Tag: FIS Cross Country World Cup
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING: Diggins takes first World Cup gold in 2019 in Cogne Sprint
If she never competes again, Jessie Diggins’ place in U.S. Olympic history is secure. Her PyeongChang victory with Kikkan Randall in the Team Sprint...
CROSS COUNTRY Preview: Klaebo and Oestberg try to maintain season leads in Cogne
The northwestern Italy town of Cogne will host the Cross Country World Cup this week in the final tune-ups for the World Nordic Championships...
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING: Norway’s Klaebo and Falla best in the Sprints in Lahti
Norway swept both of the individual Sprint races in Lahti (FIN), with Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo winning his sixth race of the season.
The short, 1.6...
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING Preview: Klaebo and Nilsson defend seasonal Sprint leads in Lahti
The next-to-last stop prior to the World Nordic Championships in Seefeld (AUT) is a Sprint festival in Lahti (FIN), with an Freestyle individual event...
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING: Johaug wins seventh straight distance race in Ulricehamn
The amazing comeback story of Norway’s Therese Johaug continued in Ulricehamn (SWE) with another distance triumph, her seventh in a row since returning from...
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING Preview: Will Johaug continue undefeated this week in Ulricehamn?
There are about three weeks left before the Nordic Skiing World Championships in Seefeld (AUT), so who's hottest before the medals get handed out...
CROSS COUNTRY: Johaug returns with 10 km win in Otepaa
The amazing comeback story of Norway’s Therese Johaug continued in Estonia, with a win in the 10 km Classical race on Sunday.
The three-time Olympic...
CROSS COUNTRY Preview: Johaug expected to return at Otepaa for 10 km Classical
The southern Estonian resort town of Otepaa is the site for this week’s FIS World Cup, with Classical-style races in a 1.3 km Sprint...
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING: Olympic champ Nilsson leads Swedish Sprint sweep
Norway has long been the power in Cross Country Skiing, but when it comes to the sprint races, Sweden’s women are the ones to...
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING Preview: Sprint festival coming in Dresden
It’s a sprinter’s weekend for the Cross Country World Cup in Dresden (GER), with a men’s and women’s 1.6 km Freestyle event on Saturday...
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING: Klaebo and Oestberg sweep Val di Fiemme and Tour de Ski...
The seven-leg “Tour de Ski” in Italy, Germany and Switzerland provides an early-season look at the real contenders for seasonal honors in the FIS...
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING: Oestberg wins two in Obertsdorf; three U.S. medals in three days!
The annual “Tour de Ski” tournament is continuing, with some familiar faces on the podium, including two from the U.S.
Norway’s Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg, twice...
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING: Klaebo and Nilsson win Sprints in Tolbach
The first of seven stages in the 13th Tour de Ski started in Tolbach (ITA), with Russia dominating the distances races and familiar, Scandinavian...
CROSS COUNTRY Preview: Johaug’s five-race streak on the line in Tolbach
Just as with the Alpine skiers, there’s no rest for the Cross Country World Cup, with four sets of races scheduled for the coming...
CROSS COUNTRY: Fifth win by Therese Johaug in Davos
The story of the 2018-19 Cross Country World Cup continues to be the return of 2014 and 2016 World Cup champion Therese Johaug of...
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING Preview: Can anyone stop Therese Johaug in Davos?
The story of the 2018-19 Cross Country World Cup has been the return of 2014 and 2016 World Cup champion Therese Johaug of Norway.
Kept...
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING: Therese Johaug’s redemption tour continues in Beitostolen
The story of the first month of the FIS Cross Country World Cup is Norway’s triple Olympic gold medalist Therese Johaug.
Sidelined from the 2018...
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING: Johaug claims Lillehammer Triple
You can’t make up for lost time, but Norway’s Therese Johaug is making it clear that the results of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games...
CROSS COUNTRY Preview: Lillehammer hosts Nordic World Cup Festival
Much of the Nordic Ski world will converge on Lillehammer (NOR) for a weekend of FIS World Cup action, including Cross Country skiing, Nordic Combined and women’s Ski Jumping. The Cross Country schedule: ∙ Friday: Men’s and Women’s Freestyle Sprint ∙ Saturday: Men’s 15 km Freestyle and Women’s 10 km Freestyle ∙ Sunday: Men’s 15 […]
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING: Norway’s Johaug returns with World Cup win in Ruka
In late 2016, triple Olympic medalist Therese Johaug (NOR) was suspended for doping for 18 months because a team doctor mistakenly gave her some...
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