Girl Power: More girls than boys compete in cross-country skiing
In recent seasons, a clear trend shift has been noted in the Swedish “cross-country skiing world.” Nowadays, there are more young girls than boys competing in cross-country skiing.
In recent seasons, a clear trend shift has been noted in the Swedish “cross-country skiing world.” Nowadays, there are more young girls than boys competing in cross-country skiing.
Jizerská50, the seventh stage of the Ski Classics Season XVI, is one of Central Europe’s premier long-distance skiing races and the second Grand Classics event of the season.
The Ski Classics season is behind us, and Pro Team athletes have already set their sights firmly on the next season. Ahead lies an intense training period, with the summer months dedicated to basic training and the intensity of training ramped up in the fall. In between, there’s the traditional roller skiing competition season, where skiers get to measure the work, they’ve put in over the summer. One of Ski Classics’ biggest stars, Andreas Nygaard, once again had a successful winter, finishing third overall in the Champion competition, behind two of his teammates. However, Nygaard’s training season hasn’t started off in the best possible way.
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The Pro Tour continues with Marcialonga on Sunday, January 26, 2025. Covering a challenging 70-kilometer course, the event marks the sixth Ski Classics stage and the first Grand Classics event of Season XVI.
Hedda Bångman had a winter that was anything but uneventful. She had her best Ski Classics season of her career, despite missing a couple of months of the competition season due to an ankle fracture. Here, she talks about her thoughts on the road to recovery; the lessons learned, her full-time medical studies, and her upcoming goals.
Ski Classics goes to Switzerland for the fifth Pro event of Season XVI. Expect an action-packed Pro Tour event with the celebrated Engadin La Diagonela.
Last winter, the Norwegian women’s national team delivered the worst World Cup season ever. In the upcoming winter, the World Championships await on home soil. Expectations are enormous, and time is short, but Marit Bjørgen has a plan.
The former biathlete is set to run from Paris to Rome, equivalent to two marathons per day for 16 consecutive days. No one has done it before.
After the 3 Zinnen Ski-Marathon on Saturday, Ski Classics Season XVI moves the same weekend to Event 4, La Venosta ITT Kapron-Melago, on Sunday, January 12, 2025.
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