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The Devon Kershaw Show: A Tesero team sprint slugfest
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The Devon Kershaw Show: A Tesero team sprint slugfest

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 18, 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.   The highs were high and the lows were low in the Olympic team sprint in Italy, with the Ogden-Schumacher men’s team claiming silver and the Diggins-Kern women’s pair finishing out of the medals. Devon and Nat break the whole thing down. We’ll be back after Saturday’s men’s 50 k....

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Sweden Wins Gold, America Shows Heart in Exciting Women’s Team Sprint
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Sweden Wins Gold, America Shows Heart in Exciting Women’s Team Sprint

Matthew VoisinFebruary 18, 2026

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers who have helped us put our Nat Herz on the ground reporting at the Olympics. If you value coverage like this, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. PREDAZZO, ITALY — Eight years ago, on a different continent, the words “Here Comes Diggins!” by Chad Salmela vaulted American cross-country skiing into a new era. On Wednesday in Val di Fiemme, the event...

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The Road to Ruka: A Sunset Bus Ride into the World Cup Winter
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The Road to Ruka: A Sunset Bus Ride into the World Cup Winter

Matthew VoisinNovember 27, 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. For six hours on Tuesday, the U.S. Cross-Country Ski Team watched Finland scroll past the windows of a northbound bus, the day’s thin slice of sunlight slanting low across the snow. The sun...

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Jack Young: Against the Template
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Jack Young: Against the Template

Matthew VoisinNovember 27, 2025

On the Wednesday before the World Cup season opens in Ruka, Jack Young sits in a small condo, looking out at over a foot of new snow that’s been drifting down all morning. The air is much warmer today than it was before he and the U.S. Ski Team loaded onto a six-plus hour bus ride yesterday — “Muonio was friggin’ cold,” he says — and the mood is calmer, quieter, the way he wants...

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The Devon Kershaw Show: Astrid Øyre Slind’s long and winding career arc
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The Devon Kershaw Show: Astrid Øyre Slind’s long and winding career arc

Nathaniel HerzNovember 5, 2025

Norway’s Astrid Øyre Slind grew up in a skiing family and has been competing her whole life. But she didn’t break through at the highest level, on the international World Cup circuit, until her mid-30s. She’s now been a top competitor on the World Cup for the past two seasons and is expected to be a major contender at the Olympics this winter, and she joins Devon and Nat for an interview. Questions? Feedback? Suggestions...

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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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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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