Dear Cross Country Community, We are pleased to announce the Team for Period 4 (Falun, Lahti, Drammen, & Oslo) of the 2025-26 World Cup season: Falun Sprint F & Lahti Sprint F Men Zach Jayne Objective 25-26 Overall SuperTour Leader Ben Ogden Objective 5th 25-26 Sprint World Cup Gus Schumacher Objective 21st 25-26 Sprint World Cup Jack Young Objective 26th 25-26 Sprint World Cup JC Schoonmaker Objective 28th 25-26 Sprint World Cup Kevin Bolger ...
While World Cup Finals were underway in mid-March in Falun, Sweden, a second contingent of top American skiers was lining up roughly 2,000 kilometers south to race in the OPA Cup Finals in Sappada, Italy. Located along the northern edge of Italy near the Austrian border, the small town is nestled among the spectacular, jagged massifs of the Italian Dolomites, roughly an hour’s drive east of Toblach, which typically hosts the final stages of the...
If you read FasterSkier, you are likely aware that elite cross country skiing in the U.S. has been steadily on the rise over the last decade. In the last four years alone, we’ve borne witness to medals at all levels, including a Diggins-Randall double podium in the freestyle sprint at the 2017 World Championships, a 10 k classic win for Gus Schumacher at the 2020 World Junior Championships, a bronze medals for Will Koch and...
Press Release World Junior Announcement/ U18 Nordic Nations’ Announcement