Yesterday, heavy winds canceled the sprint race at the Norwegian Ski Season premiere in Beitostølen. This morning, the gusty winds calmed down so that the women’s 10 km classic race was able to take place. Team Koteng Eidissen’s athlete Astrid Øyre Slind showed great form by finishing 7th in the race that had all the best…

Orsa2Levi takes a trip down to Livigno, Italy, where Team Ragde Charge’s athlete Oskar Kardin is having a high-altitude training camp. This talented skier won Engadin La Diagonela, finished in the top-9 in every race and managed to be on the podium in the Champion competition behind Emil Persson and Tord Asle Gjerdalen, respectively. On the…

Team Ramudden’s Lina Korsgren and Team Eksjöhus’ Linn Sömskar started their ski race season today by taking part in a sprint competition at the Swedish Premiere in Gällivare. This morning, Linn was fifth in the individual qualification event while Lina finished 18th.  As the race progressed, Linn qualified to the semi-finals by being second in…

After a summer of hard training, Russian long-distance skiers showed that they are in good shape at the beginning of the season, with ambitions to fight for top positions in the Pro Tour. Russian Winter Team athletes had their first cross-country ski race this season, in the city of Kirovsk, close to Murmansk. The Khibinskaya…

There is about a month to go until the season premiere of Visma Ski Classics in Orsa Grönklitt, and Team Eksjöhus is busily readying themselves for the winter. The team has just completed a ten-day training camp in Vålådalen with very good training and valuable ski tests. Axel Jutterström, a 23-year-old recruit, is excited about…

This weekend the Swedish cross-country season kicks off with the Swedish premiere in Gällivare. Last year, Team Ramudden’s Max Novak won the classic 15-kilometer race. He also dominated roller-ski races this summer and fall, but an unfortunate bicycle crash in the Canary Islands interfered his final preparations for the upcoming season. However, he doesn’t think…

Lina Korsgren dominated the Pro Tour last winter leaving everyone eating her dust in every race, except at La Diagonela where she finished second after her teammate Jenny Larsson and Vålådalsrennet where she was third behind Emilie Fleten and Ebba Andersson, respectively.  She is a late bloomer as her best results have come in her…

Date: April 9, 2022 Place: Ylläs-Levi, Finland Active years: 7 Record number of participants: 1,357 Distance: 70 km Classic technique Number of VSC sprints/climbing points: one sprint at 15 km in Äkäslompolo and two climbs at 8 km in Kellostapulinkuru and at 22 km in Kukastunturi Start times: Men 8:00 CET, women 8:05 CET Website: https://yllaslevi.com Highest peak: 481 m Total climb: 1159 m Over…

Hanna Falk, Lager 157 Ski Team, switched from traditional skiing, and from sprint in particular, to long distance skiing after last winter. She joined her new team and started to train hard for long distance skiing. She performed well in some roller-ski races this summer, of which a good proof is her victory at Klarälvsloppet….

Beitostølen in the middle of Southern Norway has become a traditional cross-country ski season opening event in the land of fjords. The best Nordic skiers of the country get together to see who is who in the early part of the winter season. This year is no exception, and a great number of Visma Ski…