The World Ski Orienteering Championships will be held in Ramsau, Austria, from January 23-27. The Swedish team includes several gold medal hopefuls, notably Tove Alexandersson. However, this weekend, one of the team’s biggest stars suffered a clavicle fracture and will miss the World Championships.
The young skier from Konnerud, Norway, went straight to the podium in the season premiere at Beitostølen, entering the discussion about the selection for the Ruka World Cup. Now, she made it.
The cross-country skier is praised by Therese Johaug, encouraged by World Champion Milla, is just as good on the tartan tracks as on snow, and manages much of her training schedule herself.
Jonna Sundling has collected many medals and podiums in recent winters, but the chances of good overall results at the World Cup vanished due to subpar starts to the season. Now, she wants to change that in the upcoming winter.
The Junior Roller Ski World Championships had its second day this Saturday with a 200m sprint race in freestyle technique in Madona, Latvia. Linda Kaparkaleja (LAT) and Anton Grahn (SWE) won their respective races.
The Roller Ski World Cup is a gift package for cross-country skiers: it provides experience, routine and competitive training at the highest international level, but only some people take advantage of it.
Teemu Virtanen failed to break Hans Mäenpää’s 472-kilometer 24-hour World Record, but he did break the over-40-year-old’s World Record between Thursday and Friday after skiing 443 kilometers in Jyväskylä, Central Finland.
Teemu Virtanen’s 24-hour world record attempt will finally take place today, Wednesday, starting at 10:00 am Finnish time in Vaajakoski, Jyväskylä in Central Finland.
Kristine Stavås Skistad secured first place in the women’s sprint race in classic technique for Norway at the Lahti Cross-Country Skiing World Cup. Results from the women’s sprint race.
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) posted the fastest time in the sprint qualifier at the Lahti World Cup in Finland. Full results from the Lahti World Cup sprint qualifier in classic technique.
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