover is over — with head injuries
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The Devon Kershaw Show: The post-Olympic hangover is over — with head injuries

Nathaniel HerzMarch 13, 2026

This episode was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers.  If you value coverage like this, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription.   We had to take a break after our three-week Olympic sprint, but we’re back to catch up on a couple of weeks of World Cup racing. Devon and Nat take a quick run-through of events in Sweden, Finland and Norway. We’ll be back after the marathons at Holmenkollen. Reach...

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Diggins Podiums in Lahti as Karlsson Wins 10 k Classic
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Diggins Podiums in Lahti as Karlsson Wins 10 k Classic

Matthew VoisinMarch 8, 2026

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 Jessie Diggins climbed the final hills in Lahti on Sunday, she could hear something unusual rising above the crowd noise. Scattered along the course were hand-made signs held by Finnish fans...

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Sundling Returns to Win Lahti Sprint as Crystal Globe Battle Tightens
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Sundling Returns to Win Lahti Sprint as Crystal Globe Battle Tightens

Matthew VoisinMarch 7, 2026

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 season returned to Finland this weekend, closing a circle that began more than three months ago in Ruka. In the time since Olympic teams were selected, dreams realized or...

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Sweden and Norway Win Team Sprints in Chaotic Lahti Conditions
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Sweden and Norway Win Team Sprints in Chaotic Lahti Conditions

Ben TheyerlMarch 1, 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 the World Cup returned to Europe in Lahti, Finland, Friday, it was those tricky conditions: temps hovering around zero degrees Celsius; mix of wet, man-made, and natural snow that leaves even the best...

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Poltoranin Does It Again with Lahti 15 k Classic Win
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Poltoranin Does It Again with Lahti 15 k Classic Win

Alex KochonMarch 4, 2018

You could call him a specialist. An all-around contender in classic distance races, Alexey Poltoranin of Kazakhstan has proven time and time again that he has the 15-kilometer classic individual start figured out. On Sunday in Lahti, Finland, he set a new World Cup record by winning his eighth-career 15 k classic (including both individual and mass-start formats). He had previously tied Swedish legend last 15 k classic contested in Planica, Slovenia. Three of Poltoranin’s...

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Sunday Rundown: Pärmäkoski Wins At Home in Lahti 10 k; Poltoranin Tops 15 k
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Sunday Rundown: Pärmäkoski Wins At Home in Lahti 10 k; Poltoranin Tops 15 k

FasterSkierMarch 4, 2018

FIS Cross Country World Cup (Lahti, Finland): 10/15 k classic Men’s report Racing at home in Finland, Krista Pärmäkoski picked a good time to collect the second World Cup victory of her career, and again in a 10 k classic. Pärmäkoski’s first win came in the 10 k classic in Planica, Slovenia, earlier this season. In second was Russia’s Natalia Nepryaeva, who picked up her first World Cup podium. The current U23 standings leader, Nepryaeva’s time was 20.9...

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World Cup Returns: Falla Holds Off Swedes, Caldwell 8th in Lahti Skate Sprint
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World Cup Returns: Falla Holds Off Swedes, Caldwell 8th in Lahti Skate Sprint

Alex KochonMarch 3, 2018

Eight points. That’s the number that separated Norway’s Maiken Caspersen Falla and Sweden’s Stina Nilsson in the Sprint World Cup standings before Saturday’s freestyle sprint in Lahti, Finland. Three sprints. That’s the number of World Cup sprint races that remained in the 2017/2018 calendar, one of which took place on Saturday. With one down and a classic sprint and skate sprint to go, Falla’s lead has grown to 28 points. It’s not much, with 150...

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Harvey 8th in Lahti 15 k: ‘It’s the Race I’m the Most Proud of This Year’
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Harvey 8th in Lahti 15 k: ‘It’s the Race I’m the Most Proud of This Year’

Pasha KahnMarch 2, 20141

Alex Harvey took 8th place in Sunday’s 15 k individual freestyle race in Lahti, Finland, proving that he’s still on form and hungry for results in the final weeks of the World Cup season. “Effort wise and everything it’s the race I’m the most proud of this year, it’s the race I get the most satisfaction out of, I was really happy with it," said Harvey.

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U.S. Women Get Their Swagger Back with Randall, Caldwell on First Double Podium
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U.S. Women Get Their Swagger Back with Randall, Caldwell on First Double Podium

Alex KochonMarch 1, 20149

The first thing U.S. women's coach Matt Whitcomb tweeted after Saturday's freestyle sprint, the first World Cup since the Olympics: "We are back!" Randall had won another skate sprint to rise to the top of the World Cup sprint standings, and Sophie Caldwell joined her on the podium -- the first time two U.S. women have shared an individual World Cup podium.

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