The roller ski guide 2026
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Time to upgrade your roller ski collection or buy your very first pair? Check out our roller ski guide, now updated with more models for the season.
Vasaloppet is the world’s largest ski race, and for many, also the most overwhelming. Here is your guide to the checkpoints along the course, important cut-off times, spare equipment, and logistics that can save your race.
Not everyone welcomed the decision to extend the women’s longest Olympic distance from 30km to 50km. However, last year’s World Championships in Trondheim delivered a thrilling race, with Sweden and Norway battling all the way to the finish.
The marathon event closes the Olympic cross-country program. On the demanding and often wet courses in Val di Fiemme, the 50km mass start in classic technique will test the absolute toughest skiers in the field.
This event is called the Formula 1 of biathlon. A fast and nervous race where you cannot afford to make many mistakes. You must also have good speed on the tracks and shoot quickly. It’s easy to lose 10-15 seconds just in shooting time every time on the range. That added to four shootings gives you 40-60 seconds extra.
France has four very strong athletes and no weaknesses in its team. The same for Sweden, but it looks like the French women have hit the form better for the Olympics.
Endurance or sprint? Team Sprint poses some interesting questions about which skiers to use for this event. The pure sprinters will probably be too tired when they have to race three times the 1.5km course with very little rest in between.
Endurance or sprint? Team Sprint poses some interesting questions about which skiers to use for this event. The pure sprinters will probably be too tired when they have to race three times the 1.5km course with very little rest in between.
The race with the biggest favorite in the Olympic cross-country skiing in Val di Fiemme. Norway is so much better than the others that the relays have been removed from the World Cup program.
In the sprint, most of the top names need 10 hits on the range. A very few athletes might be able to win with one, or on rare occasions, two penalty loops. That offers opportunities for quick skiers. But you also need to be quick on the range. It’s easy to lose 10-15 seconds just in one shooting.
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